Arkansas Business articles from April 2004

Arkansas Business archives from April 2004

Growth of black media uneven: two slick magazines join state's newspapers, radio stations.(Minority Business)
April 5, 2004... LIKE ANY ENTREPREneur, Darren Peters, publisher of PowerPlay magazine, walks a fine financial line between success and failure. With startup magazines having about as much chance to succeed as fail, Peters has guided the black-oriented...

New hope for minority bid chances.(Minority Business)
April 5, 2004... AT FIRST, LITTLE ROCK National Airport Commissioner Dr. Charles Johnson was disappointed to learn that minority-owned businesses received less than 1 percent of the contracts awarded for the recent $30 million parking deck construction project....

Davis Petroleum services finding ways to survive.(Minority Business)(Company Profile)
April 5, 2004... TYRONNE DAVIS' 15 YEARS as a salesman for Phillips Petroleum was undone in a single Saturday morning. Shortly after he was transferred to Little Rock from Appleton, Wis., in 1991, Davis made a Saturday sales call on one of Phillips'...

Stop, shop & roll.(Whispers)(Brief Article)
April 5, 2004... Perhaps you've heard about a pending announcement concerning "a major development coming to Chenal Valley that will make a large economic and employment impact on central Arkansas." Officially, no names and details are available until a...

Fewell trouble.(Whispers)(Lake Hamilton Resort Inc. bankruptcy)(Brief Article)
April 5, 2004... March went out like a lion for Little Rock businessman Bob Fewell. On March 22, Fewell's Lake Hamilton Resort Inc. of Hot Springs filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, listing $6.38 million in debt and $4.47 million in assets. ...

Now hiring.(Whispers)(First Security Corp. )(Brief Article)
April 5, 2004... First Security Corp. hasn't entered the Pulaski County bank market yet. But the Searcy-based concern has hired a president and chief executive officer to lead its pending Little Rock/North Little Rock operations. Jeff Hildebrand joins...

Multifamily deal.(Whispers)(Brief Article)
April 5, 2004... A 112-unit apartment project in southwest Little Rock sold for $3.8 million. The Oaks Apartments Ltd., led by Deming Henry, bought Old Oaks Apartments at 7700 N. Chicot Road. Who sold the eight-acre development? Old Oaks Ltd., led by...

Paradise found.(Whispers)(Paradise Bakery & Cafe)(Brief Article)
April 5, 2004... A new restaurant chain is heading to Arkansas, with a hoped-for opening later this year. A franchise location of Paradise Bakery & Cafe based in Aspen, Colo., is set for west Little Rock as part of a $4 million development. The...

Crain automotive reaction.(Whispers)
April 5, 2004... The Crain Automotive group wouldn't comment specifically on a lawsuit, reported in last week's whispers, in which three women claim they were unwittingly sold vehicles that had been in wrecks. But the company is instituting new mechanisms...

Offshoring.(Editorial)
April 5, 2004... OFFSHORING--THE OUTsourcing of jobs to overseas workers--has become one of the hottest political issues of the presidential campaign, and no doubt, to those who've lost jobs, it's a real issue. Despite all the rhetoric by both political...

Athletics spending.(Publisher's Note)
April 5, 2004... WHEN I HEARD OUR STAFF was working on a cover story about college athletics spending in Arkansas, I immediately knew it would be candy for a number of people. Among them: outraged college faculty, legislators, anyone who doesn't see much...

Real deals: a look at important real estate transactions.
April 5, 2004... Grove Acquisition A 225-unit apartment project in west Little Rock tipped the scales at $16.1 million ($71,629 per unit). Vintage Pleasant Valley LLC, led by David Alexander and Alvin Child Jr., bought the The Grove at Pleasant Ridge...

Arkansas next to last on technology list.(Technology & Computers)(Brief Article)
April 5, 2004... Arkansas moved up a notch--to 49th place from dead last N on the Milken Institute's latest study of what states are doing to create technology-based economic development. "The new engine of regional economic prosperity is based upon how...

SEC probing Tyson payments to officers.(Agricultural Business)(Securities and Exchange Commission, Tyson Foods Inc.)
April 5, 2004... Tyson Foods Inc. said last week that the Securities and Exchange Commission was investigating the company's disclosure of payments to certain directors and officers, including its chairman and CEO, John Tyson. The investigation also is looking...

