Arkansas Business articles from May 2009

Arkansas Business archives from May 2009

Continental Express hits bumpy road.
May 4, 2009... CONTINENTAL EXPRESS INC., which was one of Arkansas largest private companies, struggled to pay its bills just before it was sold in December, according to lawsuits filed against the Little Rock trucking company. Several of its former...

Life after Alltel: businesses rise from ashes: nine new companies emerge from merger, more are expected.(Company overview)
May 4, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] AS THE NAME THAT ONCE represented one of Arkansas largest companies fades into the background, several new businesses have emerged from the pool of talent that flooded the market when Verizon Wireless completed its...

LR entrepreneur's reversal of fortune.
May 4, 2009... SEVEN YEARS AGO, JOE BLANKENSHIP was enjoying a multimillion-dollar payday that entrepreneurs dream of. His Little Rock e-mail database company, Total eData Corp., was sold to ChoicePoint Inc. of Alpharetta, Ga. As chief executive officer...

Coming soon.(Whispers)
May 4, 2009... Still interested in the unidentified Arkansas customer whose alleged fraud forced IberiaBank Corp. of Lafayette, La., to take a $3.6 million charge-off in the last quarter of 2008? So is the criminal justice system. Stay tuned.

Bank buy.(Whispers)
May 4, 2009... Heard about a bank merger in the works in east Arkansas? The proposed deal has The Farmers & Merchants Bank of Stuttgart acquiring First National Bank of Marianna. First National, with two Lee County locations, reported total assets of...

Ridge estates dispute.(Brief article)
May 4, 2009... A debt of $422,795.25 that was due Jan. 13 may cost developers property in which they invested many times that amount. One Bank & Trust of Little Rock has filed a foreclosure suit in Pulaski County Circuit Court on property owned by MW...

Hungry for news.(Affiliated Foods Southwest Inc)(Brief article)
May 4, 2009... Whether it files for bankruptcy, a competitor buys it or a merger is worked out, expect changes at Affiliated Foods Southwest Inc. of Little Rock. The wholesale grocery distributor released a statement Wednesday saying that a change is...

Medical bill.(Whispers)
May 4, 2009... Court records filed last week show a group of doctors spent $1.2 million in costs and attorney fees to sue Baptist Health of Little Rock over the hospital's credential policy. Now the doctors, who are represented by Williams & Anderson PLC...

In vino veritas.(Whispers)
May 4, 2009... A new wine bar is headed for the Heights. Anna Barker and Susan Crosby plan to open By The Glass in the old Spaule location at 5713 Kavanaugh Blvd. at the beginning of June. Barker said that depending on some of the construction work, the...

100 days.(Editorial)(Editorial)
May 4, 2009... SINCE PRESIDENT FRANKLIN Roosevelt, much has been made of a presidents first 100 days in office. And with all the problems President Barack Obama inherited, pundits everywhere are weighing in on his performance. Some actually are...

And now, the flu.(Editorial)
May 4, 2009... IT'S NOT LIKE BUSINESS DIDN'T have enough to deal with, what with a recession and all. Now a flu bug is floating around that could cause even more headaches, of both the literal and figurative kind. The federal government offers businesses...

[Cartoon].(Editorial)(Cartoon)
May 4, 2009... YOU CAN LEAD A HORSE TO WATER... BUT YOU CAN'T MAKE HIM GRADUATE! [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]

Health care reform redux.(Publisher's Note)
May 4, 2009... REMEMBER THE LAST TIME A reform-minded Democratic president was elected and tried to use his popularity to overhaul the nation's health care system? That was Hillary--oops, Bill--Clinton. The president put his first lady into an...

Where are our medals?(Commentary)
May 4, 2009... ISN'T IT TRUE THAT IF YOU TAKE a bullet for your country, you get a medal? If so, every Bank of America shareholder deserves one. In this space on Feb. 2, 2009, I speculated that when Ken Lewis, CEO of Bank of America, tried to back out of...

Construction of the ASU Delta Center for Economic Development in Jonesboro should be completed in August.(Real Deals: A Look at Important Real Estate Transactions)
May 4, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Caption: Construction of the ASU Delta Center for Economic Development in Jonesboro should be completed in August. The 27,000-SF project at 319 University Loop West weighs in at $5.8 million. Tate General Contractors...

