Toby Manthey

Dillard’s profit $8 million

Tax gain saves quarter for department-store chain

Little Rock-based Dillard’s Inc. on Tuesday reported third-quarter profit of $8 million, recovering from a $56 million loss a year earlier.
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Timber firm hits deal for acreage

Deal to total $173 million

El Dorado-based Anthony Forest Products Co. on Monday said it is selling about 91,000 acres of timberland and related cutting rights to a company affiliated with Jackson, Miss.-based Molpus Woodlands Group for approximately $173 million.
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Hawker shrouds job-cut number

Aircraft maker confirms layoffs

Hawker Beechcraft on Friday confirmed that it is laying off workers at its Little Rock facility, but the private manufacturer of business jets wouldn’t say how many workers are losing their jobs.
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LR firm buying S.C.’s NuVox

Little Rock-based Windstream Corp. on Tuesday said it is buying NuVox Inc., a Greenville, S.C.-based telecommunications company, for $643 million, its third acquisition announced in the past six months.
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800 in LR told health plan is just a scheme

As the push for a vote on overhauling the health-care system builds steam in Congress, a raucous crowd in Little Rock that met Thursday to discuss “government-forced” health care put out its own heat.
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Acxiom reports profit plunge

Quarter sees 40% decline

Little Rock-based Acxiom Corp. on Wednesday reported that profit fell 40 percent, to $9.4 million from $15.9 million, for the quarter ending Sept. 30 compared with a year earlier.
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High court to review ruling on plant

The Arkansas Supreme Court agreed Thursday to review a state Court of Appeals rejection of the approval of the $2.1 billion John W. Turk Jr. power plant project in Hempstead County.
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Groups talk up public option

In LR, they urge phone-calls push

Representatives of organized labor groups met Tuesday at the Arkansas Studies Institute in Little Rock’s River Market District to voice support of a public option in Congress’ effort to overhaul the health-care system.
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Price of gas in state jumps 14¢ in week

Wall Street investment in oil cited

The price of a gallon of regular gasoline in Arkansas jumped 14 cents in the past week, reflecting the rise in the value of crude oil.
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Smaller firms torn on health overhaul

Cost, required coverage stir debate

There’s much debate among small-business owners — who create two-thirds of the jobs in the country — about what Congress should do to overhaul the healthcare system.
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