Topping out.(Inside Business)
April 5, 2004... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Caption: First Security Bancorp last week celebrated the topping-out of First Security Center, the 14-story, $25 million multiuse building in Little Rock's River Market District. The 180,000-SF building is scheduled...

Acxiom Cuts 230, Reveals 'Financial Road Map'.(In Full View)
April 5, 2004... ACXIOM CORP. EAST WEEK CUT 230 employees, 5.4 percent of its U.S. work force, as part of an "organizational realignment." Acxiom has about 5,000 employees worldwide. In a conference call, Acxiom CEO Charles Morgan said the work force...

Terra Nitrogen Co. to close Blytheville plant.(Agricultural Business)(Brief Article)
April 5, 2004... Terra Nitrogen Co. L.P. of Sioux City, Iowa, will close its nitrogen products manufacturing plant at Blytheville on May 31, putting more than 60 employees out of work. Michael L. Bennett, president and chairman, said Terra is closing the...

Tyson Foods unveils $40 million center.(Agricultural Business)(Brief Article)
April 5, 2004... Tyson Foods Inc. last week unveiled plans for its new 184,000-SF Discovery Center. Gov. Mike Huckabee joined Tyson officials, along with members of the Arkansas Economic Development Commission, for the announcement of the $40 million...

State's job picture to slowly improve.(Economic)(Brief Article)
April 5, 2004... Arkansans can expect to see more new service jobs created as the state's unemployment rate declines from 6.2 percent to 5.3 percent this year, according to the latest economic forecast by the University of Arkansas at Little Rock's Institute of...

Realtor award changes formats.(Real Estate)(Brief Article)
April 5, 2004... The Arkansas Realtors Association has created new guidelines and a new awards system for agent achievement for 2003 transactions. The Awards for Excellence will replace the previous Million Dollar Club awards and will have five different...

Champion Parts reports higher year-end profits.(Public Company Reports)(Champion Pads Inc.)(Brief Article)
April 5, 2004... Champion Pads Inc., the Hope company that remanufactures automotive parts, said net income for the fourth quarter was $221,000, or 6 cents a share, compared with $351,000, or 10 cents a share, for the same period in 2002. Net sales increased to...

With gain, AERT turns a profit.(Public Company Reports)(Advanced Environmental Recycling Technologies)(Brief Article)
April 5, 2004... A one-time gain related to a fire at a Texas manufacturing plant last year pushed Advanced Environmental Recycling Technologies Inc. of Springdale to a $2.02 million net income last year. AERT, which makes composite decking and other...

Cytomedix completes stock placement.(Public Company Reports)(Brief Article)
April 5, 2004... Cytomedix Inc., the Little Rock-based wound therapy company, has completed a private placement of preferred stock and warrants with a leading institutional investor and individual investors, raising $4.5 million in gross proceeds. "The...

DAC Technologies income up 2,391%.(Public Company Reports)(DAC Technologies Group International Inc)(Brief Article)
April 5, 2004... DAC Technologies Group International Inc. reported net income of $319,084 for 2003, compared with $12,810 for 2002--an increase of $306,274, or 2,391 percent. The company reported pretax income of $519,681, upon which it accrued income...

Benham gets involved at Fort Smith Air Base.(NW Journal: a look at news from Northeast Arkansas)(Brief Article)
April 5, 2004... The Lowell office of Oklahoma City-based The Benham Companies Inc. will provide the architecture and landscape architecture services for the new 26,000-SF Arkansas National Guard facility' at the Ebbing Air National Guard base outside of Fort...

NCR joins UA's ITRC.(NW Journal: a look at news from Northeast Arkansas)(National Cash Register Co.)(University of Arkansas)
April 5, 2004... NCR, the company founded as the National Cash Register Co. in Dayton, Ohio, has joined the Information Technology Research Center within the Sam M. Walton College of Business at the University of Arkansas. Brad Lawless, program director at...

Buffalo come back to Berryville Market.(NW Journal: a look at news from Northeast Arkansas)(Hanby Lumber Co.)(Brief Article)
April 5, 2004... Diners looking for something eclectic might be interested in the meat being reintroduced to the Berryville farmers market this summer. Butch Hanby, president of Hanby Lumber Co., said he and store manager Hal Hudgens plan to re-introduce...

Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department 2003 disadvantage business enterprise totals.(Minority Business)(Illustration)
April 5, 2004... Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department 2003 Disadvantage Business Enterprise Totals Federal Aid Jobs Minority Company, City Group Amount * ETC...