Land transaction.(Real Deals: A Look at Important Real Estate Transactions)
May 4, 2009... A 1.3-acre office site in west Little Rock changed hands in a $1.2 million sale. 13000 Cantrell Road LLC, led by Robert Jorgensen, Rodney Breuer and Robert Harrison, bought the land near the northwest corner of Cantrell and Sam Peck roads....

School purchase.(Brief article)
May 4, 2009... A 6.5-acre charter school development in Jacksonville is in motion after a $415,000 deal. Lighthouse Academies of Arkansas Inc., led by George Biggs, acquired the property at 251 N. First St. The seller is First Place Partners, led by...

Southwest acquisition.(Brief article)
May 4, 2009... A 0.62-acre commercial development in southwest Little Rock drew a $155,000 sale. Southwest Radiator Shop Inc., led by Ronald Dowler, bought the 3618 Baseline Road project from Claymond and Connie Loetscher and Raymond and Judy Loetscher....

Condo buy.(Real Deals: A Look at Important Real Estate Transactions)
May 4, 2009... A 2,866-SF condo unit in Little Rock's Riverdale area tipped the scales at $830,000. ZP Management & Investment Co., led by Jerald Barnett Jr. acquired the 11th-floor space in Riviera Condominiums at 3700 Cantrell Road. The seller is...

Chenal home.(Real Deals: A Look at Important Real Estate Transactions)
May 4, 2009... A 6,015-SF home in the Margeaux Place neighborhood of west Little Rock's Chenal Valley development rang up a $675,000 sale. Curtis and Nancy Arnold purchased the house from Barney and Peggy Taylor. The deal is funded with a 15-year loan of...

Lexington Park loan.(Brief article)
May 4, 2009... The owner of an apartment project in North Little Rock picked up a $21.2 million funding agreement. Burkhalter-Vestal LLC, led by John Burkhaher and Kent Vestal Jr., obtained the 10-year loan from Grandbridge Real Estate Capital LLC of...

Car wash financing.(Real Deals: A Look at Important Real Estate Transactions)
May 4, 2009... A commercial property in south Little Rock is backed with a $2.4 million financial package. Jonesboro Carwash LLC, led by Brad Vaden, received the six-month loan from Jonesboro's Liberty Bank of Arkansas. The 1.57-acre development at...

Church mortgage.(Real Deals: A Look at Important Real Estate Transactions)
May 4, 2009... A downtown Little Rock congregation landed a $1.5 million mortgage. Central Church of Christ got the three-year loan from Twin City Bank. The 2.5-acre development at 823 W. Sixth St. previously was tied to a July 2003 mortgage of $1.4...

Branch funding.(Real Deals: A Look at Important Real Estate Transactions)
May 4, 2009... The owner of a Metropolitan National Bank branch in the Heights area of Little Rock secured a $1.6 million funding agreement. Kidco Properties Inc., led by L. Walter Quinn III, obtained a 30-month loan of $1.2 million from Allied Bank of...

Rainey note.(Real Deals: A Look at Important Real Estate Transactions)
May 4, 2009... A 12,800-SF office building in west Little Rock is backed with a $700,000 financial package. Rainco Ltd., led by Roy Rainey Sr. and his wife, Salliejane, and Roy Rainey Jr. received the five-year loan from Little Rock's Bank of the Ozarks....

Welspun holds dedication of pipe plant at Little Rock.(MANUFACTURING)
May 4, 2009... Welspun Gujarat Stahl Rohren Ltd. of Mumbai, India, the second-largest line pipe producer in the world, formally dedicated its $150 million manufacturing facility at Little Rock last week. Located next to the Little Rock Port, the spiral...

Affiliated Foods merger or sale appears likely.(RETAIL)(Brief article)
May 4, 2009... Affiliated Foods Southwest Inc. of Little Rock is entertaining offers from other companies for either a merger or purchase of the Arkansas wholesale grocery distributor. The company would not release details of the possible suitors, referring...

Stanley Reed to lead Farm Bureau trade panel.(AGRICULTURAL BUSINESS)
May 4, 2009... The Arkansas Farm Bureau has created a seven-member trade advisory committee to advise the bureau's board of directors on matters affecting the trade of Arkansas agricultural commodities. The committee, which will be led by former bureau...

The Downtown Little Rock Partnership is relocating to Lafayette Square at Sixth and Louisiana streets this month.(Inside Business)
May 4, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Caption: The Downtown Little Rock Partnership is relocating to Lafayette Square at Sixth and Louisiana streets this month. The organization will occupy Suite 305 on the third floor of the renovated Lafayette Hotel....

