Record sales expected again as adults get in on frightful fun
By Steve Painter (Contact)
(Sunday, Oct. 12, 2008)
It’s crunch time for two specialty retailers operating on opposite sides of busy U.S. 71B in Fayetteville and at shops elsewhere around the Natural State. » Read story.
by bob keefe cox news service
(Sunday, Oct. 12, 2008)
Bob Milat has been in the wine business in one way or another for about 50 years. Never does he remember an autumn quite as bad as this one. » Read story.
Bank of America’s up $343 million while Arvest, Regions lost deposits
By David Smith (Contact)
(Sunday, Oct. 12, 2008)
Bank of America, which entered Arkansas in 1997 with the acquisition of the successor to Worthen Banking Corp., had the biggest growth in deposits in the state this year, according to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. » Read story.
Nation a case study as companies bid for stake in Iraq
by sebastian abbot the associated press
(Sunday, Oct. 12, 2008)
Recurrent violence in oil-rich parts of Nigeria could provide a sobering lesson for oil companies hoping to work in Iraq — a place that is much more dangerous despite the fact that attacks are at their lowest level in more than four years. » Read story.
by nancy trejos the washington post
(Sunday, Oct. 12, 2008)
The stock market’s prolonged tumble has wiped out more than $2 trillion in Americans’ retirement savings in the last 15 months, a blow that could force workers to stay on the job longer than planned, tighten their wallets and possibly further stall an economy reliant on consumer spending, Congress’ top budget analyst said last week. » Read story.
By Leroy Donald (Contact)
(Sunday, Oct. 12, 2008)
Last week, the last unnamed lock and dam on the Arkansas River was officially named. It was as if they waited some 40 years for just the right person. » Read story.
Energy firm’s growth seen as in peril; CEO sells stock
By Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Staff and Wire Reports
(Saturday, Oct. 11, 2008)
Chesapeake Energy Corp. is scrambling to sell assets and cut costs as falling energy prices and tightening credit threaten to derail the company’s dramatic growth. » Read story.
by tom krisher the associated press
(Saturday, Oct. 11, 2008)
DETROIT — General Motors Corp. is likely to announce further production cuts and possible plant closures as early as next week as it deals with slumping sales and a collapse in its stock price, a person with detailed knowledge of the company’s plans said Friday. » Read story.
By The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (Contact)
(Saturday, Oct. 11, 2008)
Mad-cow cases cost beef firms $11 billion U.S. livestock producers and meatpackers including Tyson Foods Inc. and Cargill Inc. have lost at least $11 billion in beef exports because of mad-cow disease, according to a government report. » Read story.
He seeks audit of former company
By David Smith (Contact)
(Saturday, Oct. 11, 2008)
Jennings Osborne, the Little Rock entrepreneur best known for his extravagant Christmas lights displays, on Friday sued two Stephens business affiliates for “gross mismanagement” of his former company. » Read story.
119 rooms at midprice Hampton Inn fills a niche, owner says
By Toby Manthey (Contact)
(Saturday, Oct. 11, 2008)
A Hampton Inn & Suites that opened Friday will boost the supply of mid-tier hotel rooms in the downtown Little Rock area by 119. » Read story.
democrat-gazette press services
(Saturday, Oct. 11, 2008)
QUOTE OF THE DAY “We have the best chance we’ve ever had to make a profit, and so [farmers have] been extra careful in all of their watering and fungicide applications and herbicide applications, trying to make as much yield as they can.” » Read story.
Company mainly blames finance arm for 3rd quarter’s 22% decline
by stephen singer the associated press
(Saturday, Oct. 11, 2008)
HARTFORD, Conn. — General Electric Co. spared investors any nasty surprises as it reported a 22 percent drop in third-quarter earnings Friday, meeting its own lowered forecast and blaming the decline on its struggling finance arm. » Read story.
by vinnee tong the associated press
(Saturday, Oct. 11, 2008)
NEW YORK — PepsiCo, the nation’s second-largest beverage company, said Friday it was launching a new marketing campaign to refocus attention on soft drinks, which have seen lagging sales. » Read story.
Week worst on record for the Dow
democrat-gazette press services
(Saturday, Oct. 11, 2008)
U.S. stocks fell for an eighth straight day in a whipsaw session Friday that produced the Dow Jones industrial average’s biggest point swing ever. » Read story.
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