Tag: Whispers

Waltons Buy Liquor License

Five members of the Walton family of Bentonville are in the process of buying a liquor license from Mark Foster to open a liquor store next door to a new Sam?s Club planned for Springdale.

Raymond Raphael Moves to Legacy Capital

Legacy, one of the largest corporate benefits firms in Arkansas lured Raymond Raphael away from Benetec Inc. of Arkansas where he was a top producer in Rogers.

Joe Mills Moves from Simmons Bank

Joe Mills has resigned from his position as president and CEO of Simmons First Bank of Northwest Arkansas.

Crafton Tull to Merge with I.C.E.

Crafton Tull & Associates of Rogers has a letter of intent signed to merge with I.C.E. of Little Rock.

Virtual Incubation Helps Nanomech Win SBIR

Virtual Incubation Corp. in Fayetteville has helped more companies get working capital through Small Business Innovation Research program grants.

Nanomech?s Edge is Cutting

One of the applications of Nanomech?s technology involves special coatings for cutting tools used for machining.

Pending Contract for WayLink

WayLink Systems Corp., may have an contract Fayetteville to evaluate streets via its high-tech Digital Highway Data Vehicle.

New Creature Gets National Coverage

Bentonville?s New Creature packaging company was profiled in a cover article by Kassandra Kania in the February issue of Pharmaceutical & Medical Packaging News.

Pinnacle Plans Luxury Apartments

Luxury apartments planned for The Pinnacle Group?s Shops at Market Street development in Rogers have come to light.

CFO Donates $125K Yacht to Local Group

Terry Johnson, CFO of VeriSource in Rogers has donated a 1989 Chris Craft yacht to Rebuilding Together of Northwest Arkansas.

New Computer Learning Center On the Horizon

Tom and JoAnn Dapp, owners of New Horizons Computer Learning Center in Springfield, Mo., plan to open a second facility in the J.B. Hunt Parkway Tower at Pinnacle Hills.

Not-So-Real TV Includes Bogus Dairy Job

So much for reality TV, as “Simple Life” producers turn down a winery for a bogus milk-bottling operation.

Creekside Pays $9.7 Million for Raw Acreage

CT Northwest LLC sold 90.6 acres to Creekside Development LLC on Jan. 30, 2004 for $9.7 million.

Tyson To Take Old Store for Office

It looks like rennovations are underway on the 73,000-SF former Kmart building located at 2231 W. 6th Street in Fayetteville.

Security Makes it a Flat Tuesday

We hear several bar owners along Fayetteville?s Dickson Street have been grumbling that sales were down on Mardi Gras day, compared with Fat Tuesday in 2003.

Funds Ranked No. 1

BOK Investment Advisers Inc. recently saw its American Performance Short Term Income Fund ranked No. 1 out of 93 in Lipper Analytical Service?s Short Term Investment Grade Debt Funds category.

WorkMatters Brings in Big Motivators

A veritable Who?s Who of motivational speakers won?t be living ?in a van, down by the river? on April 30.

Bolt Appears in Bombing Hearing

Jim Bolt of Rogers repeated two things on Feb. 10 that he?s done a lot of in the last couple of years ? appear in court and complain of chest pains.

T-Mobile USA Comes to Bentonville

The Bellview, Wash., mobile phone company recently bought six building permits to co-locate on existing towers in Bentonville and plans to build two new towers of its own. The company is also building 31 additional tower sites in the Little Rock area.

Hotel by XNA Possible

Developer Michael Horn of Dallas and other silent partners could be bringing a 103-room Wingate Inn to their 300-acre Polo Park development located off of Southwest Airport Boulevard between Bentonville and Highfill.

Oklahoma court ruling threatens poultry industry in Arkansas

GDP up 4.3% in the third quarter, consumer confidence declines

St. Bernards to expand Maternal Life360 HOME program into Greene County

Then and Now: Cooperative business model a good fit for Mitchell Johnson