P.A.M. Transportation posts $3.3 million loss.(Public Company Reports)(Financial report)
May 4, 2009... P.A.M. Transportation Services Inc. reported a first-quarter net loss of $3.3 million, or 36 cents a share, compared with a loss of $2.8 million, or 29 cents a share, for the same period of 2008. Operating revenue, which includes fuel...

P.A.M. executives get slight increase in pay.(Public Company Reports)
May 4, 2009... Executives at P.A.M. Transportation Services inc. received small raises last year, but there were no bonuses or option awards given. The Tontitown truckload dry van carrier lists only three executive officers in its proxy. Robert W....

One-time gain lifts earnings of Baldor.(Public Company Reports)
May 4, 2009... Baldor Electric Co. reported first-quarter net earnings boosted by a one-time gain from the modification of its debt agreement. Baldor said earnings reached $36.4 million, up from $25.6 million during the same quarter last year. But...

Deltic Timber Corp.(Public Company Reports)
May 4, 2009... Deltic Timber Corp. declared a quarterly dividend of about 7.5 cents a share, unchanged from last quarter, payable June 15 to shareholders of record as of June 1.

Canadian company plans Arkansas biofuel plant.(ENERGY)
May 4, 2009... A Canadian company has taken the first steps toward building a $40 million biomass-to-biofuel plant in the El Dorado area. Dynamotive Energy Systems Corp. of Vancouver said its new U.S. subsidiary, Dynamotive USA Inc., had entered a...

Norwalk Furniture now Luxe Home Interiors.(RETAIL)
May 4, 2009... The former Norwalk Furniture & Design showroom at 12310 Chenal Parkway in Little Rock has joined about 25 other Norwalk franchisees across the United States and Canada to form a new national chain, Luxe Home Interiors. Norwalk Furniture...

Largest newspapers by daily circulation.(Inside Business)
May 4, 2009... Largest Newspapers by Daily Circulation Paper Circulation Gain/Loss 1 USA Today 2,113,725 (-7.46%) 2 The Wall Street Journal 2,082,189 0.61% 3 The New York Times ...

Priority Bank at the top of return on equity list.(NW Journal: A Look at News From Northwest Arkansas)
May 4, 2009... The Northwest Arkansas Business Journal's annual list of private banks showed some changes in the top 10 banks by return on equity from year-end 2007 to 2008. Most banks reported lower ROE overall. Only private banks chartered in the state...

UA study quantifies effects of risks on Treasury returns.(NW Journal: A Look at News From Northwest Arkansas)
May 4, 2009... A University of Arkansas study documents a positive relationship between expected return on Treasury securities and risk associated with the liquidity of the U.S. Treasury market. The study also finds a strong relationship between return...

Operator of two hospitals didn't pay bills, officials say.(NE Journal: A Look at News From Northeast Arkansas)
May 4, 2009... Ameris Health Systems of Nashville, Tenn., left behind unpaid bills when it stopped operating two hospitals in Mississippi County, officials said. The city of Osceola is trying to collect a $313,000 electric bill Ameris left behind from...

Craighead County repeats drop in sales tax receipts.(NE Journal: A Look at News From Northeast Arkansas)
May 4, 2009... For the first time since 2002, Craighead County reported a second consecutive month of declining revenue from its I percent sales tax receipts when compared with the same month in the previous year. In March, the county collected $1.2...

Unimin Corp.(Business Briefs)
May 4, 2009... Unimin Corp. of New Canaan, Conn., is making a major capital expansion at its Guion (Izard County) plant that will increase by 700 percent the plant's capacity to produce ISO/ API 40/70 frac sand. The expansion will be completed by the end of...

The University of Arkansas School of Law is ranked in the top tier of the nation's law schools in U.S. News and World Report's 2010 edition of America's Best Graduate Schools.(Business Briefs)
May 4, 2009... The University of Arkansas School of Law is ranked in the top tier of the nation's law schools in U.S. News and World Report's 2010 edition of America's Best Graduate Schools. The School of Law tied for 94th place among all public and private...

The latest issue of the Historical Report of the Secretary of State is now available either as a book or online.(Business Briefs)
May 4, 2009... The latest issue of the Historical Report of the Secretary of State is now available either as a book or online. The University of Arkansas Press and the Arkansas History Commission collaborated with the Secretary of State's office to update...