MSI builds national reputation despite secret.(Minority Business)(Managed Subcontractors International Inc.)
April 5, 2004... ROBBYN TUMEY USED TO only "initial company contracts. The letters "R.L.T." left enough ambiguity to raze the walls that sometimes popped up when prospective clients found out Managed Subcontractors International Inc. had a secret. Tumey...

Men to cook, raise scholarship funds.(Minority Business Notes)(Brief Article)
April 5, 2004... More than 30 prominent community leaders in the greater Little Rock area will be featured as celebrity cooks at the fourth "Men Who Cook for a Cause" fundraiser. The event, a fundraiser for the National Dunbar Perpetuity Scholarship Fund...

Business networking cocktail set for April 22.(Minority Business Notes)(Ben Enterprises )(Brief Article)
April 5, 2004... Ben Enterprises and The Lafayette are hosting a business networking cocktail from 5-7 p.m. on April 22. Benito Benedicto, who heads Ben Enterprises, said the purpose of the event is to give entrepreneurs, owners, executives, bankers,...

Workshop scheduled for Asian-Americans.(Minority Business Notes)(Brief Article)
April 5, 2004... An Asian-American and Other Minority Business/Entrepreneur Development Workshop will be held April 26 at the Comfort Inn & Suites in Hot Springs. The workshop is sponsored by the Asian-American Reporter with a sponsoring grant from the...

Black legislators raise scholarship funds.(Minority Business Notes)(Brief Article)
April 5, 2004... Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., D-Ill., was the featured speaker March 20 at the fifth annual Townsend Scholarship and Awards Dinner at the Statehouse Convention Center. The fundraising event, a project of the Arkansas Legislative Black Caucus...

Mount Magazine State Park.(Business Briefs)(Brief Article)
April 5, 2004... * A groundbreaking ceremony will be held April 9 for the Mount Magazine State Park lodge and cabins. Located in the Ozark National Forest, Mount Magazine is the highest point in the state at 2,735 feet. The $32.6 million project will have a...

Tom Jones, 63, construction manager for the Clinton Presidential Library, died March 28 at Arkansas Heart Hospital.(Business Briefs)(Brief Article)
April 5, 2004... * Tom Jones, 63, construction manager for the Clinton Presidential Library, died March 28 at Arkansas Heart Hospital. Jones had headed the construction project, scheduled to open Nov. 18, for three years.

Triple-S Alarm Co., the 28-year-old Little Rock-based security installation company.(Business Briefs)(Brief Article)
April 5, 2004... * Triple-S Alarm Co., the 28-year-old Little Rock-based security installation company, has been selected as an authorized dealer for First Alert Profession Security Systems.

Tom Fritsche, who has served nearly three years with Regions Bank in Little Rock as senior vice president of real estate and group manager of commercial lending, will represent the western region of Regions Financial Corp.(Business Briefs)(Brief Article)
April 5, 2004... * Tom Fritsche, who has served nearly three years with Regions Bank in Little Rock as senior vice president of real estate and group manager of commercial lending, will represent the western region of Regions Financial Corp. on the company's...

Alltel Corp.(Business Briefs)(Brief Article)
April 5, 2004... * Michael T. Flynn, assistant to Alltel Corp. President and CEO Scott Ford, is retiring after 34 years in the telecommunications industry. Flynn joined Alltel as president of the telephone group in 1994. He previously served 24 years with...

ContourMed.(Business Briefs)(Brief Article)
April 5, 2004... * Mimi San Pedro has been named president of ContourMed, the Little Rock company that makes custom breast prostheses for post-mastectomy patients. She joined the company in July 2001 as vice president of sales and marketing. ContourMed CEO John...

J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc.(Business Briefs)(J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc.)(Brief Article)
April 5, 2004... * J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc.'s Dedicated Contract Services operating segment has received an Excellent Supplier Award from PPG Industries Inc. for superior accomplishments in 2003. The award is based on overall quality, service,...

Precision Roll Grinders.(Business Briefs)(Brief Article)
April 5, 2004... * Precision Roll Grinders of Allentown, Pa., has announced the opening of its $10 million, 30,000-SF plant at Texarkana. Precision Roll Grinders supplies industrial roll grinding and repair services to the paper; plastic and non-woven...

