Michael Lipkin
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Arvest spurns U.S. debit-fee trend
posted: 10/04/2011 4:25 a.m. Comments 9
Arvest Bank, the largest bank in Arkansas, will not follow the lead of the nation’s largest banks and charge a monthly fee for debit-card purchases, the Bentonville bank announced Monday. The announcement comes after Bank of America decided Thursday to charge debitcard users $5 a month to use its card, beginning in January. Sun Trust and Regions Financial are also charging debit-card fees, while Wells Fargo and Chase are testing debit-card fees, which are not charged if a customer uses the card only for ATM withdrawals.
Retailer moving into LR location
posted: 09/30/2011 4:10 a.m. Discuss
Wal-Mart plans to open a supermarket in the Riverdale neighborhood of Little Rock, the company said Thursday.
Exams to start for tax pros
posted: 09/28/2011 4 a.m. Comment 1
Starting next month, tax preparers can start taking a test to prove competency as the IRS establishes standards for the profession.
Dollar General gets OK for beer
posted: 09/24/2011 6:52 a.m. Discuss
Fifty Dollar General stores across Arkansas will soon sell beer, the Alcoholic Beverage Control Administration Division announced Friday.
Regulator sanctions West Memphis bank
posted: 09/23/2011 3:30 a.m. Discuss
The federal Office of the Comptroller of the Currency announced Thursday that it has sanctioned Fidelity National Bank in West Memphis for “unsafe and unsound” practices.
Turkish firms seek trade with Arkansas
posted: 09/20/2011 5:55 a.m. Comment 1
Turkey is eager to buy Arkansas rice, wind turbines and corporate jets, the leader of a Turkish business group said Monday at the Little Rock Club.
Web speed in state put at 7 th-slowest
posted: 09/17/2011 4:10 a.m. Discuss
Average broadband Internet speeds in Arkansas rank among the worst in the country — less than half the fastest states’ , according to a recent study.
Jobs for 12,400 in bill for state
posted: 09/14/2011 6:03 a.m. Comments 12
Arkansas would receive nearly $1 billion and gain at least 12,400 jobs — mostly for construction — if President Barack Obama’s $447 billion jobs bill is passed as it currently stands, according to White House estimates released Tuesday.
Model tracks polluted runoff
posted: 09/13/2011 4:24 a.m. Discuss
The U.S. Geological Survey is offering software to allow states to track and control fertilizer and waste runoff that finds its way to the Mississippi River, then to the Gulf of Mexico, where it causes a “dead zone.” The dead zone is estimated to be 6,765 square miles, or the size of Connecticut, according to the Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium. Farmers in northeast Arkansas are some of the largest contributors of fertilizer runoff in the Mississippi River Valley.
700 lose jobs in Crossett
posted: 09/10/2011 4:06 a.m. Comments 4
About 700 employees will lose their jobs Nov. 7 when Georgia-Pacific shuts down its plywood and lumber operations in Crossett, the company announced Friday.