The University of Central Arkansas' Division of Academic Outreach, in collaboration with the College of Business and the Arkansas Economic Development Commission, is facilitating a pre-employment training program for the new Hewlett-Packard Conway facility.(Business Briefs)
May 4, 2009... The University of Central Arkansas' Division of Academic Outreach, in collaboration with the College of Business and the Arkansas Economic Development Commission, is facilitating a pre-employment training program for the new Hewlett-Packard...

The Arkansas Hospitality Association's 2009 Conventions & Trade Show will be held Sept. 23-24 at the Statehouse Convention Center in Little Rock.(Business Briefs)
May 4, 2009... The Arkansas Hospitality Association's 2009 Conventions & Trade Show will be held Sept. 23-24 at the Statehouse Convention Center in Little Rock. The theme will be "Wild About Arkansas." The association is offering exhibitors a 10 percent...

The Arkansas Department of Education has contracted to use IBM technology to monitor its spending of the $569.9 million in American Recovery & Reinvestment Act funding grants.(Business Briefs)
May 4, 2009... The Arkansas Department of Education has contracted to use IBM technology to monitor its spending of the $569.9 million in American Recovery & Reinvestment Act funding grants. Arkansas is the first state to implement real-time stimulus tracking...

Harding University's tutoring program is the first in the nation to receive continuing certification from the National Association for Developmental Education.(Business Briefs)
May 4, 2009... Harding University's tutoring program is the first in the nation to receive continuing certification from the National Association for Developmental Education. It is the only institution in Arkansas and the second nationwide to be granted...

Reese Rowland, a principal with Polk Stanley Rowland Curzon Porter Architects Ltd. of Little Rock, will present a lecture titled "Halfway There: Creating Place Through an Architecture of Meaning" at 6 p.m. on May 5, at the Arkansas Studies Institute.(Business Briefs)
May 4, 2009... Reese Rowland, a principal with Polk Stanley Rowland Curzon Porter Architects Ltd. of Little Rock, will present a lecture titled "Halfway There: Creating Place Through an Architecture of Meaning" at 6 p.m. on May 5, at the Arkansas Studies...

Acxiom Corp. has signed a multi-year renewal with Chase Card Services, the credit card division of JPMorgan Chase & Co., to provide customer marketing services.(Business Briefs)
May 4, 2009... Acxiom Corp. has signed a multiyear renewal with Chase Card Services, the credit card division of JPMorgan Chase & Co., to provide customer marketing services. With 40 years of experience in database marketing strategies, Acxiom provides...

BNSF Logistics LLC of Springdale has been selected as 2008 Fixture/ Construction Carrier of the Year by Wal-Mart Stores Inc.(Business Briefs)
May 4, 2009... BNSF Logistics LLC of Springdale has been selected as 2008 Fixture/ Construction Carrier of the Year by Wal-Mart Stores Inc. BNSF Logistics provides truckload capacity as well as transportation management services in support of Wal-Mart's...

Recession's effects on Arkansas' public companies prove mixed.(Overview)
May 4, 2009... THE RECESSION THAT BEGAN in the last quarter of 2007 began to affect Arkansas publicly traded companies in 2008, though other factors played their part in both earnings and losses. The economic downturn has proven beneficial to Wal-Mart...

Public financial institutions.
May 4, 2009... Public Financial Institutions Ranked by net income in 2008. All figures in millions except earnings per share Company Fiscal Year End Net Income or Address, Phone Previous Year ...

Cromwell Architects Engineers Inc.(ARCHITECTURE)
May 4, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Charles J. Penix has been elected CEO of Cromwell Architects Engineers Inc. of Little Rock. The Cromwell board of directors also elected Gregory Cockmon as president and Daniel K. Fowler as...

Timothy A. Kral, professor of biological sciences at the College of Arts & Sciences at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, has been named the 2009 winner of the Charles & Nadine Baum Faculty Teaching Award.(EDUCATION)
May 4, 2009... Timothy A. Kral, professor of biological sciences at the College of Arts & Sciences at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, has been named the 2009 winner of the Charles & Nadine Baum Faculty Teaching Award, the university's most...

Gwen V. Childs, professor and chair of the Department of Neurobiology & Developmental Sciences at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in Little Rock, has received the 2009 Outstanding Woman Faculty Award.(EDUCATION)
May 4, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Gwen V. Childs, professor and chair of the Department of Neurobiology & Developmental Sciences at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in Little Rock, has received the 2009 Outstanding Woman Faculty Award....

