Arkansas Business articles from November 2006

Arkansas Business archives from November 2006

Baby boomers slow to save for retirement: 'greatest generation' comes to rescue, again.(Wealth Management)
November 6, 2006... THE FIRST BABY BOOMERS are reaching their 60th birthdays, but the real shock may come when they contemplate retirement. Most didn't start investing in 401(k)s soon enough, and relatively few Arkansas companies offer traditional "defined...

Should you bet the house? Homeowners weigh the risks of investing equity.(Wealth Management)
November 6, 2006... MORE HOMEowners have become comfortable with carrying more debt on their homes and using the residential equity as a cash pool for investment. For many homeowners, two of the biggest factors that affect equity growth have remained...

Charitable gift annuities: the gift that keeps on giving.(Wealth Management)
November 6, 2006... GMNG TO CHARITY, GETTING a tax break and locking in an additional stream of income all at the same time is a tempting combination that some financial advisers say has made charitable gift annuities (CGAs) one of the leading planned giving...

Hotel no tell.(Whispers)
November 6, 2006... During the past year, we've been given a variety of timelines for the reopening of the renovated Capital Hotel in downtown Little Rock. First it was summer 2006, then October. Then sometime later this fall. The latest timeline, according...

On Holiday.(Whispers)
November 6, 2006... More hotel news, as we got word last week that the Holiday Inn Little Rock-Airport East will temporarily close its doors on Nov. 17 to begin a $10 million renovation. The hotel at 3201 Bankhead Drive is expected to be closed nearly 18...

Jail time.(Whispers)
November 6, 2006... In an unusual move, former Little Rock stockbroker Warren Overton volunteered for incarceration at the Pulaski County jail. Overton pleaded guilty Oct. 3 to a federal charge of check-kiting with the expectation that eight other counts of...

Pass the plate.(Whispers)
November 6, 2006... Perfecting New Life Full Gospel Baptist Church in North Little Rock has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection to stop a foreclosure complaint. The financial problems first appeared earlier this year when the church defaulted on two...

Indictment confirmed.(Whispers)(fraud)(Brief article)
November 6, 2006... Not that we weren't sure when we whispered it two weeks ago, but for the record: Jim Bolt, John Dodge, Melvin Robinson and Leroy Hoback have, in fact, been indicted by a federal grand jury in Fayetteville on nine felony counts related to...

College degree equals $$$.(Editorial)(Brief article)
November 6, 2006... A REPORT LAST MONTH added fuel to the fire on why Arkansans need to place a greater emphasis on getting a college education. Data from the Census Bureau showed that a bachelor's degree is worth about an extra $23,000 a year. College...

Free press, free society.(Editorial)
November 6, 2006... IT WAS A BIT JARRING TO READ that the United States ranked 53rd in the Reporters Without Borders' latest annual survey on press freedom, its Worldwide Press Freedom Index. The three worst violators of flee expression were the usual...

Bank deposit mania.(Editor's Note)
November 6, 2006... ARKANSASBUSINESS.COM PUT out a "breaking news e-newsletter on the Friday afternoon in October that the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. issued its annual "summary of deposits." Last week, Arkansas Business devoted pages and pages to the minute...

High-rise transaction.(Real Deals: A Look at Important Real Estate Transactions)
November 6, 2006... A 600,000-SF office building in downtown Little Rock tipped the scales at $37.2 million. A group of limited liability companies controlled by Triple Net Properties LLC of Santa Ana, Calif., bought the 30-story Regions Center at 400 W....

Industrial sale I.(Real Deals: A Look at Important Real Estate Transactions)(Caleast NAT LLC of Annapolis)(Brief article)
November 6, 2006... Adjoining industrial properties in east Little Rock changed hands in a $3.25 million transaction. Caleast NAT LLC of Annapolis, Md., acquired the 3.2-acre warehouse property at 1803 E. 22nd St. and almost 10.9-acre truck terminal project...

