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Shoppers leave a Kmart store Thursday in Somerville, Mass. The retailer reports strong sales of toys, home goods and shoes.

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Arkansas jobless rate hits 7.6 percent in October


Posted: November 20, 2009 11:30 a.m.

Arkansas’ unemployment rate rose half a percentage point to 7.6 percent in October, the highest joblessness rate in more than 21 years, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics said Friday.
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Ruling allows utility to exit Entergy pact

Savings forecast for state; Louisiana appeal expected


Posted: November 20, 2009 5:50 a.m.

Entergy Arkansas Inc. can withdraw from the costly “system agreement” it shares with five other Entergy Corp. subsidiaries, federal regulators ruled Thursday.
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Arkansas jobless rate hits 7.6 percent in October


Posted: November 20, 2009 11:30 a.m.

Arkansas’ unemployment rate rose half a percentage point to 7.6 percent in October, the highest joblessness rate in more than 21 years, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics said Friday.
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Foreclosures on prime loans surge

Job losses seen overtaking risky lending as top cause of defaults


Posted: November 20, 2009 5:52 a.m.

Rising unemployment led to a spike in foreclosures on prime fixed-rate mortgage loans in the third quarter, the Mortgage Bankers Association said Thursday.
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AOL to lay off a third of staff


Posted: November 19, 2009 8:38 a.m.

AOL Inc., the struggling Internet company, plans to cut about a third of its workers if its planned spinoff from Time Warner Inc. goes through.
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Military innovators take on surveillance

Systems target makeshift bombs


Posted: November 16, 2009 5:27 a.m.

America’s genius for innovation continues to be directed toward increasingly sophisticated weaponry.
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