CenterPoint Energy Arkla.(Business Briefs)(Brief Article)
April 5, 2004... * CenterPoint Energy Arkla will have to credit bills or issue refunds for all customers statewide. The natural gas company billed customers for the state's new sales tax on natural gas starting in February, says Attorney General Mike Beebe, but...

The Arkansas Public Service Commission and Entergy Arkansas have filed papers with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission asking that it reject a decision that would increase electric bills in the state.(Business Briefs)(Brief Article)
April 5, 2004... * The Arkansas Public Service Commission and Entergy Arkansas have filed papers with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission asking that it reject a decision that would increase electric bills in the state. An administrative law judge said...

Cotton producers in the United States intend to boost seeded area 7 percent to 14.4 million acres of both upland and American-Pima, compared with 13.48 million acres in 2003, according to the USDA seeding intentions report.(Business Briefs)(Brief Article)
April 5, 2004... * Cotton producers in the United States intend to boost seeded area 7 percent to 14.4 million acres of both upland and American-Pima, compared with 13.48 million acres in 2003, according to the USDA seeding intentions report. Upland growers in...

Time Inc. will begin selling a monthly women's magazine, All You, in WalMart Stores in September.(Business Briefs)(Brief Article)
April 5, 2004... * Time Inc. will begin selling a monthly women's magazine, All You, in WalMart Stores in September. The magazine, aimed at reaching value-conscious American women, eventually will be available nationally in other stores.

Former Sen. David Pryor has been named the dean of the University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service, the graduate program affiliated with the Clinton Presidential Library.(Business Briefs)(Brief Article)
April 5, 2004... * Former Sen. David Pryor has been named the dean of the University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service, the graduate program affiliated with the Clinton Presidential Library. Pryor has been a Fulbright Distinguished Fellow of Law and...

The Golden Triangle Economic Development Council will hold its 2004 annual dinner meeting at the Charles O. Ross Center in Camden on May 6.(Business Briefs)(Brief Article)
April 5, 2004... * The Golden Triangle Economic Development Council will hold its 2004 annual dinner meeting at the Charles O. Ross Center in Camden on May 6. Tickets are $20. For more information, contact Jo Cromwell at (870) 235-4924.

Arkansas business list: sales & use taxes by county.(Illustration)
April 5, 2004... Arkansas Business List: Sales & Use Taxes By County Ranked by 2003 receipts 2003 Total Percent County (Seat) State Sales Change ...

New businesses: a listing of business start-ups in Arkansas.
April 5, 2004... BASSETT FURNITURE DIRECT Owners: Scott Curtis, Rusty Vassaur and Cydney Fullen Address: 11400 W. Markham St., Little Rock Phone: (501) 227-0606 Hours: 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Monday--Saturday, noon--5 p.m. Sunday Startup: May 1 ...

Calendar.(Calendar)
April 5, 2004... April * 6--Pulaski Technical College Spring Career Fair Time: 10 a.m.--1 p.m. Location: Pulaski Teen Student Center, 3000 W. Scenic Drive, North Little Rock For more information, call (501) 812-2284 * 6--Financing Options...

Jana R. Cason of KARK-TV, Channel 4, in Little Rock has been elected 2004-2005 president of the central chapter of the Arkansas Society of Certified Public Accountants.(Accounting)(Brief Article)
April 5, 2004... Jana R. Cason of KARK-TV, Channel 4, in Little Rock has been elected 2004-2005 president of the central chapter of the Arkansas Society of Certified Public Accountants. Other elected officers include Barbara A. Barron of Dassault Falcon Jet...

Ross Sparks Builders.(Construction)(Brief Article)
April 5, 2004... Kara White has been promoted to project manager at Ross Sparks Builders in Little Rock. White has worked for the company since 1999 and previously served as the company's project coordinator.

Enco Materials Inc.(Construction)(Brief Article)
April 5, 2004... Jim Huff has joined Enco Materials Inc. in North Little Rock as an outside salesman for the central Arkansas territory. Huff has more than 20 years of experience in construction material sales.

Metro Builders & Restoration Specialists Inc.(Construction)(Brief Article)
April 5, 2004... Clayton Pollock has joined the Metro Builders & Restoration Specialists Inc. in North Little Rock to head the new client service division. Pollock has 25 years of building experience and will focus on tenant improvements, commercial...

BUDGEText Corp.(Education)(Brief Article)
April 5, 2004... Mike Hansen has been promoted to president for BUDGEText Corp. in Fayetteville, a wholesaler of used textbooks. Hansen previously served as the corporation's vice president of operations.