Industrial sale II.(Real Deals: A Look at Important Real Estate Transactions)(LR Ark Property LLC of Columbus)(Brief article)
November 6, 2006... A Maumelle industrial property is under new ownership after an $890,000 deal. LR Ark Property LLC of Columbus, Ohio, purchased the 8.1-acre location at the north end of Sharkey Drive from Burkhalter Leasing LLC, led by John Burkhalter. ...

Acreage acquisition.(Real Deals: A Look at Important Real Estate Transactions)(Hundley Family Ltd)(Brief article)
November 6, 2006... About 58 acres in west Pulaski County drew an $884,000 transaction. Gene Ludwig bought the land south of County Farm Road along the Little Maumelle River from Hundley Family Ltd., led by Jeanice Hundley and John Hundley Jr. The land...

Broadway buy.(Real Deals: A Look at Important Real Estate Transactions)
November 6, 2006... A pair of commercial properties in North Little Rock rang up a $650,000 sale. Somers Enterprises Inc., led by Sheila Somers, acquired a small apartment complex at 4624 E. Broadway and a carwash at 4627 E. Broadway. The seller is Buckler...

Ag purchase.(Real Deals: A Look at Important Real Estate Transactions)(Riverfront Industrial Park Inc)(agribusiness development )(Brief article)
November 6, 2006... An agribusiness development in North Little Rock sold for $613,000. Frank Vallot purchased the 2 Oakley Drive project from Mid-South Seed Inc. of North Little Rock. The deal is backed with a 10-year loan of $664,000 from U.S. Bank of...

Carwash property.(Real Deals: A Look at Important Real Estate Transactions )(Abbott Moore Enterprises LLC acquisitions)(Brief article)
November 6, 2006... A carwash project in southwest Little Rock changed hands in a $550,000 deal. Abbott Moore Enterprises LLC, led by James and Michelle Moore, bought the 10000 Mabelvale West Road development from the namesake revocable trusts of Richard and...

Chenal sale.(Real Deals: A Look at Important Real Estate Transactions)(Rees Development Inc)(Brief article)
November 6, 2006... A 5,000-SF home in west Little Rock's Chenal Valley neighborhood is under new ownership after a $772,000 sale. Judith Tenenbaum acquired the house from Rees Development Inc., led by John Rees. The residence previously was linked with...

Walton heights abode.(Real Deals: A Look at Important Real Estate Transactions)
November 6, 2006... A 3,420-SF home in west Little Rock's Walton Heights neighborhood drew a $715,000 transaction. Marcus and Carol Fisher purchased the house from Christopher and Jennifer Ligon. The deal was funded with a 30-year loan of $572,000 from...

Normandy home.(Real Deals: A Look at Important Real Estate Transactions)(Brief article)
November 6, 2006... A 4,461-SF home in the Normandy neighborhood of Little Rock rang up a $643,000 sale. Christopher and Christy Catlett bought the house from Shannon and William Otto Jr. The deal is backed with a one-year loan of $650,000 from Twin City Bank...

River ridge residence.(Real Deals: A Look at Important Real Estate Transactions)
November 6, 2006... A 3,383-SF home in Little Rock's River Ridge Pointe neighborhood sold for $530,000. C.S. and Amy Schuh acquired the house from the Irrevocable Credit Shelter Trust, led by William Riley. The deal is financed with a 15-year loan of...

Captain funding.(Real Deals: A Look at Important Real Estate Transactions)
November 6, 2006... Two seafood eateries were used to help secure a $430 million funding agreement. SHN Properties LLC of Nashville, Tenn., obtained the loan from JP Morgan Chase Bank of Chicago. The limited liability company purchased the Captain D's...

Stanley Inc. to bring 150 jobs to Hot Springs.(MANUFACTURING)(Brief article)
November 6, 2006... Stanley Inc., a leading provider of systems integration and professional services to the federal government, will open a new facility in Hot Springs next spring, bringing 150 "full-time equivalent" jobs to the area. Spokesmen for Stanley...

