by - May 22, 2006 12:00 am
Local Charity to Receive Profits from New Store
In April, Private Gallery, based in Fair Hope, Ala., opened a store on Dickson Street in Fayetteville to provide 100 percent of its profit to Quality Life Association Inc.
Tag: small business
by - April 24, 2006 12:00 am
State?s Clean Indoor Air Act Evens Playing Field
Gov. Mike Huckabee signs The Arkansas Clean Indoor Air Act, leveling the playing field among businesses, one police official says.
by - April 24, 2006 12:00 am
Organizers Start Rolling AVF Ball
About 12 entrepreneurs, investors and economic development leaders gather in Fayetteville to discuss an action plan for the upcoming Arkansas Venture Forum.
by - April 24, 2006 12:00 am
State?s Clean Indoor Air Act Evens Playing Field
Gov. Mike Huckabee signs The Arkansas Clean Indoor Air Act, leveling the playing field among businesses, one police official says.
by - April 24, 2006 12:00 am
Organizers Start Rolling AVF Ball
About 12 entrepreneurs, investors and economic development leaders gather in Fayetteville to discuss an action plan for the upcoming Arkansas Venture Forum.
by - April 10, 2006 12:00 am
Legislature Should Raise Minimum Wage (Editorial)
Arkansas lawmakers should raise the minimum wage to $6.25 from $5.15 to keep up with the rest of the country.
by - March 27, 2006 12:00 am
Workplace Diversity is Here to Stay (Carol Smith Commentary)
So much has been written about diversity in the workplace that some business executives feel it is a trend that will eventually fade away, only to be replaced by another hot management nuance. Those executives are wrong.
by - March 27, 2006 12:00 am
Internal Ethics Values Essential for Business (Bob Arthur Commentary)
Character that builds trustworthiness, that leads to integrity is what will sustain you in relationships and place you in a position to have incredible influence.
by - March 27, 2006 12:00 am
Concrete Company Signs Big Order
American Decorative Concrete Supply Corp. of Springdale recently took a $2 million order from one of the five largest concrete manufacturers in the world.
by - March 27, 2006 12:00 am
Two Flight Schools Planned For Area
Two new flight academies could be opening in Fayetteville and Bentonville in early April.
by - March 13, 2006 12:00 am
Vergrandis Gets $500,000 Award for Malaria Test
Technology company Vegrandis LLC of Fayetteville receives a Phase II Small Business Innovation Research award from the National Science Foundation to research malaria test.
by - February 27, 2006 12:00 am
Highway 71 Revisited: Small Business Comes Alive As Traffic Grows
Small businesses along U.S. Highway 71 have reinvented themselves since the opening of Interstate 540 in 1999.
by - February 13, 2006 12:00 am
Coalition Petitions to Raise Minimum Wage (Editorial)
We agree the minimum wage should be raised. We?re not convinced it should come in the form of a constitutional amendment.
by - February 13, 2006 12:00 am
Time to Examine ‘Smart Growth,’ ‘Smart Taxes’ (Market Forecast)
Growth in Northwest Arkansas and in all economies provides a rise of new jobs, new income, new tax revenue, and higher property values. But too much of a good thing can turn counterproductive.
by - January 30, 2006 12:00 am
Northwest SBA-backed Lending Down 3 Percent
Statewide, 81 financial institutions made 581 U.S. Small Business Administration-guaranteed loans worth almost $125 million to borrowers in Arkansas during fiscal 2005. (Includes list of the region’s largest SBA lenders.)
by - January 30, 2006 12:00 am
NanoMech Gets SBIR Award
NanoMech LLC, a Fayetteville-based Virtual Incubation Corp. client, garners yet another Small Business Innovation Research award.
by - January 30, 2006 12:00 am
The Year’s Biggest Deals
Two deals by Wal-Mart Stores Inc. of Bentonville top the list of the regions’ biggest deals in 2005.
by - January 16, 2006 12:00 am
New Re/Max Office Opens in Springdale
Four agents and one principal broker have left Fayetteville?s Re/Max Associates to form a new firm, Re/Max Partners Real Estate Inc. in Springdale.rnThe franchise officially opened Jan. 4.
by - January 16, 2006 12:00 am
Friday Firm to Open Second Northwest Office
Little Rock-based law firm Friday Eldredge & Clark has operated a Fayetteville office since 2000. In 2006, the firm will open another office in Rogers to better accommodate its Benton County clientele.
by - January 16, 2006 12:00 am
New Family Entertainment Facility Coming to Rogers
It?z, a dining/entertainment venue for kids, plans to open a restaurant in the Rogers/Bentonville area.