Arkansas Business back issues from October 1992:
The next generation: children of accomplished Arkansans take leadership roles of their own.
Oct 05, 1992; Haman, John ... Charlotte Anderson leads an unusual life. At 26, she still can be found on weekday evenings at her parents' one-bedroom apartment in Dallas, sleeping in the study and sharing a single shower. This might seem odd for the wife of an affluent Little Rock executive, but it's ...
One of a kind. (Layton Stuart, president of One National Bank in Little Rock, Arkansas)
Oct 05, 1992; Taylor, Tim ... Layton Stuart Takes A Unique Approach In Running Little Rock's One National Bank Layton Stuart isn't your average, everyday banker. Not many bankers start out at the top, as president and chief executive officer of their first bank. Even fewer answer their ...
Still feeling the August heat. (debts incurred by organizers of the August in Arkansas festival)
Oct 05, 1992; Martin, Dixie ... Organizers Of Ambitious August In Arkansas Festival Look For Way Out Of A Debt Estimated At More Than $250,000 More than a month after the artistically successful, financially disastrous August in Arkansas festival, organizers are searching for a way out of debt and vendors are ...
October leaves impression on state leaders. (effects of political and business developments on lives of successful Arkansans)
Oct 05, 1992; Harris, Jim ... Gazette Closure, Clinton Candidacy Has An Impact Hardly a month had passed before several members of last year's Arkansas Business "30 For The '90s" list felt the winds of change. October had a big effect on the professional life of Max Brantley. For that matter, the same ...
Updating our 30 for the '90s. (young corporate officers and businessmen in Arkansas)
Oct 05, 1992 ... Kay Kelley Arnold Age: 38 Title: VP/Communications of Arkansas Power & Light Co. Robert Birch Jr. Age: 42 Title: EVP of Twin City Bank Update: Birch recently was named chairman of the University of Arkansas at Little Rock College of Business Advisory Council. The council is ...
Women of distinction. (recipients of Worthen Banking Corp.'s 1992 Arkansas Professional Women of Distinction Award)
Oct 05, 1992; Martin, Dixie ... Worthen Banking Corp. Chooses Four For 1992 Awards Dr. Beverly Divers White of Marianna, Johnelle Hunt of Fayetteville and Dr. Joanna J. Seibert and Betta Carney, both of Little Rock, have been named recipients of Worthen Banking Corp.'s 1992 Arkansas Professional Women of ...
T-i-m-m-m-b-e-r-r-r: competition promotes skills, safety in logging industry. (loggers' participation in the Arkansas Game of Logging)
Oct 05, 1992; Taylor, Tim ... A Warren timber cutter finished atop an eight-man field Sept. 26 at the Arkansas Game of Logging, held at the Bradley County Fairgrounds in Warren. Eddie Smith, 30, was awarded $1,000, a chain saw and a set of logging safety clothing for the first-place finish. He also qualified to ...
The science of chicken raising. (public showing of innovative broiler houses by University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service's Broiler Energy Research Verification Unit)
Oct 05, 1992; Harris, Jim ... UA Facility Will Hold Open House, Display One-Year Statistics From $909,000 Project Saving money and energy is paramount to any industry. Arkansas' poultry producers soon may learn of some cost-cutting methods through the University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension ...
Energetic moves. (revenues for public utilities in Arkansas) (Industry Overview)
Oct 05, 1992; Fincher, Carol ... Special Rate Contracts With Industrial Customers Are Utilities' Response To Competitive Energy Alternatives The dominant concerns of the electric utility industry in 1991 were competitive energy alternatives and the environment. Arkansas electric utilities responded to ...
The modern-day kingmakers. (Arkansas' political consultants)
Oct 12, 1992; Haman, John ... An Elite Few Wield Immense Influence Over Arkansas' Growing Political Campaign Industry The right issues. The witty quips. The catchy jingles. The successful politician can confidently draw these weapons from a quiver of campaign tricks. And in the competitive, high-tech world of ...