Calpaco Papers to open McCrory production plant.(Inside Business)(Brief article)
November 6, 2006... Calpaco Papers Inc. will open a production facility at McCrory, where it will convert large rolls of paper into sheets and smaller rolls for use by commercial printers, printing brokers and other paper merchants for resale. The company...

Eastman completes sale of Batesville plant.(Inside Business)
November 6, 2006... Eastman Chemical Co. of Kingsport, Tenn., has completed the sale of its wholly owned subsidiary, Eastman SE Inc., to FutureFuel Corp. of St. Louis. Included in the sale is Eastman's Batesville plant, as well as related assets and product...

Safe Foods files petition to expand use of Cecure.(Inside Business)
November 6, 2006... Safe Foods Corp. of North Little Rock wants the Food & Drug Administration to amend food additive regulations to allow the company's patented antimicrobial agent to be used in more points along the poultry processing line, said CEO Curtis...

Moses Tucker plans $80 million downtown development.(In Full View)
November 6, 2006... REAL ESTATE DEVELOPERS JIMMY MOSES and Rett Tucker were set to unveil on Friday plans for River Market Place, a new $80 million development to be constructed at Third and Rock streets in downtown Little Rock. The 500,000-SF, mixed-use...

Wal-Mart's sales slow; flat November foreseen.(Public Company Reports)
November 6, 2006... Wal-Mart Stores Inc. said total U.S. same-store sales for October increased only 0.5 percent and that it expected November same-store sales to be flat as well. The world's largest retailer cited soft apparel sales, particularly in women's...

Dillard's same-store sales for October fall 5 percent.(Public Company Reports)
November 6, 2006... Dillard's Inc. said same-store sales for October were down 5 percent. Sales for the four weeks ended Oct. 28 were $474 million compared with sales of $488 million during the same month last year. Total sales dropped 3 percent for the...

First Federal sees decline in third-quarter income.(Public Company Reports)
November 6, 2006... First Federal Bancshares of Arkansas Inc. of Harrison, the savings and loan holding company for First Federal Bank, posted third-quarter net income of $1.7 million, or 33 cents a share, compared with $2 million, or 39 cents a share, during the...

Alltel revises report on third-quarter earnings.(Public Company Reports)
November 6, 2006... Alltel Corp. revised its third-quarter earnings report, changing the manner in which the Little Rock wireless carrier accounted for income from the spinoff of wireline firm Windstream Communications of Little Rock. In the original...

Number of real estate agents still increasing.(NW Journal: A Look at News From Northwest Arkansas)
November 6, 2006... Alicia Demarest, the president of the Metro Board of Realtors, is seeing a steady rise in the number of agents entering the market. The Metro Board of Realtors, which covers Washington County, has already added 350 members this year,...

Developers to build sewer system for city.(NW Journal: A Look at News From Northwest Arkansas)
November 6, 2006... Brett Hash of Re/Max Associates of Fayetteville and six other developers are planning to build an $8 million STEP sewer system, which on completion will be given to the city of Cave Springs. Individual septic systems are now the only method of...

$100 million project to include Sheraton.(NW Journal: A Look at News From Northwest Arkansas)
November 6, 2006... Paul Myer, through his Upscale Companies LLC and its subsidiaries, broke ground on Oct. 26 on a $100 million project in Rogers. Myers Ranch sits on 18.47 acres and will include a Sheraton Hotel along with five lots of office, restaurant and...

Mississippi county keeps quiet on potential project.(NE Journal: A Look at News From Northeast Arkansas)(Brief article)
November 6, 2006... Mississippi County officials aren't saying much about a company that's checking out the landscape. The Mississippi County Quorum Court recently approved $10,000 for a wage and work force analyst and $17,000 for a title and property search...

Jonesboro considering improvements to roads.(NE Journal: A Look at News From Northeast Arkansas)
November 6, 2006... The city of Jonesboro is sifting through recommendations on how to improve its roads. A few years ago, the southwest part of town expected the construction of a new shopping mall, said Tony Thomas, project administrator for the city. ...

