Arkansas Business back issues from December 1992:
Making a run for the border. (Crane Construction Company Inc.'s joint venture with a Mexican builder) (Company Profile)
Dec 07, 1992; Walters, Dixie ... Crane Construction Co., With $65 Million in Projected Revenues, Enters Mexican Market SITTING IN THE LITTLE Rock office of Crane Construction Co., Rex Crane verbalizes an outsider's first impression. "We're not at all typical of what you'd expect to see in a construction ...
All-you-can-eat investment. (establishment of Lovett's Buffet Inc. restaurant chain)
Dec 07, 1992; Waldon, George ... Little Rock Diners Will Soon Dig In to a $3.2 Million Restaurant Venture LITTLE ROCK HAS AN outside chance at becoming home for the first restaurant in a planned chain of all-you-can-eat locations. That is if the start-up venture doesn't open Lovett's Buffet No. 1 in its ...
Big toys for big boys ... and big girls: gifts for executives range from the functional to the frivolous. (items sold by gift shops in Little Rock, Arkansas)
Dec 07, 1992; Taylor, Tim ... WHAT'S THE WELL-heeled executive looking for in his stocking come Christmas Day? There is always the down-to-earth, Adirondack-style tree house. It's built of aromatic cedar, a 10-feet tall gazebo capable of seating eight that comes partially installed and includes video ...
Wal-Mart leads the pack - again. (earnings of Wal-Mart Stores Inc.) (Industry Overview)
Dec 07, 1992; Smith, David (American novelist) ... WAL-MART STORES INC., the nation's largest retailer with headquarters in Bentonville, had estimated revenues of $1.044 billion in Arkansas in 1991, topping the list of state general merchandise retailers. Arkansas Business compiled the 1991 estimated gross revenues for the state's ...
Morrilton Packing executive named to industry board. (David Ruff, general manager of Morrilton Packing Co.; Southwest Meat Association)
Dec 07, 1992; Webb, Kane ... IT'S BEEN REPORTED THAT AT least one Washington, D.C., restaurant now serves Mountain Valley Spring Water instead of Evian since the presidential election of Arkansas Gov. Bill Clinton. When Clinton and the so-called "Arkansas Armada" take over the nation's capital during the ...
Cashing in on Clinton. (Bill Clinton's poll victory as a boost to businesses in Arkansas)
Dec 14, 1992; Rengers, Carrie ... State Businesses, Products Are in Demand As a Native Son Goes to Washington JUST AFTER THE NOV. 3 election, a woman in Ohio placed a telephone order to the Hillbilly Smokehouse in Rogers. She sent a gift package of meat to a cousin in California and en-closed a card that ...
On the cutting edge. (Speas Technologies Inc.'s installation of home automation systems)
Dec 14, 1992; Harris, Jim ... Little Rock's Diverse Speas Technologies Inc. Finds Itself in Lucrative Home Automation Market IMAGINE YOUR HOME SEcurity system, lighting, appliances and inside environment controlled by the touch of a finger or by voice instruction over the telephone. Or, perhaps you ...
Quarterly leader repeats. (biggest residential home sellers in Little Rock, Arkansas) (Industry Overview)
Dec 14, 1992; Waldon, George ... Rector Phillips Morse Inc. Tops the Chart in a $77 Million Residential Market RESIDENTIAL HOME sales in Pulaski County generated more than $77 million during the third quarter, and a reshuffled deck of market leaders. However, the top spot remained the same as Rector ...
The key to quality. (total quality management course offered by Greater Little Rock Chamber of Commerce to businessmen)
Dec 14, 1992; Taylor, Tim ... Course Presented by Little Rock Chamber Designed to Improve Quality of Performance and Products TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEment means different things to different people. To some, it is an educational process. To others, it is a way of life. Recently, 60 ...
Patience and hope: will Arkansas communities be able to capitalize on the Clinton windfall?
Dec 14, 1992; Haman, John ... SLEEK PASSENGER TRAINS have passed through Hope since the town was founded on the railroad in 1875, but for the last 20 years they've had no reason to stop. Well, hit the brake, Mac -- this is the cradle of Bill Clinton. The city of Hope seems to be working harder than any ...
Wearing it well. (growth of custom-designed jacket maker DM Apparel Inc.) (Company Profile)
Dec 14, 1992; Harris, Jim ... Hampton Resident Turns Failed Contract Apparel Business Into Winner With $6 Million in Annual Sales DAVID MORRIS WOULDN'T give in. He had managed a contract apparel business in the small town of Hampton in Calhoun County for 20 years before his boss dropped the bombshell ...
Treadco improves income 401 percent. (Treadco Inc.)
Dec 14, 1992; Smith, David (American novelist) ... TREADCO INC. OF FORT Smith, a wholly owned indirect subsidiary of Arkansas Best Corp., showed a 401 percent improvement in net income for the third quarter, the best of any public company in Arkansas. "One of the major factors was the reduction of business expense," says Randall ...
