Tag: Whispers

Clarification

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. recently purchased from The Bank of Siloam Springs about 2.5 acres of undeveloped land south of the bank building at 1660 Highway 412 for $525,000.

Crunch Time

Local tech company DataRank continues to play in the big leagues.

Tangled Crowd

Tanglewood Branch Beer Co. owner J.T. Wampler took to the Internet to save his business.

Apple Blossom Special

A Tennessee company has purchased 25 Northwest Arkansas independent living facilities for $491 million.

Carolina Bound

John Andrews, co-founder and former CEO of Collective Bias, is the new chief marketing for a social media marketing agency in North Carolina.

Wedding Worries

The power of the press and the Internet are demonstrated by one former Northwest Arkansas residents experience.

Dreeszens Season

Lisa Dreeszen, longtime girlfriend of deceased developer Gary Combs, sheds First State Bank probate case with $15,000 settlement.

Thawed Asset

A group of local investors paid The Bank of Fayetteville $650,000 for an empty, 15,000-SF building in downtown Bentonville that once housed a private club and restaurant known as The Ice House.

Nothing But Net

EquityNet has crystallized its reputation on a national level as the go-to experts for online equity crowd funding.

Foot Hole

An executive at Chambers Bank in Fayetteville shot a hole in his foot while hunting, and Whispers got a look at a photo of the wound.

Accounting Ervin

Accounting heavyweight John Ervin has returned to his self-employment roots.

Core Store

Core Brewing Co. of Springdale is expanding into Fayetteville.

Cigar Chic

Fayetteville attorney Jim Smith was recently featured in The Wall Street Journal for having a smoking room in his home.

Elkins Expansion

Collier Drug Stores will soon open a location in Elkins.

Zweig Moves

An empty College Avenue office building owned by Fayetteville businessman Mark Zweig is soon to get a new life, courtesy of a renovation effort in excess of $1 million.

McMillon Opinion

Reaction to the news of Doug McMillons appointment as the next CEO of Walmart has been wide and varied.

Seven-Digit Deal

The land where a 41,000-SF Walmart Neighborhood Market will be constructed in Benton County has been officially sold to the retail giant.

Hasta La Vista

A speechwriter and director of executive communications at Walmart is on the move.

Simmons Severances

Simmons First National Bank, which recently bought Metropolitan National Bank for $56 million, has started culling the staff at MNB locations across Northwest Arkansas.

Bankruptcy Deal

A commercial asset in the Metro South addition of Rogers was sold out of bankruptcy in a settlement deal worth $5.6 million.

Arkansas Tourism Ticker: Tourism tax numbers down through August, job numbers up

Acres.com, ULI NWA establish partnership

Connections: Yellow Rocket Concepts hosts gift card fundraiser

Coon Supper, pre-event reception scheduled for Jan. 10