Morgan Quitno.(Business Briefs)(dangerous cities rankings)(Brief article)
November 6, 2006... * Little Rock is ranked 23rd in the latest rankings of the most dangerous cities in America, up two spots from 2004. Morgan Quitno, an independent research company, ranks the cities based on the crime rate of the previous year. St. Louis was...

John Albert Cobb, 43, of Lonsdale and Ethon Allen V. Boyer, 19, of Malvern were killed in an explosion last week at Arkansas Aluminum Alloys, an aluminum recycling plant east of Hot Springs.(Business Briefs)
November 6, 2006... * John Albert Cobb, 43, of Lonsdale and Ethon Allen V. Boyer, 19, of Malvern were killed in an explosion last week at Arkansas Aluminum Alloys, an aluminum recycling plant east of Hot Springs. Another worker suffered minor injuries. The cause...

BancorpSouth Inc. of Tupelo, Miss., is buying City Bancorp, the parent company of Signature Bank of Springfield, Mo., for $170 million.(Business Briefs)
November 6, 2006... * BancorpSouth Inc. of Tupelo, Miss., is buying City Bancorp, the parent company of Signature Bank of Springfield, Mo., for $170 million. City Bancorp shareholders would receive 50 percent cash and 50 percent BancorpSouth common stock in the...

EagleOne Logistics, a privately owned logistics and transportation provider at Fort Smith, has been named to Inc. magazine's "Fastest Growing Companies in America" list.(Business Briefs)
November 6, 2006... * EagleOne Logistics, a privately owned logistics and transportation provider at Fort Smith, has been named to Inc. magazine's "Fastest Growing Companies in America" list. EagleOne is ranked No. 371. Inc. said EagleOne grew 381 percent during...

The Salvation Army is recruiting community volunteers to staff the Angel Trees at McCain Mall in North Little Rock and Park Plaza Mall in Little Rock.(Business Briefs)
November 6, 2006... * The Salvation Army is recruiting community volunteers to staff the Angel Trees at McCain Mall in North Little Rock and Park Plaza Mall in Little Rock. People willing to volunteer for four-hour shifts or who want more information can call Maj....

Classes begin Nov. 7 for the Government Contracting Course offered by the Arkansas Procurement Assistance Center, an economic development program of the University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service.(Business Briefs)
November 6, 2006... * Classes begin Nov. 7 for the Government Contracting Course offered by the Arkansas Procurement Assistance Center, an economic development program of the University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service. Information and registration are...

Bad Boy Inc. of Batesville has signed a 10-year lease with an option to buy the 100,000-SF former Boeing Co. plant at Melbourne, where it will produce its new multi-terrain vehicle.(Business Briefs)
November 6, 2006... * Bad Boy Inc. of Batesville has signed a 10-year lease with an option to buy the 100,000-SF former Boeing Co. plant at Melbourne, where it will produce its new multi-terrain vehicle. Bad Boy makes zero-turning radius lawnmowers at Batesville.

International Paper Co. has completed the previously announced sale of 900,000 acres of forestland in Louisiana, Texas and Arkansas to TimberStar Southwest, whose lead investor is TimberStar, a subsidiary of iStar Financial Inc., for about $1.13 billion in cash and notes.(Business Briefs)
November 6, 2006... * International Paper Co. has completed the previously announced sale of 900,000 acres of forestland in Louisiana, Texas and Arkansas to TimberStar Southwest, whose lead investor is TimberStar, a subsidiary of iStar Financial Inc., for about...

John Heflin Jr., 61, a Little Rock businessman and philanthropist, died Oct. 26 after battling cancer.(Business Briefs)
November 6, 2006... * John Heflin Jr., 61, a Little Rock businessman and philanthropist, died Oct. 26 after battling cancer. Heflin and his father, the late John "Jay" Heflin Sr., built a Terminix franchise into one of the largest termite and pest control...

Entergy Mississippi.(Business Briefs)
November 6, 2006... * Entergy Mississippi has received an $81.4 million federal grant to help pay the cost of restoring customers' power after Hurricane Katrina. It cost the company $89.1 million to restore service after the hurricane caused nearly 75 percent of...

