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Arkansas Gets Broadband Money

Connect Arkansas, a private, non-profit organization designed to link all the state?s inhabitants to the Internet, was awarded a grant of about $2.1 million during the last week of October.

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Goodwill Growing

A new Goodwill attended donations center is expected to open ? perhaps as soon as December ? at the Shoppes at Wedington in Fayetteville.

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Arvest Apps

As Chambers shuffles its Benton County office, Arvest Bank moves to consolidate its Benton County operations into one community bank, but it?s also prepping to make a bigger splash in its Web presence.

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Playing Santa

The JCPenney store at Pinnacle Hills Promenade will open its doors at 4 a.m. on Nov. 27, the day after Thanksgiving and the first official day of Christmas shopping season.

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New OS Offers Opportunity

Late October brought the much anticipated market arrival of Windows 7. Microsoft is hoping to move past the poor market acceptance of Windows Vista and improve the Windows revenue stream.

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Incoming CEO Set For Long Haul

When Judy McReynolds becomes president and CEO of Arkansas Best Corp. on Jan. 1, she?ll be heading a trucking company that reported $50 million in losses in the 12 months ending Sept. 30.