Recently added articles from Arkansas Business:
Lions working to raise $30m for new facility.(Nonprofits & Corporate Giving)(Lions World Services for the Blind)
Jul 07, 2008; ... THREE YEARS AFTER LIONS World Services for the Blind announced plans to build a new headquarters in downtown Little Rock, the nonprofit is still working to raise the $30 million needed. The campaign "is structured for us," said Ramona Sangalli, Lions World Services' executive ...
Contributions up, but capital giving to Heifer stalled: documents show drop in funding for building.(Nonprofits & Corporate Giving)
Jul 07, 2008; ... THANKS MAINLY TO A BIG grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, total contributions to Heifer International were up more than 20 percent in the fiscal year that ended last week--to a record $126.5 million. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] But internal documents obtained ...
Economy concerns some nonprofits: opinion mixed on effects to charitable donations.(Nonprofits & Corporate Giving)
Jul 07, 2008; ... PHYLLIS HAYNES, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR of the Arkansas Foodbank Network, has already seen a drop in the amount of food donated to her organization in 2008. The nonprofit's biggest event, the Letter Carriers Food Drive, held in May, collected 79,000 pounds of food, off about 28 ...
Hospital CEO change.(Whispers)
Jul 07, 2008 ... The Arkansas Surgical Hospital in North Little Rock has lost its founding CEO. Lynn Weaks, who had been CEO of the hospital since September 2004, resigned last week to become administrator of the lames H. & Cecil C. Quillen Rehabilitation Hospital in Johnson City, Tenn. The ...
Not so yummy.(Whispers)(Velo Rouge Brasserie )(Brief article)
Jul 07, 2008 ... So Velo Rouge Brasserie in downtown Little Rock was closed for "the holiday week of June 30-July 5," according to a sign on its door. And being the naturally curious Whispers staff you know and love, and being unable to ask a question of the restaurateurs directly, we called ...
Grass farm troubles.(Whispers)(Quail Valley Farm of Little Rock)(Brief article)
Jul 07, 2008 ... Roger C. Gravis, owner of Quail Valley Farm of Little Rock, is facing foreclosure again. BancorpSouth Bank, the successor to American State Bank, is seeking to foreclose on the grass farm because Gravis defaulted on loans totaling $885,639, according to its lawsuit filed in ...
Tax troubles.(Whispers)(HomeTel)(Brief article)
Jul 07, 2008 ... The Arkansas Department of Finance & Administration filed a $945,000 tax lien against a Louisiana telephone company. The DF&A filed the paperwork in Pulaski County Circuit Court against HomeTel Inc. The DF&A said the company owes the money for Arkansas sales taxes ...
Bankruptcy troubles.(Whispers)(Trendsetter International Marketing Inc)(Brief article)
Jul 07, 2008 ... A Rogers businessman recently filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy protection and listed $1.2 million in debts. Timothy Salmonsen, who was an owner of Trendsetter International Marketing Inc., reported only $206,000 in assets. Salmonsen's attorney, Robert Teague of Rogers, ...
More ADA lawsuits.(Whispers)(Americans with Disabilities Act)(Brief article)
Jul 07, 2008 ... We reported a few months back that Arkansas could see more lawsuits claiming businesses have violated the Americans with Disabilities Act. Unfortunately, we were right. Three Cabot shopping centers were sued last month by Rickey Stringfellow, who suffers from multiple ...
Cutting entitlements.(Editorial)
Jul 07, 2008 ... REMEMBER DAVID WALKER? He was the comptroller general of the United States and head of the Government Accountability Office until he resigned in frustration earlier this year. Like him or hate him--and there are plenty of reasons for either feeling--he was an outspoken gadfly ...
Time use.(Survey)(Brief article)
Jul 07, 2008 ... IT'S NOT TOO OFTEN, BUT occasionally those taxes we all pay to run various government agencies provide some interesting statistics, though we're unsure just how useful much of the information might be. The Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor, in its 2007 ...
[Cartoon].(Editorial)(Cartoon)
Jul 07, 2008; ... FISHING HAS BEEN GOOD! WE JUST OPENED AND WE'RE ...
On notice.(Editorial)
Jul 07, 2008; ... A FEW WEEKS BACK, I MONOPOLIZED a shockingly large amount of taxpayer time getting acquainted with Heath Abshure, who was appointed commissioner of the Arkansas Securities Department by Gov. Mike Beebe in November. I like and respect his Huckabee-appointed predecessor, Michael Johnson, but ...
Tyson Foods purchases Indian poultry processor.(AGRICULTURAL BUSINESS)
Jul 07, 2008; ... Tyson Foods Inc. is making another move into an emerging market. The company has bought 51 percent of Mumbai, India-based Godrej Foods Inc., a subsidiary of Godrej Agrovet Ltd. The new venture is called Godrej Tyson Foods and is expected to reach initial annual sales of $50 ...
Class-action lawsuit filed against Riceland.(AGRICULTURAL BUSINESS)
Jul 07, 2008; ... A class-action lawsuit was filed last week by Arkansas rice farmers against Riceland Foods Inc. in Lonoke County Circuit Court. The suit seeks compensatory and punitive damages for the tainted rice that entered the 2006 rice crop. The contaminated genetically engineered rice ...
Lincoln talks health care with small-business owners.(HEALTH CARE)
Jul 07, 2008; ... With the majority of uninsured workers in the United States either self-employed or working for small businesses, Sen. Blanche Lincoln, D-Ark., has put forth a plan that she says would make health insurance more affordable, predictable and accessible for small businesses and the ...
AERT CEO says 2008 best, worst of times.(TECHNOLOGY & COMPUTERS)
Jul 07, 2008; ... Advanced Environmental Recycling Technologies Inc. CEO Joe Brooks posted his second letter to shareholders this year in advance of the company's July 24 annual meeting with its stock at an 11-year low. Citing the slumping housing market and a class-action lawsuit filed in March ...
Pine Bluff Chamber names co-directors.(ECONOMIC)
Jul 07, 2008; ... [ILLUSTRATIONS OMITTED] Ann Green and Michelle Rocha, two staff members of the Economic Development Alliance of Jefferson County, have been named co-directors of the Greater Pine Bluff Chamber of Commerce. Green will direct the community and membership divisions, ...
Korean company to drill in Fayetteville Shale Play.(ENERGY)(SH Energy & Chemical Ltd)(Brief article)
Jul 07, 2008; ... A Korean company has acquired 3,000 acres of mineral rights in the Fayetteville Shale Play and was to begin drilling last week. Prime Income Asset Management said SH Energy & Chemical Ltd. of Seoul, South Korea, acquired the rights in Van Buren County from Source Rock Energy of ...
Cease-and-desist order issued on Maumelle man.(BANKING & FINANCE)
Jul 07, 2008; ... The Arkansas Securities Department issued a cease-and-desist order last week against Timothy Alonza Lilly of Maumelle, who does business as Covenant Senior Advisors LLC, for violating the Arkansas Securities Act. The order from Securities Commissioner A. Heath Abshure said Lilly ...