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Hartline named COO of USA Truck

David Hartline has been named executive vice president and chief operations officer for Van Buren-based USA Truck Inc. effective immediately. Hartline has nearly 20 years of industry experience. For the past…

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Regional bankruptcies and incorporations

Following are recent bankruptcy and incorporation filings from Crawford, Franklin, Logan and Sebastian counties. The information is provided by The Daily Record. a Little Rock-based news and legal information publisher….

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Dahdel joins Sparks Clinic Lung Center

Dr. Maher Dahdel has joined the staff of the Sparks Clinic Lung Center, the area’s only full-service pulmonology specialty practice. A specialist in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Dahdel entered…

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McReynolds named to OGE board

Judy McReynolds, president and CEO of Fort Smith-based Arkansas Best Corp., has been named to the board of directors of Oklahoma City-based OGE Energy Corp. OGE Energy is the parent…

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InvoTek awarded SBIR grant

Alma-based InvoTek, a research and development company, was awarded a $120,643 Phase 1 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant from the National Institutes of Health to develop prototypes of a computer…

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Regional bankruptcies and incorporations

Following are recent bankruptcy and incorporation filings from Crawford, Franklin, Logan and Sebastian counties. The information is provided by The Daily Record. a Little Rock-based news and legal information publisher….

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Arkansas Best declares dividend

The Board of Directors of Arkansas Best Corporation (Nasdaq: ABFS) has declared a quarterly dividend of three cents per share to shareholders of record on Aug. 5, 2011, and payable…

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Trotter joins Cooper Clinic

Katy Trotter, APN, has joined Cooper Clinic to practice with Dr. Aubrey Ziegler at the Northwest Arkansas Allergy & Asthma Clinic of Cooper Clinic. Trotter is a graduate of the…

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Baldor helps ABB boost income

ABB reported a 43-percent increase in second-quarter net income to $893 million amid strong industrial growth, higher earnings in the Power Systems division and the contribution from recent acquisitions, especially…

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Regional bankruptcies

Following are recent bankruptcy filings from Crawford, Franklin, Logan and Sebastian counties. The information is provided by The Daily Record. a Little Rock-based news and legal information publisher. • BANKRUPTCIES…

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Hubbard joins Summit Medical

Kelly Hubbard, APN, joins the Occupational Medicine Clinic located on the Summit Medical Center campus in Van Buren. The clinic provides services to employers and their employees including screenings, workers’…

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ABF wins CIO recognition

Fort Smith-based ABF Freight System has been named a recipient of a 2011 CIO 100 award. In announcing the winners in its 24th annual program, CIO magazine said the organizations…

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Rodgers joins Cooper Clinic

Suzanne Rodgers, APN, has joined Cooper Clinic to practice with Dr. Narender Goukanti, M.D. in the Cooper Clinic Department of Hematology/Oncology. This department is located in the Hembree Regional Cancer…

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FleetNet names new president, CEO

Gary Cummings has been appointed as president and CEO of FleetNet America Inc., a subsidiary of Fort Smith-based Arkansas Best Corp. He replaces C. Oren Summer whose retirement from the…