by - February 9, 2009 12:00 am
Damage estimates are still being calculated for the two-day ice event that left more than 350,000 customers without power throughout Arkansas, but preliminary reports already put the cost of cleanup and repair at more than $20 million in the two-county ar
by - February 9, 2009 12:00 am
From 2003 through 2007, collections on the state’s 2 percent tourism tax grew nearly 33 percent to $11.47 million; Northwest Arkansas accounted for 20 percent of that revenue in the six-county area.
by - January 26, 2009 12:00 am
After years of doubling and tripling raw materials prices from oil to copper caused by burgeoning world demand and a weak U.S. dollar, the bottom fell out in the final quarter of 2008.
by - January 12, 2009 12:00 am
Communications firm acquires executive training and development business, expands its offerings.
by - January 1, 2009 12:00 am
We came across some recent listings that definitely fall into the pricey toy category.
by - January 1, 2009 12:00 am
The collector car market is the highway to Hell, too, but it’s slower than the stock market.
by - December 15, 2008 12:00 am
In some ways, the Northwest Arkansas economy resembled Little League baseball year after year.
by - December 15, 2008 12:00 am
The Northwest Arkansas Business Journal’s Top 10 Business Stories of 2009.
by - December 1, 2008 12:00 am
AK Enterprise of NWA recently purchased a building permit valued at $2.9 million to construct an office building in Bentonville.
by - December 1, 2008 12:00 am
The initial excitement around the world markets on Nov. 10 when China announced a $586 billion stimulus wore off like a sugar rush as optimism quickly turned to skepticism.
by - December 1, 2008 12:00 am
Aspen-Jetride, launched in 2002 by the Pinnacle Group – then made up of Tim Graham, Robert Thornton, Bill Schwyhart and the late J.B. Hunt – shut down on Nov. 7 as a casualty of litigation and lack of operating funds.
by - November 3, 2008 12:00 am
It looks like the city of Fayetteville is finally starting to lose faith that the big hole on the corner of Mountain Street and College Avenue will ever become a Renaissance Tower Hotel.
by - November 3, 2008 12:00 am
We like to tell Whispers readers what types of businesses are up for sale; it looks like a diverse group of business owners are thinking they would like to sell out.
by - October 20, 2008 12:00 am
Small business owners are not feeling the full force of credit crisis.
by - October 20, 2008 12:00 am
According to the Center for Responsive Politics, the Tyson PAC donated 62 percent of its contributions to Republican candidates at the federal level in the four election cycles from 2000-2006. The American Trucking Associations PAC had an even greater rat
by - October 20, 2008 12:00 am
Fayetteville, businesses, make improvements to College Avenue.
by - October 6, 2008 12:00 am
The Northwest Arkansas Business Journal announces open nominations for the Fast 15, profiles of 15 of Northwest Arkansas? youngest professionals on the fast track to success.
by - October 6, 2008 12:00 am
Another dealer is hoping to monopolize on the scooter craze that has hit wallet-conscious consumers.
by - September 22, 2008 12:00 am
Pair to promote what was once J.B. Hunt?s world-class getaway for hunters.
by - September 22, 2008 12:00 am
While financials have been battered and the broader index is now down more than 25 percent from its all-time high of 14,164 set Oct. 9, investors ? reckoning correctly that folks still have to eat and dress ? have put their faith in discount retailers dur