Delta Trust Investments Inc.(FINANCIAL SERVICES)
May 4, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Chad Carlson has been promoted to vice president of Delta Trust Investments Inc., a subsidiary of Delta Trust & Bank of Little Rock. Carlson also has met the requirements to become a certified financial planner...

Farm Credit Midsouth.(FINANCIAL SERVICES)
May 4, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Cary Matthews has joined Farm Credit Midsouth as a staff appraiser and will be working at the central office in Jonesboro. Matthews has 20 years of experience in real estate appraisals. Before joining Farm Credit...

North Arkansas Regional Medical Center.(HEALTH CARE)
May 4, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Jerrad Reese of Cotter has joined North Arkansas Regional Medical Center of Harrison as a certified family nurse practitioner. Reese previously was a nurse at Baxter Regional Medical Center of Mountain Home.

Russell Gunter, a director at the firm of Cross Gunter Witherspoon & Galchus of Little Rock, has received the Jim Wilkins Lifetime Achievement Award from the Arkansas Society for Human Resource Management of Little Rock.(LEGAL)
May 4, 2009... Russell Gunter, a director at the firm of Cross Gunter Witherspoon & Galchus of Little Rock, has received the Jim Wilkins Lifetime Achievement Award from the Arkansas Society for Human Resource Management of Little Rock. Gunter has over 25...

Thomas F. "Mack" McLarty, a former chief of staff for President Bill Clinton and chairman of McLarty Cos.(NONPROFITS)
May 4, 2009... Thomas F. "Mack" McLarty, a former chief of staff for President Bill Clinton and chairman of McLarty Cos., a transportation business in Little Rock, has been selected to receive the 2009 Lifetime of Service Award by City Year of Little...

Phillips Moudy Duke Real Estate.(REAL ESTATE)
May 4, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Byron Calaway has joined Phillips Moudy Duke Real Estate of Benton. Calaway previously spent 22 years with the U.S. Postal Service and 10 years with a local family business.

Crye-Leike Realtors.(REAL ESTATE)
May 4, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Sandy Gifford of Austin has joined Crye-Leike Realtors as a sales associate at the company's North Little Rock branch. Gifford has more than a decade of experience in residential property management and real estate...

Celerit Solutions.(TECHNOLOGY)
May 4, 2009... Mike Tabor has joined the executive team of Celerit Solutions of Little Rock as senior vice president of business development. Tabor has been working in financial services for 22 years and most recently worked at Edge Services Inc. of...

Stock summary.
May 4, 2009... Stock Summary 4/30/2009 Weekly YTD Arkansas Public Company Stocks Close Change Change Acxiom Corp. (ACXM) 9.65 6.63% 11.73% A.E.R.T....

Doing the numbers.(Outtakes: An Inside Look Into Arkansas Media)
May 4, 2009... The winter Nielsen Media Research ratings are in, and they tell an interesting story in the late news slot. It's becoming a horse race among three local television stations. KTHV-TV, Channel 11, posts the highest overall numbers, with a 10...

Rearranging the furniture.(Outtakes: An Inside Look Into Arkansas Media)
May 4, 2009... I.O. Metro of Bentonville has named Little Rock advertising agency Eric Rob & Isaac as its agency of record. I.O. Metro, founded in 2005 by CEO Jay Howard, is a furniture store chain with 14 stores in six states.

Basketball roster switches.(THE PLAYING FIELD)
May 4, 2009... Meanwhile, John Pelphrey and his staff embarked on some spring cleaning of the roster. By press time, the Hogs had already added three players in the spring--point guard Julysses Nobles from Jackson, Miss., and prep school forward Glenn Bryant,...

Is it over for JT? Is it starting for MM?(THE PLAYING FIELD)
May 4, 2009... April saw one state sports hero hit the canvas hard, possibility signaling the beginning of the end of his high-profile career. Another state favorite, though, found the winner's circle at the ripe ol' age of 50. And, considering he was...

The king in the rock.(THE PLAYING FIELD)
May 4, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Caption: THE KING IN THE ROCK: Arnold Palmer addresses a gathering at the Alothian Club on April 21 as the guest of honor at the Jackson T. Stephens Charitable Golf tournament. Palmer told the crowd of his longtime...

