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  • Decatur cuts jobs, expenses 25 Jul 2008 20:36 GMT
    ... The employees will be paid for their vacation time and will be eligible for unemployment, Montgomery said. Copyright © 2001-2008 Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Inc. All rights reserved. ...

  • NWACC announces new degree for business entrepreneurs 25 Jul 2008 20:36 GMT
    ... emphasizes that concept this fall through several Arkansas community colleges. Northwest Arkansas Community College joined ... is more important than ever in today's economy, and this program will help to create jobs ...

  • Disability rights advocates march for updated law 25 Jul 2008 15:19 GMT
    ... Stephens Washington Bureau WASHINGTON - Advocates for Arkansas' disabled workers mobilized on Capitol Hill in ... have eroded some key provisions of the landmark bill since its approval 18 years ago this ... July 26, 1990, protected disabled workers from employment discrimination. It required most public places to ...

  • Visitors can tour farms, gardens 25 Jul 2008 15:13 GMT
    ... — The rich soils of the Schoharie Valley region ... “It’s been a slow year,” said Cooper’s Ark Farm operator Phil Metzger, coordinator of the ... come up this year because of the economy,” he said. “We’re hoping with this, people ...

  • States' 2d fiddles swap policy notes in humble Buffalo 25 Jul 2008 09:33 GMT
    ... be outdone, Lieutenant Governor Bill Halter of Arkansas proclaimed he was having a "spectacular time." ... time in discussion sessions on healthcare, the economy, and domestic violence. The only thing remaining on ...

  • Community college rolls benefit from economy 25 Jul 2008 07:31 GMT
    ... year, and school administrators say the worsening economy could be the driving force behind the ... more Tennesseans are losing their jobs. Tennessee's unemployment rate rose to 6.5 percent in June, ... 1992, which included the recession that inspired then-Arkansas Gov. Bill Clinton's presidential campaign slogan, "It's ...

  • Multi-skilled performer back at Steamboat rodeo 25 Jul 2008 07:28 GMT
    ... Veteran performers Max Reynolds and Mark Swingler also will perform throughout the weekend. ... at his home base in Nebraska. “The economy is a part of it, so the ... scheduled throughout the summer, from Idaho to Arkansas. He said he’s not sure he’ll keep ...

  • Sam's Club grows in El Monte 25 Jul 2008 05:49 GMT
    ... per share analysts had been forecasting, with inflation cutting into profits, according to Bloomberg news. Costco's ... from a 52-week low of $56.09. Bentonville, Arkansas-based Wal-Mart's shares were down 1.2 percent Thursday ...

  • News from Suffolk's past - July 25, 1948 25 Jul 2008 02:30 GMT
    ... News from Suffolk's past - July 25, 1948

    inflation program he proposed to Congress last November. ... coming special session of Congress. Senator McClellan (D-Ark.) made it clear that Dixie Party members, who ...

  • Glasgow East will put tartan ties to the test 25 Jul 2008 02:20 GMT
    ... to an unpopular government and a falling economy - but there is more to it than that. ... course: the leaders of North Rhine-Westphalia and Arkansas are judged on the amount of pork ...

  • Ark. man accused in 4 boat deaths pleads guilty 25 Jul 2008 00:08 GMT
    ... South Korea's economy grew 0.8 percent in the second quarter ... college in Phoenix. Fire department division chief Mark Faulkner says a 25-year-old man and a ...

  • U.S. jobless claims rise sharply as economy slows 24 Jul 2008 23:35 GMT
    ... from 3.116 million the prior week. The unemployment rate among people eligible for benefits, which ... an average 321,000 in 2007, when the economy generated 91,000 new jobs on average each ... tray-pack chicken business at its El Dorado, Arkansas, processing plant and consolidate the work into ...

  • Minimum Wage Goes Up 24 Jul 2008 22:36 GMT
    ... no impact on employment, no impact on inflation. Employers won't even feel it," said Gary ... Latanich. Latanich is an economics professor from Arkansas State University, and says in reality, minimum ... extra money, is money back into the economy, and at a time when the money ...

  • Hospital plan restarted 24 Jul 2008 21:50 GMT
    ... new design for a new hospital for Arkansas City. City officials have discussed funding the ... construction market must be considered. Construction cost inflation was at 15 percent as of the first ...

  • More Corporations, State Government Report Falling Revenue 24 Jul 2008 21:49 GMT
    ... of reports this week on the Tennessee economy and from corporations that do business in Memphis ... advertising sales, including particularly weak real estate, employment, and automotive advertising, contributed to the decline," ... companies. Gander Mountain, with stores in Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi and 20 other states, lost $1.59 ...


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