Arkansas Tech University.(Education)(Brief Article)
April 5, 2004... State Sen. Mary Anne Salmon of North Little Rock has been inducted into the Arkansas Tech University Hall of Distinction as a distinguished alumna. Salmon represents District 31. H.L. Shepherd of Russellville also has been recognized as a...

Sam M. Walton College of Business at the University of Arkansas.(Education)(Brief Article)
April 5, 2004... Gary McLaughlin has been appointed director of the Small Business Development Center in the Sam M. Walton College of Business at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville. McLaughlin previously served as vice president international tax for...

Sum-mit Bank.(Financial Services)(Brief Article)
April 5, 2004... Glenda G. Dunn has joined Sum-mit Bank of Hot Springs as vice president of consumer, commercial and residential lending. Dunn has been in banking since 1985.

Simmons First Bank of Northwest Arkansas.(Financial Services)(Brief Article)
April 5, 2004... Thomas W. Spillyards has been named president and chief executive officer of Simmons First Bank of Northwest Arkansas. Spillyards previously served as vice chairman of Simmons First National Bank. Marty D. Casted of Pine Bluff has been named...

Twin City Bank.(Financial Services)(Brief Article)
April 5, 2004... Calvin Miller Jr. of North Little Rock has joined Twin City Bank as assistant vice president. Miller will specialize in small business lending and development.

Bank of America.(Financial Services)(Brief Article)
April 5, 2004... Libby Schnipper has been appointed market president and small business banking/premier banking client manager at Bank of America's Hot Springs market. Schnipper joined Bank of America in 1995.

Summit Bancorp.(Financial Services)(Brief Article)
April 5, 2004... John Bryant of Hot Springs has been promoted to chief administrative officer and general counsel of Summit Bancorp of Arkadelphia. Bryant previously served as president of the Summit Bank of Hot Springs.

Retail Law Strategist.(Legal)(Brief Article)
April 5, 2004... W. Bradford Sherman of Little Rock has been invited to join the board of editors of Retail Law Strategist, a publication of the International Council of Shopping Centers. Sherman is a shareholder and director at Gill Elrod Ragon Owen & Sherman...

Stock summary.(Illustration)
April 5, 2004... Arkansas Public Company Stocks 3/31/04 Weekly YTD Close Change Change Acxiom Corp. (ACXM) 21.96 12.79% 18.38%...

KLRT's room to grow.(Outtakes: an inside look into Arkansas media)(Brief Article)
April 5, 2004... Fox affiliate KLRT, TV, Channel 16's long-anticipated hourlong 9 p.m. newscast finally went live on Sunday, March 28. Featuring an anchor crew mostly from out-of-state, the first newscast's first story was a rehash by Dewayne Graham of...

Sex and White County.(Outtakes: an inside look into Arkansas media)(Interview)
April 5, 2004... KATV-TV, Channel 7, led its 10 p.m. newscast last Tuesday with an odd little interview with Charles Taylor of White County, who claimed to have married "Sex and the City" star Kim Cattrall and never divorced her. Rather than get into the...

Goodbye furniture.(Outtakes: an inside look into Arkansas media)(The Producers Studio)(Brief Article)
April 5, 2004... Benton Brandon has emerged from the remains of Brandon Furniture Co. to launch his own production company, The Producers Studio. Over on Rebsamen Park Road in Little Rock, the company has two other partners, cinematographer and computer...

Bimonthly ad troubles.(Outtakes: an inside look into Arkansas media)
April 5, 2004... PowerPlay, the year-old African-American magazine, seems to look better with each issue. But after Ralph Armstrong was arrested March 12 on suspicion of murdering his pregnant wife, Dashunda Armstrong, the magazine ran an ad for Ralph...

Fewell fires another shot in hotel feud.(dispute between Bob Fewell, David Wick)
April 12, 2004... THE CHAPTER 11 BANKRUPTCY filing last month by Lake Hamilton Resort Inc. of Hot Springs is another page in another chapter in the 10-year "grudge match" between businessmen Bob Fewell of Little Rock and David Wick of San Diego. The tension...

At long last: V.C. tax credits: state foundation to boost Venture Capital nears completion.
April 12, 2004... IT HAS TAKEN A COUPLE of years to get all the parts in motion, but legislation approved by the General Assembly in 2001 may finally be about to help attract venture capital investment to the state. Act 1791 of 2001, the Venture Capital...