What was to be Bali-Hai Casino Hotel at Greenville, Miss., has changed its name to Harlow's Casino Resort.(Business Briefs)
November 6, 2006... * What was to be Bali-Hai Casino Hotel at Greenville, Miss., has changed its name to Harlow's Casino Resort. Developers Rick Schilling and Lanny Holbrook of SW Gaming LLC want to bring back the Art Deco style of Hollywood's Golden Age. Now...

North Arkansas Regional Medical Center at Harrison has been awarded a three-year term of accreditation.(Business Briefs)
November 6, 2006... * North Arkansas Regional Medical Center at Harrison has been awarded a three-year term of accreditation in magnetic resonance imaging from the American College of Radiology.

Politicos may not, but Doe's food delivers on promises.
November 6, 2006... THE ELECTIONS ARE ALMOST here, and, what's even better, almost over. But no matter which candidates win and which lose, we expect a few things to stay the same. Just down the street from the State Capitol, Doe's Eat Place will continue to...

Gold, jewelry provide safe haven investments.(Wealth Management)
November 6, 2006... NO ONE IS GOING TO BECOME an instant millionaire by investing in jewelry or precious metals. No one is going to go completely bust, either. If gold and diamonds offer anything outside of pure luster, it's a safe haven for investors who...

Employees scaling back retirement expectations.(Notes)
November 6, 2006... Employees are scaling back their expectations and ambitions for life in retirement, as they realize they're not saving enough to support the lifestyle they envisioned, according to the latest Mercer Workplace Survey. The survey is a...

Mutual fund assets top $10 trillion.(Notes)
November 6, 2006... U.S. mutual fund assets passed the $10-trillion mark for the first time in the third quarter. Gains by Vanguard Group and American Funds help them join Fidelity Investments as trillion-dollar mutual-fired managers in the third quarter,...

Bank of America goes after rich clients.(Notes)
November 6, 2006... Bank of America Corp. has launched a new managed investment advisory account that will allow wealthy clients access to a wide range of investments in a single account. The new program, Portfolio Strategies-Managed, will initially be...

Benefits and costs changing in 2007.(cost of living)(Brief article)
November 6, 2006... Adjustments are made to both government payments and certain benefit costs each year based on the cost of living of the previous year. Here are some that could affect spending or budget plans in 2007: * The maximum contribution to...

Arvest displays Wal-Mart family resemblance.(Wealth Management)
November 6, 2006... MUCH LIKE THE BANK THAT owns it, Arvest Asset Management of Rogers started off as a side project. Sam Walton, founder of Wal-Mart Stores Inc. of Bentonville, bought controlling interest in the Bank of Bentonville on Aug. 31, 1961, as an...

Breakaway partners claim most of Hutchinson/Ifrah assets.(List Overview)(Hutchinson/Ifrah Financial Services Inc.)
November 6, 2006... RECENT FILINGS WITH THE Securities & Exchange Commission indicate that Patrick Ifrah and the colleagues who left Hutchinson/Ifrah Financial Services Inc. of Little Rock in January took three-quarters of the managed assets with them. In...

Arkansas Business list: money managers.(Wealth Management)
November 6, 2006... Arkansas Business List: Money Managers Ranked by assets under management Assets Under Firm Management Assets in Private Address, Phone, Fax, No. of Accounts ...

Arkansas Business list: largest broker dealers.(Wealth Management)
November 6, 2006... Arkansas Business List: Largest Broker Dealers Ranked by number of licensed agents in Arkansas Firm No. of Registered Net Worth Address Representatives Fiscal Year End ...

Chappell Mitchell Farmers Insurance Agency.(New Businesses: A Listing of Business Start-Ups in Arkansas)(Company overview)
November 6, 2006... CHAPPELL MITCHELL FARMERS INSURANCE AGENCY Owner: Chappell Mitchell Address: 323 Center St., Suite 1275, Little Rock 72201 Phone: (501) 374-2735 Fax: (501) 244-0903 Hours: 8 a.m.- 5 p.m. Mon.-Fri. Start-up: February 2005 E-mail:...

