Tag: Whispers

Pitts Has Style

Don Pitts, chairman of United Holding Co., shovels snow and ice off his bank’s sidewalk.

Hogwired.com Calls Hog Fans; Broyles Starts Recovery

Hogwired.com has big hits on national signing day for the University of Arkansas football team, while Athletic Director Frank Broyles recuperates from hip surgery.

Threatened Endangered Species Puts Development on Hold

Haynes Ltd. of Rogers turns over a portion of a 289-acre development site off Interstate 540 in Fayetteville to a charitable trust.

Harrells Run Two Different Banks, Families

John Harrell is the president of Priority Bank, and Jon Harrell is the president of Signature Bank of Arkansas? Rogers? office. The two aren?t related.

Bank Name Causes Double Take

Only two Arkansas-based banks are in the Tulsa market, and one of those is not Arkansas Valley State Bank, which is chartered in Broken Arrow, Okla., a suburb of Tulsa.

Arkansas-based Companies Miss Fortune?s List

Arkansas-based companies didn?t make Fortune magazine?s list of ?100 Best Companies to Work For? in 2005.

Stephens Inc. Opens New Office in Connecticut

Little Rock-based private bank Stephens Inc. opens an office in New Haven, Conn.

Bentonville?s Krispy Kreme Sales Hit $1.4 Million

The Krispy Kreme store in Bentonville had sales of $1.4 million in 2005, which amounts to about 2.3 million doughnuts sold in a year, based on a price of about 60 cents each.

Being President Keeps Bush from Wal-Mart

On CBS television?s ?Face the Nation? show that aired Jan. 29, George W. Bush said one of the inconveniences of being president meant he can?t go to Wal-Mart.

We know there?s probably a flurry of real estate transactions going on near the intersection of Interstate 540 and New Hope Road in Rogers, but we couldn?t help but notice what happened on just one Friday.

Spa Will Open New Location

We hear The Spa Esthetiques plans to build a 10,000-SF location in Metropark, which is down Horsebarn Road from its current location in Pinnacle Hills.

Spivey Joins Liberty Bank

The competition for top-shelf, tapped-in banking officers has heated up in the super-banked Northwest Arkansas market.

Auction Brings Big Money

Barrett-Jackson Auction Co. of Scottsdale, Ariz., says the unofficial tally for the weeklong auto auction event was $98 million.

McQueen Takes AWA Helm

Athletic World Advertising has a new president at the helm: Mark McQueen is promoted from vice president and chief operating officer to president of the company.

NGI Steel Sells Assets

Next Generation Industries Inc. of Rogers has sold the assets of its Next Generation Steel Systems division to Springfield, Mo.-based Stoam Industries for an undisclosed sum.

Fortune Article Tags Eduardo Castro-Wright

Fortune magazine?s Feb. 6 issue tags Wal-Mart Store Inc.?s Eduardo Castro-Wright as one of 12 potential CEO-types.

NanoMech Gets SBIR Award

NanoMech LLC, a Fayetteville-based Virtual Incubation Corp. client, garners yet another Small Business Innovation Research award.

Paint Can Logo Resembles Bank?s

Valspar Corp.?s Signature Colors paint uses a similar ?S? logo to that of Signature Bank of Arkansas, which is based in Fayetteville.

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.

Jones TV May Produce Holocaust Documentary

Jones Television, a nonprofit station in Springdale supported by the Harvey and Bernice Jones Foundation, is in the works to obtain national funding to produce a documentary on Betty Schimmel of Scottsdale, Ariz., a Holocaust survivor.

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