Ken Duke.(Penthouse & Outhouse)
May 4, 2009... He didn't wow anybody at Augusta National, and we're not sure he ever even got any TV time, on ESPN or CBS, during the Masters. And this spring has been a far cry from 2007, when he had four top 10s, for the Hope native and Henderson State...

CBS.(Penthouse & Outhouse)
May 4, 2009... The network that carries Southeastern Conference football decided that the Arkansas-LSU game wasn't as big as Alabama-Auburn, which now will be the featured day-after-Thanksgiving nationally televised contest. We guess the last four games,...

John Daly.(Penthouse & Outhouse)
May 4, 2009... White sitting out a six-month suspension from the PGA Tour, the two-time major winner showed up at Augusta (the Georgia city, but not the course), parking his RV across the street from Augusta National to sell his memorabilia during Masters...

Wanted: two creampuffs.(THE PLAYING FIELD)
May 4, 2009... If you're a college basketball program--and you must be from outside the state's borders, thanks to the University of Arkansas' policy concerning no competition against instate schools--and you'd like to play the Razorbacks this coining season,...

Best seat in the house: Pat Gazzola: catfish cook knows the hogs best.(Interview)
May 4, 2009... It's hard to tell what Pat Gazzola is more passionate about--catfish or the Razorbacks. Gazzola, who owns the Catfish Hole restaurants in Fayetteville and Alma with his wife, Janie, seems equally wrapped up in both and has found a way to...

Williams getting 'down and dirty' for razorbacks.(FROM THE HILL)
May 4, 2009... PATIENTLY, D.J. WILLIAMS FIELDED questions from a group of reporters that had him cornered outside the Arkansas football practice field. More than anything, they wanted to know about Williams' progress as a blocking tight end. Arkansas was...

Angels prospect shines in Travs pitching debut.(BASEBALL: Minor League)
May 4, 2009... Two key pitching prospects for the Los Angeles and the Kansas City Royals squared off April 26 at Dickey-Stephens Park when the Arkansas Travelers and 19-year-old lefty Trevor Reckling faced the Northwest Arkansas Naturals and Dan Cortes. ...

Hendrix claims a crown: Warriors win first league title with SCAC Baseball Championship.(STATE COLLEGE BASEBALL NOTES)
May 4, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] That little rumble you may have heard over the April 25-26 weekend in Central Arkansas wasn't from a fault line tremor--it was the reaction of Hendrix College graduates who had learned their school had finally won a...

Somehow, someway Hogs still in SEC hunt.(CALLING THE HOGS)
May 4, 2009... A TELLTALE SIGN OF A GOOD coaching is to figure out how to hide a team's flaws. Coach John Pelphrey and his basketball squad could learn a thing or two from the Razorback baseball coaching staff as they have somehow figured it out in 2009. ...

State of vaulting.(VAULTING NOTES)
May 4, 2009... If the national barometer for high school track is the Nike Championships, then Arkansas can take pride in calling itself one of the top vaulting states in the country. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Arkansas has produced two Nike Champions in...

Current NBA draft rules are obviously not working.(VARSITY VIEWS)
May 4, 2009... SOMEONE FINALLY DID IT, something most of us wouldn't even consider for something as trivial as basketball. But a San Diego prepster is dropping out of high school to go overseas to play professional basketball. Jeremy Tyler, a 6-foot-11...

Paul Eells really was that sincere.(THE PRESSBOX)
May 4, 2009... DURING MY 14 YEARS WORKING AT KARK, Channel 4, Paul Eells worked for the competition. Paul would end every 10 p.m. newscast the same way by saying, "Hope you have a great, safe rest of the night." I remember thinking "That guy seems so...

Duke: masters was 'probably best I've played'.(GOLF: Q&A)(Interview)
May 4, 2009... Ken Duke, the 40-year-old Hope native and former Henderson State golfer and Arkadelphia resident, played in his first Masters tournament earlier last month. While home for a couple of days at the end of the month to host his Ken Duke Charity...

Growing contributions.(NOTES)
May 4, 2009... WARREN STEPHENS told the gathered media at the fourth JACKSON T. STEPHENS CHARITABLE GOLF TOURNAMENT April 21 at his ALOTIAN CLUB that the four events had so far raised $4.2 million. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] This year's event featured...

Cash for Cauley.
May 18, 2009... Gene Cauley needs cash. That much is clear. As ArkansasBusiness.com reported on May 8, the Little Rock lawyer and real estate investor was called on the carpet by a federal judge in New York last month when he wasn't able to come up with...