Party Hardy.(New Businesses: A Listing of Business Start-Ups in Arkansas)(Company overview)
November 6, 2006... PARTY HARDY Owners: Jason and Cindy Smith Address: 3907 Camden Road, Suite 1, Pine Bluff 71603 Phone: (870) 879-6677 Fax: (870) 879-6677 Hours: 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Mon., Tues., Thur., Fri. 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Sat. Closed Wed. and Sun. Start-up:...

Calendar.(Calendar)
November 6, 2006... * 8--Customer focused Selling Skills Seminar Time: 9 a.m.-noon Location: Arkansas Tech University, Russellville Fee: $75 For more information, call (479) 964-0541 * 8--Negotiating and Closing Skills Training Time: 1 p.m.-4 p.m. Location:...

Chris Monroe has joined BellCorley Construction of Little Rock.(CONSTRUCTION)
November 6, 2006... Chris Monroe has joined BellCorley Construction of Little Rock as the director of business development.

Nabholz Construction Corp.(CONSTRUCTION)
November 6, 2006... Clay Gordon has been promoted to director of business development for the central Arkansas division of Nabholz Construction Corp.

Melissa "Missy" Burrow of Jonesboro, Robin Tripod Patten of Paragould and David L. Smalley of Cordova, Tenn., have been named distinguished alumni of the College of Nursing & Health Professions at Arkansas State University at Jonesboro.(EDUCATION)
November 6, 2006... Melissa "Missy" Burrow of Jonesboro, Robin Tripod Patten of Paragould and David L. Smalley of Cordova, Tenn., have been named distinguished alumni of the College of Nursing & Health Professions at Arkansas State University at Jonesboro. Burrow...

Victor A. Puleo Jr. has received the certification CFP, Certified Financial Planner and CFP (with flame design) from the Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards.(EDUCATION)
November 6, 2006... Victor A. Puleo Jr. has received the certification CFP, Certified Financial Planner and CFP (with flame design) from the Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards. Puleo is an assistant professor of insurance, risk management and personal...

Les Wyatt has received the Roy Jolly Volunteer Award from the Jonesboro Regional Chamber of Commerce.(EDUCATION)
November 6, 2006... Les Wyatt has received the Roy Jolly Volunteer Award from the Jonesboro Regional Chamber of Commerce. Wyatt is president of Arkansas State University at Jonesboro.

Wendy Hendricks has joined Moore Mortgage Inc. in Little Rock.(FINANCIAL SERVICES)
November 6, 2006... Wendy Hendricks has joined Moore Mortgage Inc. in Little Rock as loan officer.

Bank of the Ozards.(FINANCIAL SERVICES)
November 6, 2006... Matthew Reddin has been promoted to senior vice president and manager of the Professional and Executive Client Group for the Bank of the Ozarks in Little Rock.

Robert Bumpas has joined Delta Trust Insurance Agency Inc. in Little Rock.(INSURANCE)
November 6, 2006... Robert Bumpas has joined Delta Trust Insurance Agency Inc. in Little Rock as employee benefits consultant.

Bobby Whitfield was named to the Million Dollar Round Table's Top of the Table.(INSURANCE)(Brief article)
November 6, 2006... Bobby Whitfield was named to the Million Dollar Round Table's Top of the Table. Whitfield is senior vice president and insurance and benefits adviser at Stephen's Insurance LLC in Little Rock. Whitfield was named to the Top of the Table for his...

Rodriquress "Reese" Broadnax has received the Vida H. Lampkin Award as the Distinguished Young Woman of the Year from the Camden Noon Lions Club.(NONPROFIT)
November 6, 2006... Rodriquress "Reese" Broadnax has received the Vida H. Lampkin Award as the Distinguished Young Woman of the Year from the Camden Noon Lions Club. Broadnax is coordinator of the Arkansas Workforce Centers in Camden, Fordyce and Hampton.

