News on the Wire

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AOG agrees to lower proposed fees

Fort Smith-based Arkansas Oklahoma Gas Corp. (AOG) has volunteered to reduce some of its proposed charges for connecting, reconnecting and what are called “special meter reads.” AOG provides natural gas…

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The money rolls in for Wal-Mart Stores Inc.

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. reported mostly good news this morning with its third-quarter financial earnings release. The Bentonville-based retailer posted third-quarter sales of $97.63 billion, up 7.5 percent over the $90.82…

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The natural gas game changer

T. Boone Pickens is going to love this. If preliminary reports are true, a natural gas field in Alaska’s North Slope could be a game changer in terms of domestic…

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First news of Alltel cuts emerges

It’s been known that deep job cuts are coming to Arkansas ever since the $28 billion deal by Verizon Wireless to buy Little Rock-based Alltel Corp. was announced. Alltel employs…