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		<title>Beebe in hot pursuit of new Caterpillar factory</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Feb 2012 06:00:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gov. Mike Beebe (D) said Arkansas was competing for a new Caterpillar hydraulic excavator manufacturing operation that could employ up to 1,400 workers.]]></description>
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		<title>January revenues reverse trends</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 06:00:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Arkansas’ revenue collections reversed recent trends as individual income tax collections slumped and gross receipts saw improvement.]]></description>
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		<title>Economists see no panic in 2012</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Economists at a northwest Arkansas business forecast symposium predicted “modest expansion” for the state and national economies this year with little worry of a full-blown second recession.]]></description>
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		<title>Five years later, El Dorado Promise making a difference</title>
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On the five-year anniversary of the El Dorado Promise, a new study shows how the scholarship program has impacted trends in the south Arkansas school district. 
In January 2007, Murphy Oil announced it would contribute $50 million to help graduates of El Dorado Public Schools go to college tuition-free.
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		<title>Electronic gambling falls just short of $2 billion in wagers in 2011</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Jan 2012 06:00:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Electronic games of skill wagers at Oaklawn Park thoroughbred racetrack and Southland Greyhound Park recorded their best years since their inception in 2006, according to figures released by the Arkansas Racing Commission.

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		<title>Dillard’s finishes year with a flourish</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Jan 2012 06:00:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Upscale mall retailer Dillard’s Inc. ended the year on a high note.]]></description>
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		<title>Home sales in Arkansas nearly break-even for the year</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Dec 2011 06:00:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Home sales in Arkansas grew nearly 9 percent compared to last November boosting year-to-date totals near last year’s levels, according to the latest statistics from the Arkansas Realtors Association.
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		<title>Arkansas unemployment dips to 8% in November</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Dec 2011 06:00:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The state Department of Workforce Services reported that November’s unemployment rate fell two-tenths of a percent to 8.0 percent. ]]></description>
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		<title>Welspun says Keystone moratorium reason for layoffs</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Dec 2011 06:00:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The first tangible signs of a moratorium on the Keystone XL oil pipeline project affecting Arkansas jobs has surfaced. ]]></description>
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		<title>Tort reform provision struck in rice lawsuit</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Dec 2011 06:00:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[An Arkansas Supreme Court decision upheld a lower court ruling awarding $48 million in damages to rice farmers harmed by the actions of Bayer CropScience, a lawsuit that claimed genetically modified rice tainted other rice strains of Arkansas farmers.]]></description>
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