Greater Hot Springs Chamber of Commerce.(NONPROFIT)
November 6, 2006... Jackie Arrison has been named the chief operating officer of the Greater Hot Springs Chamber of Commerce. Arrison is the assistant general manager and sales and marketing director at Magic Springs & Crystal Falls in Hot Springs.

Heather Hardin has joined Crye-Leike Realtors Benton branch.(REAL ESTATE)
November 6, 2006... Heather Hardin has joined Crye-Leike Realtors Benton branch. Hardin is a member of the National, Arkansas and Benton-Bryant Associations of Realtors. Brent Hugg has joined Crye-Leike Realtors REO branch in Little Rock. Hugg is a member of the...

S. David Alphin has received the Realtor Active in Politics award from the Arkansas Realtors Association (ARA).(REAL ESTATE)
November 6, 2006... S. David Alphin has received the Realtor Active in Politics award from the Arkansas Realtors Association (ARA). Alphin is a Realtor with Bassett Mix & Associates in Fayetteville. Jim Furr has been named 2006 Arkansas Realtor of the Year by the...

Ken Lentz has returned to Coldwell Banker Advantage Realty.(REAL ESTATE)
November 6, 2006... Ken Lentz has returned to Coldwell Banker Advantage Realty's Maumelle office.

David Holloway of Swift's Jewelry in Fayetteville, Nelson Gotay of Gotay's Gallery in Jonesboro and Richard W. Lang of Newton's Jewelers in Fort Smith have received the 2006 Creative Achievement Recognizing Arkansas Talent (CARAT) Award from the Arkansas Jewelers Association.(RETAIL)
November 6, 2006... David Holloway of Swift's Jewelry in Fayetteville, Nelson Gotay of Gotay's Gallery in Jonesboro and Richard W. Lang of Newton's Jewelers in Fort Smith have received the 2006 Creative Achievement Recognizing Arkansas Talent (CARAT) Award from...

Stock summary.
November 6, 2006... STOCK SUMMARY 11/02/06 Weekly YTD Arkansas Public Company Stocks Close Change Change Acxiom Corp. (ACXM) 25 0.20% 8.67% A.E.R.T. (AERTA) ...

Correction.(Whispers)(Correction notice)
November 6, 2006... John Franklin "Jack" Trotter, who died last month, sold his interest in Trotter Ford of Pine Bluff to his brother in 1959. His ownership interest in the auto dealership was reported incorrectly in the Oct. 30 issue of Arkansas Business.

Double coverage.(Outtakes: An Inside Look Into Arkansas Media)(media coverage)(Brief article)
November 6, 2006... This week's election will be double-teamed by news staffs from Arkansas Business and KTHV-TV, Channel 11. With Internet presence along with digital cable and traditional television coverage all planned for tomorrow night, both news entities...

Star treatment.(War Memorial Stadium )(Brief article)
November 6, 2006... If you joined the party at War Memorial Stadium last week for the Arkansas Razorbacks' first Little Rock appearance of the season, or even if you just caught the highlights on television, you probably noticed that the familiar playing surface...

Boo times two.(Walter Hussman Jr.)(Brief article)
November 6, 2006... We were hoping something newsworthy might come out of Walter Hussman Jr.'s hour-long speech last week at the Darragh Center inside the Main Library downtown. Not much slipped in the way of news, but the owner and publisher of the Arkansas...

Quality, not size, counts: residential trend signals smaller houses, architects say.(Randy Ripley )
November 13, 2006... ARCHITECT RANDY Ripley knows bigger isn't always better. Ripley, who designs 10 to 12 houses a year for his firm, Randy Ripley Architect PA of Little Rock, said the trend in residential architecture was to scale down the size of the house. ...

New smoking ban falls hard on private clubs: but hot springs VFW finds creative way to accommodate smokers, nonsmokers.(Architecture)(Veterans of Foreign Wars)
November 13, 2006... WHEN THE STATEWIDE INDOOR smoking ban went into effect in July, owners of restaurants, bars and clubs faced a clear choice: banish smoking from their premises or choose an exemption by admitting only patrons age 21 and up. The decision...