Recently added articles from Arkansas Business:
Experience follows new UAMS chief.(University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences )
Oct 05, 2009; Cottingham, Jan ... WHEN DR. DAN RAHN takes over as chancellor of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Nov. 1, he'll encounter parallels to challenges he faced as president of the Medical College of Georgia. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Among them: * Budget constraints, ...
Administrators voice concerns on health care: 55 pct. of hospitals report losses in '08.(Hospitals)
Oct 05, 2009; Friedman, Mark ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] IF CONGRESS DOESN'T APPROVE a health care reform package, Paul Cunningham predicts, some Arkansas hospitals could close. If the numbers of uninsured patients and people who can't pay for health care continue to increase, some hospitals that are ...
Cauley again pleads for more time.
Oct 05, 2009; Waldon, George ... WHY WOULD GENE CAULEY, WITH A net worth once pegged at $100 million by those familiar with his financial affairs, need so many months to raise a mere $9.3 million? The record suggests that the former class-action lawyer with a national reputation still has liquidity issues that are making ...
Information omission.(Whispers)
Oct 05, 2009; ... Trouble in Illinois caught up with a banker in northwest Arkansas. David Thornburg, formerly a senior vice president at Arvest Bank's downtown Bentonville office, struck a plea agreement on a charge of wire fraud in Peoria's federal court. In September, Thornburg ...
Another rand.(Whispers)
Oct 05, 2009; ... Last week we told you that left Rand, formerly of North Little Rock and Hot Springs, would either make a plea deal or face prosecution for allegedly scamming investors in his oil and gas business, Wave Energy Corp. of Houston. We also mentioned that his father, former Federal ...
Plant sale.(Whispers)
Oct 05, 2009; ... A 200,000-SF plant in Jacksonville is under new ownership after a $4.1 million transaction. Razorbacks, a California general partnership led by Todd Sperber, acquired the former Altivity Packaging development at 1031 Redmond Road. ...
After Alltel.(Whispers)
Oct 05, 2009; ... Another business has risen from the ashes of Alltel. John Norman, former vice president of engineering at Alltel, has started Arkansas Payroll Services Inc. The Little Rock firm claims ...
Antique shipment.(Kevin Stone Antiques Inc)(Brief article)
Oct 05, 2009; ... Lanette Beard was such a good customer of Kevin Stone Antiques Inc. that the company would ship truckloads of items to Beard's Little Rock home for her to shop. But that good relationship is over. Beard has sued the store, and Kevin Stone has turned around and filed its own ...
House fire.(Whispers)
Oct 05, 2009; ... A Benton County couple who lost their home in a 2008 fire now is suing their insurance carrier in an attempt to collect more than $500,000 for personal possessions. Horace and Brooke Crosby said Travelers Home & Marine Insurance Co. paid them $750,000 for the value of their Siloam Springs ...
Corrections.(Correction notice)
Oct 05, 2009; ... Glenda Owen is vice president and trust officer for Merchants & Farmers Bank of Dumas. An incorrect name was included in the list of largest trust departments that was included in the Sept. 21 issue of Arkansas Business. Arkansas Soybean Association is a ...
Business climate.(Editorial)
Oct 05, 2009; ... ARKANSAS FELL FIVE PLACES to rank 40th among the states n the Tax Foundation's State Business Tax Climate Index for fiscal 2010, barely escaping the dreaded 10 worst list. Last year the state ranked No. 35. What's this all about? It's about how states pass tax laws ...
Wal-Mart nation.(Editorial)
Oct 05, 2009; ... THE QUESTION ASKED IN THE Vanity Fair-60 Minutes poll was which business best symbolizes America today. And Wal-Mart Stores Inc. was the overwhelming choice of both men and women of all age groups. Forty-eight percent of Americans ...
The LaFrance I know.(Letter)(Letter to the editor)
Oct 05, 2009; Webb, Dee E. ... I know it is merely your job to report the news, not make it, but the article [on Rep. Mike Ross' sale of his drugstore to USA Drug] has driven me to have a media contact after enjoying seven years in retirement with no media responsibility. We lived and worked in Pine Bluff for ...
The Ross deal.(Letter)(Letter to the editor)
Oct 05, 2009; Blanchard, Charles ... I know the Associated Press article published on your Web site about U.S. Rep. Mike Ross' pharmacy sale was not written by Arkansas Business, but once you have read it I think you ought to comment on the obvious ignorance of the writer. Recording depreciation on your tax return ...
[Cartoon].(Editorial)(Cartoon)
Oct 05, 2009; ... HEY, IT'S FROM THE COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIP COMMITTEE ... ...
The Nat Gas Act.(Commentary)
Oct 05, 2009; Boozman, John ... AMERICA HAS A DANGEROUS dependence on foreign oil. We import nearly two-thirds of all the oil we use and it not only costs us billions of dollars, it also challenges our national, political, environmental and economic security. From January to July 2009, we spent nearly $137 ...
The future of biodiesel in Arkansas.(Commentary)
Oct 05, 2009; Hornbeck, Troy ... FOR THOSE WHO BELIEVE IN the future of biodiesel in Arkansas, a recent article on the front page of The Wall Street Journal may have brought some scowls and tears. The article declared the nation's biofuels boom was "running on empty" and listed reasons why the industry is distressed: for ...
Cliffewood home.(Real Deals: A Look at Important Real Estate Transactions)(Brief article)
Oct 05, 2009; Waldon, George ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] A 4,778-SF home in Little Rock's Cliffewood neighborhood changed hands in a $1.03 million transaction. Ned and Laura Rawlings bought the house from Michael and Larita Berg. The deal is funded with a 30-year loan of $400,000 from Centennial Bank ...
A $12.8 million expansion and renovation project at Springdale High School should be completed in April 2010.(Real Deals: A Look at Important Real Estate Transactions)
Oct 05, 2009; Waldon, George ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Caption: A $12.8 million expansion and renovation project at Springdale High School should be completed in April 2010 ....
Condo acquisition.(Real Deals: A Look at Important Real Estate Transactions)
Oct 05, 2009; Waldon, George ... Condo space totaling 3,692 SF in downtown Little Rock sold for $900,000. The Haley Revocable Trust, led by John and Danette Haley, purchased the ninth-floor property at 5 Statehouse Plaza. The seller is Arkansas Riverview Development LLC, led by Brad ...