Heir apparent. (Scott Girner dominates central Arkansas' pool and spa market)
Oct 12, 1992; Martin, Dixie ... Aloha Pools' Scott Girner Assumes Burnett Mantle With Recent Purchase With his recent acquisition of the late Johnny Burnett's pool and spa business, Scott Girner appears on his way to cornering the central Arkansas pool and spa market. The owner of Aloha Pools and Spas ...
Fax machines, computers and the no. 2 pencil. (office products industry) (Industry Overview)
Oct 12, 1992; Taylor, Tim ... Office Product Merchants Take Different Approaches Toward Meeting Needs Of Clientele In $75 Billion Industry That No. 2 pencil you've been rolling between your fingers is part of a $75 billion industry. The office products industry has seen both peaks and valleys since the ...
A grave business. (segregation in funeral home business) (Industry Overview)
Oct 12, 1992; Rengers, Carrie ... Race, Religion And Social Stature Naturally Divide The Funeral Home Business, Making Expansion Difficult The matter of choosing a funeral home isn't as simple as looking through the telephone book, calling around for prices and making a choice. There is a natural societal structure ...
Survey says.... (Greater Hot Springs Chamber of Commerce and Westrend Homes conduct homeowner survey) (Across Arkansas)
Oct 12, 1992; Harris, Jim ... Greater Hot Springs Chamber, Developer Seek Responses From New Residents; Results Could Aid Businesses Surveys are getting plenty of play during this political season. New residents of Hot Springs and Garland County, though, are being polled for more than just their favorite ...
Gearing up the company. (Dyson Oil Inc.'s Synergyn and Syngear oil additives) (Across Arkansas)
Oct 12, 1992; Harris, Jim ... Dyson Oil Of Cabot Embarks On National Retailing Of New Products Dyson Oil Inc. started as a small husband-and-wife operation in 1978. Now, the Cabot firm employs about 300 salespeople nationwide. And Dyson Oil appears to be on the cutting edge of the lubricant business ...
Disappearing dealers. (automobile dealers in Arkansas decrease due to slump in new car sales) (Arkansas Business Rankings) (Industry Overview)
Oct 12, 1992; Fincher, Carol ... In the past, new automobiles out-sold used ones almost four to one. Today, many dealers in Arkansas and across the nation are selling more used cars than new cars. Dennis Jungmeyer, president of the Arkansas Automobile Dealers Association, says the change is due to economic ...
Playing monopoly. (Arkansas Democrat Gazette publisher Walter E. Hussman)
Oct 19, 1992; Rengers, Carrie ... Democrat-Gazette Publisher Has Promises To Keep, Payments To Make And A Responsibility To Uphold The usually mild-mannered, soft-spoken Walter E. Hussman Jr. raised his arms to the ceiling and smiled broadly after he made the announcement. He seemed awfully cheerful for a ...
Will Clinton, Wall Street mix?
Oct 19, 1992; Webb, Kane ... Investors Look Toward A Clinton Presidency With An Eye On Construction, Engineering And Technology Stocks Can Bill Clinton play on Wall Street? History says no. Traditionally, the conservative financial community frowns upon the possibility of a Democrat in the White House. ...
Does money talk loudest? (Arkansas and the tobacco industry) (Point-Counterpoint)
Oct 19, 1992; Sells, Bob ... Money and integrity. These are the only real issues in the battle between 60 Arkansas organizations and businesses on one side and Big Tobacco on the other. Let me explain why I maintain that money and integrity are the real issues. Money How much? We ...
Taxation is the real issue. (tobacco taxation) (Point-Counterpoint)
Oct 19, 1992; Walker, Sherry ... Voting Arkansans across the state are being told that Initiated Act 1, a proposal to place an additional 25-cent tax on cigarettes and other tobacco products, will relieve the profound funding crisis occurring in our dysfunctional health care system. The backers of the initiative, a ...
Tracking the numbers. (Little Rock, Arkansas' industrial real estate) (Strictly Commercial)
Oct 19, 1992; Waldon, George ... Little Rock Commercial Realtors Keep Up With 28 Million Square Feet Of Industrial Space It appears 1992 will be an above-average year for industrial space demand in the Little Rock market. Demand remains moderately strong, with growth from existing industry accounting for most of ...
