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Articles in April 21, 2008 issue of Arkansas Business

• Rising rail use helps firms: railroads' increase in popularity assists Arkansas companies
  by Mark Hengel
• Study shows some biofuels not so green
  by Mark Friedman
• LR contractor goes environmental: Burkhalter & Stevens focuses on commercial construction
  by George Waldon
• An Acxiom 'so long'
• Research trouble
• Osborne update
• Timber troubles
• Correction
• [Cartoon]
• Profit vs. prophet
• No recession at Wal-Mart
• Makes no census
• Hear that boom?
  by Jeff Hankins
• Mentoring 101
  by I. Barry Goldberg
• Commercial land
  by George Waldon
• Industrial stake
  by George Waldon
• Eatery transaction I
  by George Waldon
• Sherwood sale
  by George Waldon
• Replacement purchase
  by George Waldon
• Eatery transaction II
  by George Waldon
• Ashley ownership
  by George Waldon
• Arbors home I
  by George Waldon
• NLR condo
  by George Waldon
• Arbors home II
  by George Waldon
• Union Station funding
  by George Waldon
• Markham Inn loan
  by George Waldon
• Office development
  by George Waldon
• Forrest City lands Belleville Shoe Plant
  by John Henry
• StarTek to put call center in Jonesboro, employ 500
  by Lance Turner
• Chesapeake CEO: could top $75b in Shale Play
  by Mark Hengel
• Visa IPO boosts earnings of Simmons to 1Q record
• Fuel costs, weak demand send USA Truck to 1Q loss
• Home BancShares earnings up 53 percent in 1st quarter
• J. B. Hunt's 1Q earnings decline on weak demand
• Bank of Ozarks In
• UAMS geriatrics program among top 10 in country
  by John Henry
• Reynolds contest winners named; $104,000 awarded
  by Amy Riggin
• Personal travel helps EAS bear business trips decline
  by Andrew Jensen
• Combs pays Liberty Bank $1.15m for Van Dyke Center
  by Katie Stockstill
• Crossland to construct layout center for Wal-Mart
  by Katie Stockstill
• Arkansas Appeals Court Judge Brian Miller has been unanimously confirmed by the U.S. Senate to take over the federal court seat occupied by the late U.S. District Judge George Howard
• Sharon Priest, former Arkansas Secretary of State, donated her papers to the University of Central Arkansas archives last week
• The Society of Professional Journalists will conduct a training program for ethnic-media journalists on May 15 from 6-8:30 p.m. at the Jones Center for Families at Springdale
• U.S. Army Reserve
• Wal-Mart Stores Inc
• The Arkansas State Chamber of Commerce and Associated Industries of Arkansas has hired The Pace Group of Tupelo, Miss., a national executive search firm, to find a replacement for Paul Harvel, the current president and CEO who is leaving to take over the
• Retro Television Network of Little Rock has launched a new network Web site, www.rtnville.com, that features content about the network, including detailed show descriptions and a complete list of RTN affiliates
• Boone, Carroll, Clay, Craighead, Cross, Franklin, Fulton, Greene, Izard, Lonoke, Pulaski and Saline counties have been added to the list of Arkansas counties authorized for Disaster Unemployment Assistance as a result of severe storms, tornadoes and flood
• First Lady Ginger Beebe and the Arkansas Governor's Mansion Association are looking for Arkansas artists to be included in the second Arkansas Artists Engagement Calendar that will be published in September
• Former Gov. Mike Huckabee last week formed a political action committee, Huck PAC, to help raise money for Republican candidates
• Paul and Kim Kuna, owners of Southeast X-Ray Inc. of Ozark and winners of the Arkansas Small Business Person of the Year Award, are heading to Washington this week to compete for the National Small Business Person of the Year Award
• DHL recently opened its air sorting facility at the Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport at Highfill with daily air express services to and from the region
• State groups get $800,000 in EPA brownfields grants
• UA to host conference on renewable energy
• LR Veterans Hospital earns EPA Energy Star
• Bethel Middle School to get LEED award
• Landscape professor writes book, shares 10 yard tips
• ThermoEnergy process cuts emissions, study says
• Arvest Bank building LEED-certified branch
• Argenta CDC earns award for green housing initiative
• E commerce services disposes of electronic waste
  by Gwen Mortiz
• Goldman Recycling offers green disposal alternative
  by Jamie Walden
• EnviroGuard Technologies blows green air for less
  by Jamie Walden
• Rogers Architecture firm builds green headquarters
  by John Henry
• Largest architectural firms
  by John Henry
• University of Arkansas
• Wittenberg Delony & Davidson Inc
• University of Arkansas: Robert C. McMath
• University of Arkansas: Bradford E. Choate
• Wilson & Associates PLLC
• Kutak Rock LLP
• Kutak Rock
• Stock summary
• Good journalism
  by Mark Hengel
• National and local
  by Mark Hengel
• Add some zing
  by Mark Hengel
• Taxing talk follow