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Hewlett-Packard: Building for the future

In June 2008, Hewlett-Packard announced it would locate a state-of-the-art customer service and technical support center in Conway.
The announcement was hailed as ground-breaking news because of 1,200 good-paying jobs coming to the area and the fact that Conway and the state of Arkansas cou...

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03/12/2009 - 9:08am
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Fayetteville Shale Play: Making big impact on Faulkner County

The Fayetteville Shale Play is an unconventional source of natural gas located in north central Arkansas. Gas companies and their providers have been settling in Conway and the surrounding areas for the past few years to take advantage of the opportunities provided by the play.
It has been ...

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06/15/2009 - 10:14am
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Evolution crucial to utility

What is Conway Corp. doing to stay up with the latest technologies?

As technologies change, customers want more services. This has impacted our cable and Internet business plans. So, in addition to adding services to cable like Video On Demand and High Definition and increasing speeds for ...

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03/12/2009 - 11:38am
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Incorporations

Hambuchen Lighting Inc., 724 Second St., Conway, was incorporated on March 2 by Jill Turner.

Recreation Nation Sports Inc., 43 Millstone Drive, Greenbrier, was incorporated on March 2 by John R. Whitener.

Elite Design Inc., 3430 Irby Drive 1009, Conway, was incorporated on March 5 b...

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03/16/2009 - 8:45am
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Comcast, Sony to open retail store

PHILADELPHIA (AP) Despite the poor economy, Comcast Corp. and Sony Corp. plan to open a retail store Tuesday. The cable TV operator and the electronics company will use the store to showcase new technologies and products, taking a page from Apple Inc., as Microsoft Corp. might also soon try to do...

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03/16/2009 - 8:41am
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UPS chief received $5.2M in '08

ATLANTA (AP) The chairman and chief executive officer of UPS Inc., Scott Davis, received total compensation valued at $5.2 million in 2008 his first year at the helm of the world's largest shipping carrier, according to a regulatory filing Friday. That was about 16 percent more than his predecess...

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03/16/2009 - 8:44am
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Building for the future at Hendrix to benefit city

Scott Schallhorn is a vice president and the chief legal counsel for Hendrix College. He also serves as the CEO of The Village at Hendrix, an example of a cutting-edge development that mixes residential and commercial projects, New Urbanism.

Q:How did the concept for The Village originate?...

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06/15/2009 - 10:28am
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State's jobless rate rises

The state’s unemployment rate increased seven-tenths of a percentage point to 6.4 percent in January.
Also, the December jobless rate was revised from 6.2 percent to 5.7 percent as part of the annual revision process done in accordance with U.S. Department of Labor guidelines. In January 20...

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03/13/2009 - 12:55pm
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HSAs an alternative to traditional health insurance

Many financial institutions in Faulkner County offer Health Savings Accounts. Centennial Bank provided the Log Cabin with the pros and cons of HSAs.

Lately, one of the major hot button issues facing our nation is health care. There are many different options to attain health care coverage....

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09/14/2009 - 11:42am
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Vilonia waterworks gets new facility

VILONIA - A new facility will "take the Vilonia Waterworks Association many years down the road," officials say.

Completed in the fall, the association moved from the old facility on U.S. Highway 64 in Vilonia into a new facility at Industrial Park Drive Dec. 8.

The new facility, ac...

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03/16/2009 - 8:36am
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Administration wants to buy up banks' toxic assets

WASHINGTON Struggling to contain the worst financial crisis in seven decades, the Obama administration wants to buy billions of dollars of toxic assets from banks to ease borrowing for consumers and businesses.

Some industry officials familiar with the details said Saturday they expected t...

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03/23/2009 - 11:07am
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Stocks fall, still log second week of gains

NEW YORK (AP) Citigroup's chief financial officer, Gary Crittenden, is leaving his post and becoming chairman of Citi Holdings, the unit created to sell off the bank's riskier assets.

A person familiar with the decision said Crittenden decided to change jobs due to an illness in his family...

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03/23/2009 - 10:54am
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