Arkansas Business back issues from May 1990:
Arkansas Freightways. (proxy report excerpts) (company profile)
May 07, 1990 ... ARKANSAS FREIGHTWAYS TABLE : Proxy Facts <Pre> OFFICERS DIRECTORS F.S. GARRISON F.S. GARRISON T.J. JONES </Pre> Pres., CEO <Pre> BEN A. GARRISON BEN A. GARRISON HARRISON TOM GARRISON TOM GARRISON FRANK CONNER VP ...
Riviera sale includes land swap. (Real Deals)(Riviera Apartments Ltd.)
May 07, 1990 ... Riviera Sale Includes Land Swap You probably knew that Riviera Apartments Ltd. sold its namesake apartment complex for about $3.125 million to Heartland Properties Corp. of Little Rock, led by Wengroup exec Larry D. McCraw. Here are some more details. The deal was ...
A Git-N-Go sale. (Real Deals)
May 07, 1990 ... A Git-N-Go Sale A convenience store/self-service station adjacent to the La Quinta Inn off I-630 recently changed hands in a $790,500 transaction. The Git-N-Go is located on a 1.18-acre tract at the northeast corner of Fair Park Boulevard and 10th Street. The buyer is ...
Andy's of America flips a fast-food site. (Real Deals )
May 07, 1990 ... Andy's Of America Flips A Fast-Food Site The parent company of Andy's Restaurants opted to flip a piece of real estate on Camp Robinson Road in North Little Rock for cash instead of developing the property for its fast-food business. The sale closed at $165,000 ($5.19 ...
Shrill complaints; rather than tough it out in court, The Maumelle Co. agrees to a quick settlement.
May 07, 1990; Kern, David F. ... Shrill Complaints It's been two years since John W. (Jay) DeHaven and Michael Todd purchased the Maumelle development and began using a hybrid of the controversial direct-marketing high-pressure technique so effective in selling time-share resort properties. While real ...
Assuming pitches. (Maumelle Co.'s offers to assume loan payments)
May 07, 1990; Kern, David F. ... Assuming Pitches One of the enticements in the Maumelle Co. bag of goodies is the offer to take property in trade and assume loan payments in exchange for selling a lot. But real estate attorneys, mortgage and title company officials warn of pitfalls associated with a ...
Maumelle consumer protection.
May 07, 1990; Kern, David F. ... Maumelle Consumer Protection While the first complaints with the Arkansas Real Estate Commission have been resolved against The Maumelle Co. (see main article), questions about whether the developer offers adequate protection to consumers are being raised by competitors, people ...
Auto shakedown; Arkansas car dealers feel the squeeze to expand as manufacturers siphon cash.
May 07, 1990; Waldon, George ... Auto Shakedown Arkansas Car Dealers Feel The Squeeze To Expand As Manufacturers Siphon Cash In 1979-89, the number of auto dealerships in Arkansas shrunk by about 16 percent - down from 400 to 335 according to the Arkansas Automobile Dealers Association. During the first four ...
Speed signage; high technology and fast turnaround put quick sign companies on display.
May 07, 1990; Garner, Jennifer ... Speed Signage High Technology And Fast Turnaround Put Quick Sign Companies On Display Mimicking the world of fast food, quick copies and overnight mail, the sign industry is joining the ranks of speed-oriented enterprises. Retail sign companies now deliver a finished product - ...
Box office bust. (Arkansas production of Staggerwing )
May 07, 1990; Meins, Jan ... Box Office Bust Arkansas Movie Production For "Staggerwing" Never Took Off But Investors Took A $400,000 Dive A year has passed since the dreams of those associated with the production of the movie "Staggerwing" were dashed into the ground at Fayetteville, leaving behind a trail ...
Bouncing customers. (Union National Bank of Little Rock's new method of processing checks)
May 07, 1990; Walker, Wythe, Jr. ... Bouncing Customers Union Bank's New Method Of Bouncing Checks Squeezes More Revenues From Customers, But The Bank Defends The Practice Almost everyone who has had a checking account long enough has gotten one: a bouncing check. The pink slip that comes in the mail notifying the ...
