Articles from Arkansas Business (March 24, 2008)

Title	Author	Type	Words
[Cartoon].		Cartoon	9
A Clear Sound Inc.	Chism, Jana	Brief article	283
Acreage acquisition.	Waldon, George		98
Amy Vent has received the National Rookie of the Year Award from Integrated Medical Systems in North Little Rock.			26
Another shoe falls.			337
Apartment funding.	Waldon, George	Brief article	111
Apartments for sale.			121
Arkansas medical supplier targets surrounding states.	Friedman, Mark		441
Arma Design of San Diego has entered into an agreement with Interstate Signways of Little Rock to provide electronic design, development and manufacturing services for several of its new products.		Brief article	68
Attorney General Dustin McDaniel said the state had joined in a lawsuit that charges Abbott Laboratories and French drug company Fonrnier with violating antitrust and consumer protection laws.			62
Axis plans Railcar axle plant for Paragould.	Henry, John		106
Bank of the Ozarks Inc.			53
Be careful what you blog.	Hengel, Mark		229
Bear Financial Services Group.	Chism, Jana		248
Calendar.			301
CareLink.		Brief article	92
Commercial purchase.	Waldon, George		81
Construction resumes at Bellafont development.			285
Convenient buy.	Waldon, George		67
Correction.		Correction notice	30
Dac Technologies Group International Inc., the outsource manufacturer that has its distribution center in Little Rock, was featured in an article in Pennycents magazine under the title "We'll Make Anything.".			41
Dead wrong.		Brief article	169
Deauville home.	Waldon, George		96
Diamonds aren't forever.			260
Dillard's restates earnings due to CDI accounting error.		Financial report	397
Downtown deal.	Waldon, George		98
Eleanor Dickinson has joined Cranford Johnson Robinson Woods in Little Rock as art director.		Brief article	55
Elizabeth Abney has joined Newland & Associates PLLC in Little Rock as an associate attorney specializing in transactional and estate planning services.			40
End of payday lenders?			381
Estates sale I.	Waldon, George		100
Estates sale II.	Waldon, George		170
Former First Minister of Scotland Henry McLeish will address the Arkansas Committee on Foreign Relations at 11:30 a.m. March 26 at the Little Rock Club.			70
Future food bank facility.	Waldon, George		109
Harry Ward.		Brief article	184
High fuel prices.		Brief article	187
Hopping downtown.		Brief article	185
Hospitals duel over ER care in Arkansas.	Friedman, Mark		2108
Inflation hurting nursing homes.	Moritz, Gwen		593
IP pays Weyerhaeuser $6 billion for division.	Henry, John		221
Jeff and Paulia Kennedy of Trademark Real Estate Inc. have recently earned the Certified Luxury Home Marketing Specialist.			34
Least-profitable nursing homes.	Moritz, Gwen		2052
Lee E. Mikles, co-founder, president and CEO of FutureFuel Corp. of Batesville, will be given the 2008 Horatio Alger Award and membership into the Horatio Alger Association of Distinguished Americans, which recognizes individuals who achieve success through adversity, demonstrating and character.			75
Little Rock National Airport.			59
Little Rock Wastewater will host a public meeting at 6:30 p.m. March 27 at the Clearwater maintenance facility at 5300 S. Shackelford Road to allow for a volunteer Rate Advisory Committee facilitated by Paul Vitale of Vital Communications Inc. to comment on the direction and outcome of the impact fee study that Little Rock Wastewater is undertaking.			74
Mainstream Technologies, bank buy fed building.	Waldon, George		182
Man Industries to build $100 million plant at LR.	Hengel, Mark; Turner, Lance		265
McDaniel orders payday lenders to shut down.	Waldon, George		255
Memphis International Airport, for the 16th consecutive year, is the No. 1 air cargo airport in the world, according to Airports Council International.			45
Merger means 4Q loss for Alltel Corp.			147
Most-profitable nursing homes.	Moritz, Gwen		3067
Myeloma patients flock to Little Rock.	Hengel, Mark		1912
National Agriculture Day, which takes place on the first day of spring each year, celebrates the importance of agriculture and of the people who produce food, fiber, shelter and energy for the entire nation.			53
New checkoff on tax forms to benefit cord blood bank.	Henry, John		737
New fed study finds mixed conditions in LR.	Moritz, Gwen	Brief article	254
Oaks residence.	Waldon, George		85
Ohio company won't build $500m steel mill.	Henry, John		107
Paintball splatter.		Brief article	143
Promenade at Chenal confirms tenant list.	Waldon, George	Brief article	148
Prospect house.	Waldon, George		85
PV property.	Waldon, George		57
QualChoice.			34
Radio station KSSN 95.7 FM has been nominated for an Academy of Country Music Association Award for Radio Station of the Year-Medium Market.			44
Redstar Graphic Design.	Chism, Jana		280
Retirement mortgage.	Waldon, George		107
River Bend Industries of Fort Smith, which specializes in plastic injection molding, plans to buy Victor Plastics Inc. of Iowa City, Iowa, for $17.4 million if the deal is approved by the federal bankruptcy court.			76
Ronald McDonald House Charities of Arkansas.			49
Sarah Metzger has joined CryeLeike Realtors in Cabot as a realtor.			25
Severance tax debate.	Hankins, Jeff		629
Signature gets $2.8 million for project in Springdale.	Stockstill, Katie	Brief article	90
Southside Main Street.		Brief article	76
Specials surface.		Brief article	108
Spirit Zone, a sports store in McCain Mall in North Little Rock, is now officially licensed to sell Arkansas Razorbacks merchandise.			33
Stan Heath sells house in Fayetteville for $890,000.	Stockstill, Katie		149
State takes lead in heart treatment: effort, money result in medical advances.	Walden, Jamie	Disease/Disorder overview	2091
Steven G. Booth has joined JPMS Cox PLLC as a partner in the audit practice.			33
Stock summary.			688
Tain't what you do ...	Goldberg, I. Barry		674
The Times they are a-changin'.	Hengel, Mark	Brief article	288
Town home transaction.	Waldon, George		70
Tyson Foods Inc.'s ethics program, in a listing of the ethics and compliance programs of federal government contractors, ranks 21st among the 1,000 contractors analyzed by the Ethisphere Institute, which labeled Tyson "above standard" and second among food companies listed.			71
UALR and the tourney.	Hengel, Mark	Brief article	212
Wal-Mart Stores Inc.'s takeover of Seiyu Ltd. now is complete after shareholders of the Japanese retail chain approved the move.			44