Back in the black. (Bob Stroud manages the North Oaks special events center) (Strictly Commercial)
Oct 19, 1992; Taylor, Tim ... Sale Of North Oaks Special Events Center Allows Businessman To Continue To Pursue Vision To paraphrase Mark Twain, the reports of Bob Stroud's death have been greatly exaggerated. Stroud, a North Little Rock businessman and the developer of the North Oaks special events ...
Where Gannett went wrong. (Gannett Co.) (Monopoly)
Oct 19, 1992; Rengers, Carrie ... One Year After The Gazette's Closure, A Consensus Is Reached The video file footage from local news stations' coverage of the Gannett Co.'s purchase of the Arkansas Gazette is more interesting today than when it aired in 1986. Then-Gannett chairman Al Neuharth told ...
Faded newsprint. (newspapers that stopped publication)
Oct 19, 1992; Haman, John ... Daily Newspapers Die At An Alarming Rate, Leaving Monopolies For Stronger Competitors Displaced staffers of the defunct Arkansas Gazette weren't lonely for long. They were quickly joined in the unemployment line by colleagues in Dallas and Tulsa, Okla. Soon, San Antonio could join ...
Bringing Helena back. (Helena, Arkansas housing) (Across Arkansas)
Oct 19, 1992; Martin, Dixie ... Architect-Led Team Formulates Affordable Housing Plan Supported By $48,265 Grant A redevelopment project, spearheaded by the American Institute of Architects, is expected to help revitalize Helena and serve as a model for similar towns struggling economically. With support ...
Heavy rice haul. (Arkansas rice harvest) (Across Arkansas)
Oct 19, 1992; Harris, Jim ... UA Cooperative Extension Service Predicts Arkansas' Highest Production Ever At 158.4 Million Bushels, But Prices Are Down Arkansas rice farmers are looking at a record-breaking rice harvest, according to the University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service. The service ...
Little Rock's Choice. (Little Rock, Arkansas Board of Directors candidates)
Oct 26, 1992; Martin, Dixie ... Varied Field Makes Try For Board Of Directors With $72 Million Budget, City's Future At Stake Wanted: Four people willing to spend 40-80 hours a month in four-year volunteer activity. Involves attending tiresome meetings, analyzing complex issues, making endless public appearances, ...
Splitting hairs. (Wal-Mart Stores Inc. stock split)
Oct 26, 1992; Rengers, Carrie ... As Wal-Mart Stock Hovers Near 60, Investors Wonder Why It Didn't Split; Analysts Say It's No Big Deal When a stock split was not announced by officials of Wal-Mart Stores Inc. at the Bentonville-based company's annual meeting in Fayetteville last June, analysts and stockholders were ...
Alphabet soup. (real estate industry letter designations)
Oct 26, 1992; Waldon, George ... What's Behind Real Estate Designations Like CCIM, CPM, MAI, NAIFA And SIOR? Realtors are pushing for recognition of professional designations in keeping with physicians and their M.D.s and college professors and their Ph.D.s. However, a quick flip through the yellow pages ...
Westward movement. (Little Rock, Arkansas real estate development)
Oct 26, 1992; Waldon, George ... Little Rock's Development Keeps Roaming Where The Herds Of Jaguars And Beamers Play The eyes of many a real estate player are watching the development countdown on 42.43 acres under contract in west Little Rock. Will Aronov Realty of Montgomery, Ala., launch another round ...
Shopper security. (Little Rock Park Plaza security)
Oct 26, 1992; Taylor, Tim ... Incident At Park Plaza Illustrates Why Some Shopping Malls In U.S. Spend $500,000 Annually On Security How safe is the modern-day shopping mall? That question is one that has been raised often in the weeks that have followed a frightening incident Sept. 26 at Little Rock's ...
Clark County comeback. (new plant constructions at Clark County)
Oct 26, 1992; Harris, Jim ... Arkadelphia And Surrounding Area See The Return Of More Than 1,000 Jobs, Top-Flight Companies Three years ago, the 300-acre Clark County Industrial Park, just outside Gum Springs near Arkadelphia, resembled a ghost town. All that was missing were the tumbleweeds. The large ...