Cola combat; Pepsi quenches a thirst for sponsorship as Coke lets some promotionals go flat. (Pepsi-Cola Co., Coca-Cola Bottling Company of Arkansas)
May 07, 1990; Waldon, George ... Cola Combat Pepsi Quenches A Thirst For Sponsorship As Coke Lets Some Promotionals Go Flat Last year, the Frank Lyon Co. sold the Coca-Cola Bottling Co. of Arkansas to the national Coca-Cola Co. in Atlanta in a reported $250 million deal. People wondered if a change in fiscal ...
Dillard delight; retail executives go shopping for their company's options. (Insider Trading)
May 07, 1990; Kern, David F. ... Dillard Delight Retail Executives Go Shopping For Their Company's Options If a company's growth is predicted by upper management exercising its options, stock in Dillard department Stores may have a bright future. From Jan. 31 to March 26, 23 Dillard executives ...
Big swinging broker. (Alex Lieblong)
May 07, 1990; Hathorn, Clay ... Big Swinging Broker Paine Webber's top regional stock broker Alex Lieblong averages annual gross sales commissions in the over-the-counter stock market of more than $1 million. Although Lieblong wouldn't release his exact income, an average broker earns 35 to 40 percent of gross ...
Trucking tidbit. (acquisition of Dallas Carrier Corp.)
May 21, 1990 ... Trucking Tidbit Dallas Carrier Corp. proved to be an elusive acquisition target for two Arkansas truckers interested in adding the $24 million outfit to their respective operations. Continental Express of Little Rock ($21 million revenues) and McNeill Trucking of ...
T.J. Raney running strong; Morgan Keegan's courtly acquisition brings vitality to T.J. Raney & Sons. (company profile)
May 21, 1990; Kern, David F. ... T.J. Raney Running Strong One year after Morgan Keegan Inc. merged with T.J. Raney & Sons Inc., the dealmakers project it as one coutly Southern investment house acquiring another. Arkansas's oldest investment banking firm, established at Little Rock in 1931, Raney & ...
War of words: ex-employee says cash problems plague North Pulaski Leader's Garrick Feldman, but Feldman says it's all hot air. (ex-general manager David Weikal claims regional Arkansas newspaper in financial trouble; owner denies it)
May 21, 1990; Marshall, Bryce ... War of Words While the two newspaper Goliaths south of them have been trading multi-million dollar punches over the past few years in the main ring, a few miles north of the Arkansas River a smaller, yet equally intense, bout has been taking place. The veteran ...
Mayflower Land Co.: a group of legal eagles from Little Rock are soaring over a big Faulkner County spread. (company profile)
May 21, 1990; Waldon, George ... Mayflower Land Co. A Group Of Legal Eagles From Little Rock Are Soaring Over A Big Faulkner County Spread A group of lawyers from the Friday Eldredge Clark firm have assembled over the past 15 years a 5,000-acre spread of land in the rough backroads and hills in ...
Mixing gas & ink: reporting on Arkla-Arkoma becomes an issue in the most difficult assignment to cover since Grand Gulf. (Arkla Inc. sale of gas leases to Arkoma Production Inc., buyback of proven reserves under investigation by Arkansas Public Service Commission; newspaper coverage of business dealings questioned)
May 21, 1990; Kern, David F. ... Mixing Gas & Ink Reporting On Arkla-Arkoma Becomes An Issue In The Most Difficult Assignment To Cover Since Grand Gulf Controversy over Arkla Inc.'s sale of gas leases to Arkoma Production Inc., and the utility's buyback of proven reserves from the production company - ...
Designing woman: a $3,000 loan burgeons into a $20 million business for this successful Arkansas business woman. (Carolyn Kinder, CEO of Kinder-Harris Inc. home decorating accessories concern) (company profile)
May 21, 1990; Mills, Letha ... Designing Woman A $3,000 Loan Burgeons Into A $20 Million Business For This Successful Arkansas Business Woman Carolyn Kinder, CEO of Kinder-Harris Inc., a Stuttgart-based manufacturer and importer of high fashion decorative accessories, is a tough interview. Not that ...
