By Bill W. Hornaday (Contact)
(Thursday, Dec. 4, 2008)
State environmental officials will consider on Friday Southwestern Electric Power Co.’s request to allow full-scale construction to resume on its coal-fired power plant near Texarkana while its air permit is under appeal. » Read story.
By Erin Anthony (Contact)
(Thursday, Dec. 4, 2008)
A $28 million hotel will be built in the Argenta District in downtown North Little Rock in 2010, the New Argenta Fund announced Wednesday. » Read story.
Off year, weak demand, storm damage blamed for low crop harvest
By Nancy Cole (Contact)
(Thursday, Dec. 4, 2008)
Pecan growers across Arkansas are harvesting a sparse crop and encountering weak demand. » Read story.
the associated press
(Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2008)
Windstream Corp. wants a federal judge to affirm its authority to reduce retiree benefits even when the people affected retired from other phone companies that Windstream acquired over the years. » Read story.
the associated press
(Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2008)
The family of a worker trampled to death in a “Black Friday” crush of bargain hunters at a Long Island Wal-Mart store filed a wrongful-death lawsuit on Wednesday, claiming store ads offering deep discounts “created an atmosphere of competition and anxiety” that led to “crowd craze.” » Read story.
the associated press
(Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2008)
Gov. Mike Beebe says he will appoint Rogers bank executive Dick Trammel to a 10-year term on the Arkansas Highway Commission. » Read story.
By David Smith (Contact)
(Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2008)
Three years before ANB Financial of Rogers was closed by federal regulators, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency knew most of the bank’s problems but took “no forceful action until 2007,” a report by another federal agency says. » Read story.
Foes appealing firm’s air permit
By Bill W. Hornaday (Contact)
(Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2008)
Southwestern Electric Power Co. asked state officials Tuesday to allow construction of a coal-fired power plant in Hempstead County to continue despite the latest move by plant opponents to block the $1.6 billion project. » Read story.
By Laurie Whalen (Contact)
(Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2008)
America’s Car-Mart Inc. said Tuesday that it shaved 2 cents off its second-quarter 2009 earnings because of an accounting change that has potential to affect earnings for the next five years. » Read story.
By David Smith (Contact)
(Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2008)
Five of the eight metropolitan areas in the country that reported declines in unemployment rates in October are in Arkansas, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics said Tuesday. » Read story.
the associated press
(Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2008)
Arkansas has opened a $32 million mental health research, teaching and patient care center — one of only nine in the country to combine all these services in one place. » Read story.
the associated press
(Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2008)
Arkansas’ revenues in November came in above forecast and beat last year’s numbers, despite the nation’s recession and a record spike in the state’s unemployment rolls, fiscal officials said Tuesday. » Read story.
the associated press
(Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2008)
Mississippi officials are proposing to give Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. $30 million in financial incentives to keep the company’s Tupelo plant open. » Read story.
By Toby Manthey (Contact)
(Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2008)
Baptist Health in 2007 sustained a loss of $17 million, largely due to an increase of nearly 10 percent in expenses over the previous year. » Read story.
Business as usual, poultry firm says
By Stacey Roberts (Contact)
(Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2008)
Pilgrim’s Pride Corp. filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Monday, a company news release stated. » Read story.
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