Fewell for the fire.(Whispers)(Brief Article)
April 12, 2004... Another creditor recently filed a lawsuit against Bob Fewell's Pro Transportation Inc. of Little Rock. This week's case involves CitiCaptial Commercial Corp. of Irving, Texas, which filed suit in Pulaski County Circuit Court in an attempt...

USA drug deal.(Stephen L. LaFrance Pharmacy Inc.)(Brief Article)
April 12, 2004... A 2.2-acre commercial property in west Little Rock tipped the scales at $2 million (a whopping $21.50 per SF). Stephen L. LaFrance Pharmacy Inc. of Pine Bluff bought the site at the southeast corner of Chenal Parkway and Cantrell Road. ...

Assembly required.(Whispers)(SPC Markham Ltd.)(Brief Article)
April 12, 2004... A three-acre piece of a midtown Little Rock redevelopment sold for nearly $1.8 million. SPC Markham Ltd., led by James Strode, acquired the property in connection with its planned 120,000 retail center near Park Plaza Mall. The seller...

A new old player.(Whispers)(Cauley Geller Bowman and Coates L.L.P)(Brief Article)
April 12, 2004... Advertising isn't exactly foreign to the law firm of Cauley Geller Bowman & Rudman, but the TV ads that started running in the Little Rock market late last month are something completely new. In the past, Cauley Geller has generally used...

Justice delayed.(Whispers)(Brief Article)
April 12, 2004... For those keeping score... Dan F. Whitt of Maumelle, who has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit money laundering in a Michigan kickback case that also snared his son David and Little Rock attorney Keith Moser, was not sentenced on...

Tricky triangle.(Whispers)(Arkansas Arts Center )(Brief Article)
April 12, 2004... If you were the recipient of one of those funky triangular invitations to an event at the Arkansas Arts Center on May 4, you probably had one real big question. Like, who sent the thing. Boasting of helping companies from Pittsburgh to...

Don't be cruel.(Whispers)(Cruel Dave Enterprises LLC)(Brief Article)
April 12, 2004... It looks as if its getting worse for the defunct Cruel Dave Enterprises LLC of North Little Rock and its owner Jeffrey Leeth. National Loan Investors LP recently sued Leeth and his former company alleging he defaulted on $281,000 worth of...

Corrections.(Correction Notice)
April 12, 2004... Kerri Marsh of Little Rock has joined Arkansas Health Care Foundation as administrative director. The organization she joined was incorrectly identified in the March 29 issue of Arkansas Business. Lamar Davis, volunteer associate editor of...

Stretching the limits.(term limits for Arkansas state legislators)(Editorial)
April 12, 2004... TERM LIMITS, NOW MORE than a decade old in Arkansas, have been measured and found lacking. The Arkansas State Chamber of Commerce/Associated Industries of Arkansas and the Arkansas Farm Bureau are backing a proposed amendment that would...

Success should be rewarded.(Letter to the Editor)
April 12, 2004... "If this discussion about tax policy is really aimed at economic development, let's talk about waiving the personal income taxes for executives who move their company headquarters into Arkansas from elsewhere." Gwen Moritz (Editor's Note,...

Retail choices.(Editor's Note)
April 12, 2004... AN AMERICAN JOURNALIST now living in England contacted me recently for help in putting together an article on Wal-Mart and its transforming effect on northwest Arkansas. I pointed her to some stories we've done and some other resources that...

Respecting your customers.(On Marketing)
April 12, 2004... THE LEGENDARY ADMAN David Ogilvy once counseled businesspeople, "The consumer is not a moron; she's your wife. Don't insult her intelligence." Despite the relatively sexist undertone of the message (it was the 1960s, after all), the late Mr....

Mortgage lending.(Real deals: a look at important real estate transactions)(Brief Article)(Illustration)
April 12, 2004... Mortgage Lending January 2004 Mtg./dep. * Mtg. value Mortgage (millions) Volume Simmons First National ([dagger]) 13.32% ...

RV acquisition.(Real deals: a look at important real estate transactions)(Brief Article)
April 12, 2004... A recreational vehicle project in Sherwood changed hands in a $1.4 million deal. Fletcher Realty LLC, led by Frank Fletcher, bought the National Travelers project at 6027 Warden Road flora the Kenneth R. Downing Revocable Trust. The...