Arkansas Business
Banks expect to tighten terms on credit cards in response to a new law that aims to protect consumers from sudden rate hikes, the Federal Reserve said Monday.
Posted:2009-11-09 20:56:05 GMT
Arkansas Business
Fayetteville novelist and University of Arkansas art professor Don Harington died late Saturday after a long illness.
Posted:2009-11-09 17:29:22 GMT
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The expansion focuses on providing unemployed and underemployed Arkansans with career training and educational opportunities.
Posted:2009-11-09 16:26:22 GMT
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Stocks jumped to new highs for the year Monday as the dollar extended its slide, boosting prices for commodities including oil and gold.
Posted:2009-11-09 15:57:48 GMT
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A government health insurance plan included in the House bill is unacceptable to a few Democratic moderates who hold the balance of power in the Senate.
Posted:2009-11-09 15:45:21 GMT
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Cynthia Cooper, the former MCI vice president and chief audit executive who exposed the WorldCom fraud, will be the speaker Nov. 12 at the American Studies Institute 2009-10 Distinguished Lecture Series at Harding University at Searcy.
Posted:2009-11-09 15:20:28 GMT
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Not all the federal stimulus money coming to Arkansas is going to job creation, and Gov. Mike Beebe says that's good.
Posted:2009-11-09 13:08:46 GMT
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Windstream Corp. reported on Monday third-quarter earnings of $80 million, or 18 cents per share, on revenue of $734 million.
Posted:2009-11-09 12:16:26 GMT
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Investors taking into account today the latest national unemployment report, which put the jobless rate 10.2 percent in October, in today's Arkansas Business Market Wrap video.
Posted:2009-11-06 21:58:08 GMT
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Jim Fink, who last year was named president and COO of Yarnell's Ice Cream of Searcy, has retired, according to Christina Yarnell.
Posted:2009-11-06 20:47:37 GMT
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An emergency call for blood in the Red Cross South Central Division was the first-ever use of a new text messaging network.
Posted:2009-11-06 17:41:36 GMT
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The state Contractors Licensing Board granted embattled Little Rock contractor 90 days before deciding whether to issue a license for his May Construction Management Services LLC.
Posted:2009-11-06 17:37:42 GMT
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J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. of Lowell has reached an agreement with Norfolk Southern Corp. of Norfolk, Va., for its intermodal operations in the eastern half of the United States.
Posted:2009-11-06 14:52:44 GMT
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The U.S. unemployment rate rose to 10.2 percent in October, the highest level in 26 years, according to the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Posted:2009-11-06 13:54:59 GMT
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The owner of a plant that has made school buses in Conway for decades says it will end bus-production operations there soon, affecting up to 477 jobs at the facility.
Posted:2009-11-06 12:55:04 GMT
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It's the Dow's best day since July 15, driven by positive comments on the the economy John Chambers, CEO of tech firm Cisco, in today's Arkansas Business Market Wrap video.
Posted:2009-11-05 21:58:08 GMT
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The expansion eventually will increase the company's employment to approximately 46 employees.
Posted:2009-11-05 21:02:47 GMT
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A jury in Birmingham, Ala., has ordered Tyson Foods Inc. to pay $250,000 for labor violations at its production plant in Blountsville.
Posted:2009-11-05 19:25:00 GMT
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Arkansas Blue Cross & Blue Shield announces plans to build a new 18,000-SF data center in Conway, and says it will announce plans for another data center in the coming weeks.
Posted:2009-11-05 19:05:51 GMT
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Southwestern Energy Co. of Houston increased its production in the Fayetteville Shale Play by 60 percent during its third quarter.
Posted:2009-11-05 16:03:00 GMT
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The Arkansas Supreme Court suspends Circuit Judge L.T. Simes from bench, saying he broke court rules.
Posted:2009-11-05 15:16:33 GMT
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Of those who have insurance, 51 percent opposed a public option, while 36 percent supported it. Figures were reversed for the uninsured: 56 percent supported a public option, and 33 percent opposed it.
Posted:2009-11-05 14:49:28 GMT
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Dillard?s Inc. said sales for October were $361.7 million, compared to the $406.1 million last October.
Posted:2009-11-05 14:17:00 GMT
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El Dorado company's earnings fall by more than two-thirds when compared with 3Q of 2008.
Posted:2009-11-04 22:28:49 GMT
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Bank of the Ozarks has repurchased the $75 million in preferred stock issued as part of the Capital Purchase Program.
Posted:2009-11-04 22:24:25 GMT
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Previously announced deal should close by year's end.
Posted:2009-11-04 22:10:56 GMT
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc. said it will eliminate 60 positions from its international division but add 40 new slots elsewhere in the division.
Posted:2009-11-04 22:05:52 GMT
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The Federal Reserve voting to keep interest rates near zero -- an expected move and, once confirmed, investors cashed in their bets and took profits, in today's Arkansas Business Market Wrap video.
Posted:2009-11-04 21:58:08 GMT
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The Arkansas Department of Emergency Management will begin making preliminary damage assessments from the recent tornadoes, thunderstorms and flooding on Monday.
Posted:2009-11-04 21:51:28 GMT
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Sharon Meyers-Washington of Little Rock was charged with 24 counts of aiding and assisting the preparation of false tax returns, 34 counts of fraudulently using Social Security numbers and one count of aggravated identity theft.
Posted:2009-11-04 21:46:15 GMT
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Pulaski County Circuit Judge Chris Piazza had wanted to begin hearing from lawyers and witnesses on Wednesday, but jury selection hit a snag.
Posted:2009-11-04 19:38:57 GMT