Tribes and tribulations: fears of gaming, economic impact hamper Indians' search for home in state. (Cherokee Indians)(includes related article)
Dec 21, 1992; Walters, Dixie ... A LANDLESS BAND OF Cherokee Indians who would like to call Arkansas home are close to giving up their search in the Land of Opportunity. The relocation efforts of the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians based in Tahlequah, Okla., have so far been rebuffed by city officials ...
News from the Northwest. (Arkansas' local newspapers; Northwest Arkansas Times)
Dec 21, 1992; Rengers, Carrie ... As Northwest Arkansas Changes, so Does Its Newspapers IN THE FAST-GROWING AREA of northwest Arkansas, the four main local news-papers covering the daily changes have been making changes of their own to keep up with the progress. With the population booming and with ...
The Japanese connection. (Arkansas to export in Japan; Arkansas Industrial Development Commission)
Dec 21, 1992; Taylor, Tim ... Adviser Helping AIDC Build Trade and Improve on $187 Million in Goods Exported in 1991 IT'S AN AGE-OLD TRADITION in Japan. For centuries, marriages were arranged by a broker, a nakoudo. The tradition of the nakoudo is being carried on these days, in a corporate ...
We're on the map. (economic and political developments in Arkansas)
Dec 28, 1992; Rengers, Carrie ... State Produces a President, Gains Place in the Minds of Americans "A YEAR TO FORGET" WAS the headline for Arkansas Business' last issue of 1991. With the loss of legendary Arkansas businessman W.R. "Witt" Stephens of Prattsville and Little Rock, and the death of the 172-year-old ...
Turning dirt. (developments in real estate industry in Arkansas in 1992) (The Year 1992 in Review) (Industry Overview)
Dec 28, 1992; Waldon, George ... The Big, the Bad and the Ugly Deals of Real Estate Are Uncovered Again THE FUNK SURROUNDing 2,100 acres in Maumelle is getting thicker since the Resolution Trust Corp. announced a sale in November. The RTC was owed more than $10 million and reportedly sold the acreage for ...
Fighting the numbers: with usury override, New Year holds out hope for small businesses. (small business developments in Arkansas in 1992) (The Year 1992 in Review)
Dec 28, 1992; Walter, Dixie ... THE ECONOMIC CLIMate for Arkansas' small businesses in 1992 was a mixed bag. Business failures and bankruptcies were up in the first six months of 1992, but the number of business incorporations also rose. Another positive sign was the steady interest in entrepreneurial ...
New faces, new places: the Arkansas medical community goes through changes, expansions. (hospital developments in Arkansas in 1992) (The Year 1992 in Review)
Dec 28, 1992; Haman, John ... IN ARKANSAS HEALTH CARE, 1992 was the year of shifting executives and hospital expansions. It began when A. Jack Reynolds left St. Vincent Infirmary Medical Center at Little Rock as chief executive officer on Dec. 31. A few months later, he surprised the medical community by taking ...
Signs of success: surveys show consumers see Clinton's election as proof of economic recovery. (surveys on state of retail industry in Arkansas) (The Year 1992 in Review)
Dec 28, 1992; Taylor, Tim ... WHILE LOCAL REtailers remain unsure as to how much an Arkansan in the White House will mean to them in improved sales, consumers in Arkansas and around the country have wasted no time in showing signs of approval. The University of Michigan's Consumer Sentiment Index, endorsed by ...
Public enterprise in 1992. (public company developments in Arkansas) (The Year 1992 in Review)
Dec 28, 1992; Waldon, George ... Stock Splits, Board Room Splits, Lawsuits, Settlements, Buyouts and Sell-Offs Abound ARKANSAS PUBLIC COMpanies continued to draw favorable nods from the investment community as the state's lineup outperformed the Dow Jones industrial average. An index of 25 Arkansas public ...
Banking on Arkansas. (past developments in banking industry) (The Year 1992 in Review) (Industry Overview)
Dec 28, 1992; Taylor, Tim ... Worthen-Union Merger, First Commercial Acquisitions, Simmons' Growth Dominate Local Banking Scene WHILE MULTITUDES of supporters and well-wishers crowded into downtown Little Rock on Nov. 3 to cheer the first Arkansan to reach the White House, two of the state's top bankers were ...
The year of wrangling. (actions and defenses in Arkansas in 1992) (The Year 1992 in Review)
Dec 28, 1992; Haman, John ... Succession, Law School, Cigarette Tax Top Legal Review of 1992 POLITICAL INTRIGUE dominated the legal scene in 1992, crowned by the courtroom furor over replacing Gov. Bill Clinton when he found a new house in Washington, D.C. Pulaski County Circuit Judge John Plegge ...
