Tag: Whispers

Dixie Legal battle Hits $1 Million

The legal battle between Jenny Talley and her former employer Ben Israel and his company, Dixie Real Estate, eclipses the million-dollar mark.

Lawyers Leave WLJ for Littler Mendelson

Two lawyers and one paralegal have left Wright Lindsey & Jennings? Rogers office to staff the first Arkansas office of San Francisco-based Littler Mendelson, a national labor and employment law firm.

Investment Management Fees Revealed

Fayetteville?s bid process for investment management services slowly comes to light.

Barber?s Nashville Plans Approved

The Tennessean outlined The Barber Group?s rocky road to gaining approval for a nearly 20-story Westin hotel and condominium tower in Nashville.

Dixie Lawsuit Over Commissions Gets Ugly

A lawsuit between Dixie Real Estate and a former employee has apparently turned from unpleasant to downright ugly.

Employee Alledgedly Embezzles From Dixie Development

Dixie Real Estate files police report about an alledged $80,000 embezzlement.

House Partners Up For St. Charles Plaza

Two men from Miami have partnered with Greg House to build St. Charles Plaza, the four-story, 70-unit condominium building planned a block north of Fayetteville’s Dickson Street.

Fayetteville Taking Bids For Investment Management Services

The City of Fayetteville has whittled down the list of bidders for investment management services to four and may have picked a winner.

Exit Pinnacle Realty On Fast Track

Exit Pinnacle Realty has grown to 30 agents in only its second month and is expecting to have 50 agents within the next month.

Former NFL Players Interested In Eagles’ Bluff

Unnamed former NFL players are among three groups looking at buying more than 2,000 acres on Beaver Lake.

Signature Bank Devloping New Division

New division to manage money and trust services for the bank’s trust customers.

Independent Movie to be Shot in Area

Another movie is about to be filmed in Northwest Arkansas. “War Eagle” is supposed to be a coming-of-age buddy film that involves baseball themes and a boy named “Wheels,” who is wheelchair bound.

Hotels Book Up for Hog Football

Hotels are booking up fast for University of Arkansas Razorback football games scheduled this fall in Fayetteville ? some are sold out for all home games.

Stephens Opens Firm in South Carolina

Stephens Inc. of Little Rock opened a private client office in Columbia S.C., on July 13.

Ballyhoo Delivers Cruisin’ Ads

If you’ve wondered about the delivery truck with rotating signs that’s been cruising around Northwest Arkansas, it’s Tony Cristee’s business, Ballyhoo Delivery.

Rogers Might Nab In the Raw Restaurant

In the July 10 edition of the Tulsa Business Journal, Tara Hughes, co-owner of In the Raw Sushi restaurants in Tulsa, mentioned a possible franchise move into the Rogers area.

Katzfey Takes Job at Fairchild Construction

Rick Katzfey, who had been the chief meteorologist at KNWA for three years, left the NBC affiliate in July and took a job as vice president of business development at Fairchild Construction Inc. of Bentonville.

Professor Co-authors Article in BusinessWeek

Tim West, an associate professor of accounting at University of Arkansas’ Walton College of Business, helped author an article in an upcoming issue of Business and Professional Ethics Journal, according to a brief in BusinessWeek.

Walton’s African Voyage Spurs Grant

A trip to Africa about four years ago spurred S. Robson Walton’s interest in preserving wilderness.

Kruse Comes to Highfill

A group based out of Elm Springs teams with Kruse International of Auburn, Ind. The two companies purchased 120 acres of land near Highfill for an auto auction.

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

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

Dope Medicinal Wellness opens Fayetteville clinic

Fort Smith metro job numbers up less than 1% in September report