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Advertising commission wants property for Statehouse parking deck
By Kristin Netterstrom (Contact)
(Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2009)
The owner of a downtown parking lot that Little Rock is in the process of condemning has agreed to sell the property for $1.035 million. » Read story.
By David Smith (Contact)
(Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2009)
LM Glasfiber, the world’s largest manufacturer of windmill blades, will lay off more than 150 workers in Little Rock because of the national credit crisis, the Danish firm said Tuesday. » Read story.
Food firm makes plea agreement
By Stacey Roberts (Contact)
(Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2009)
Tyson Foods Inc. attorneys entered a guilty plea for their client Tuesday and said the company will pay a $500,000 fine in a 2003 hydrogen sulfide gas leak that killed a Texarkana employee. » Read story.
Foundation wants to pay $20 million
By Nancy Cole (Contact)
(Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2009)
McGEHEE — With boll-weevil eradication nearly complete, some Arkansans are focusing their efforts on repaying nearly $20 million in debt that has accumulated since the effort began more than a decade ago. » Read story.
the associated press
(Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2009)
The head of the University of Arkansas says tuition at the state’s flagship school will likely have to go up next fall. » Read story.
By The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (Contact)
(Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2009)
LM Glasfiber, the world’s largest manufacturer of windmill blades, plans to lay off more than 150 workers at its North American headquarters in Little Rock, the Danish firm said Tuesday.
» Read story.
Heavy-equipment maker to hire about 600 workers
By David Smith (Contact)
(Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2009)
Caterpillar Inc., which makes heavy-duty construction and mining equipment, said Monday that it will invest $140 million to locate its North American headquarters for road graders in North Little Rock. » Read story.
By Stacey Roberts (Contact)
(Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2009)
The man who rose to lead Tyson Foods Inc. through one of its worst financial setbacks has abruptly left the Springdale company during another. » Read story.
the associated press
(Monday, Jan. 5, 2009)
An Arkansas rice mill has agreed to pay $350,000 after the federal government found the company discriminated against hundreds of women and non-Hispanic job applicants, the U.S. Labor Department announced Monday.
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the associated press
(Monday, Jan. 5, 2009)
Companies that make cold pills containing ingredients used to make methamphetamine cannot be forced to pay the costs of fighting the illegal drug in Arkansas counties, a federal appeals court ruled Monday. » Read story.
By Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Staff
(Monday, Jan. 5, 2009)
Caterpillar, the world’s largest manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, announced plans Monday to put its new North American motor grader production facility in North Little Rock. » Read story.
the associated press
(Monday, Jan. 5, 2009)
Arkansas heads into the new year with state revenues above economists’ predictions and below last year’s figures. » Read story.
By The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (Contact)
(Monday, Jan. 5, 2009)
Tyson Foods Inc.’s president and chief executive officer is leaving the company immediately and a former chairman will step in to lead the world's largest meat company on an interim basis. » Read story.
Automakers’ woes to force industry consolidations in ’09
By Laurie Whalen (Contact)
(Sunday, Jan. 4, 2009)
Tom Machen started selling new cars in 1974. » Read story.
Key gauge plunges in December
By Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Staff and Wire Reports
(Saturday, Jan. 3, 2009)
The decline in U.S. manufacturing deepened in December as demand for products such as cars, appliances and furniture reached the lowest level on record. » Read story.
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