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Fort Smith Roofing: How to Find the Best Arkansas Contractor

Fort Smith Roofing can be a pleasant experience. If you have never been to NW Arkansas, you may not realize just how beautiful it is here.But lets face it, Fort Smith is still part of the South and we have a saying around here: ...READ»

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No One Can See Your Corporate Recruitment Branding

I have been spending a lot of time recently viewing corporate recruiting video for our worklife.tv platform and I have been noticing a lot of companies don’t really do anything to get their brand out there. I’m not talking ...READ»

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Arkansas Teenager Sues Mom for Facebook Harassment

Oh boy, this is a fun one: a 16-year-old Arkansas boy is suing his mother for harassment after she used his Facebook account to post supposedly slanderous items, and then blocked him from accessing the service.READ»

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Mike Duke Becomes CEO of Wal-Mart

Fast Company Calendar for Sunday, February 1READ»

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The Transition Companies

Without quality and professional documentation, premium buyers may not dedicate their valuable time and resources to pursue the potential acquisition, or at least will view the opportunity as a potential bargain for them. The ...READ»

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Surprise! The Top 10 Most Oil Dependent States Are Also Among the Poorest

The Natural Resources Defense Council released a list today of the most oil dependent states, and there are few surprises. None of the states at the top of the list are known for their alternative energy efforts, and almost all of ...READ»

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Are You on the Right Track? Part 2

Can You Slay the Demons of Overwork? Mike Baker always wanted to run his own business. Growing up in northwest Arkansas, in the shadow of Wal-Mart and of Tyson Foods, he adopted a pretty bleak view of living his life as somebody ...READ»

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iFive: iPhone Campers, BP Apology, AT&T Hacker, Chinese Walkout, Flick'r an' Getty

Good morning! What's been happening while you’re sound asleep you’re your comfy mattress—or perhaps your Aerobed outside the Mac store? Here's five things you might've missed.  1. Weev only just begun. The mastermind ...READ»

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Outsourcing World Summit

Outsourcing means jobs go overseas, right? Not always. At this Orlando summit, Monty Hamilton, CEO of Atlanta-based Rural Sourcing, will explain how U.S. firms can save by moving work to the South. Rural Sourcing has centers in ...READ»

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BACKGROUND CHECKS BALTIMORE

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Are You There God? It's Me Your Pharmacist

Saturday morning my mother and I spent an hour on the phone relishing in post-election blues. As we swapped frustrations across 2,000 miles (I'm in the blue state of New York; She's blue in the red state of Florida), she informed me ...READ»

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Building Teams, Building Dreams

Team National’s Platinum Retreat located in North Little Rock, AR, is an investment in the company’s top earners. The 20,000-square-foot facility opened in late December and is custom-designed to hold leadership retreats with ...READ»

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Rise of the Aerotropolis

As competition shrinks the globe, the world is building giant airport-cities. They look monstrous to American eyes--and that could be a problem. READ»

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Education: The Diversity Quest in Little Rock and (Corporate) America

This week marked the 50th anniversary of the integration of Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas by nine black students. News reports documented the Little Rock Nine's warmly-welcomed return to the school -- a stark contrast ...READ»

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Public Interest

A modest proposal to save the newspaper trade.READ»

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Yahoo Builds the Nostradamus of Search Engines

The search giant's Time Explorer experiment keeps track of past predictions on a future timeline. Is this how we'll all search someday? READ»

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Fast Talk: My Hardest Decision

Like a career, a company is the result of moves made and of opportunities lost. Five high-profile leaders reflect on their most difficult calls.READ»

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VA Benefits & Medicaid

Before applying for Medicaid and VA Non-Service Pension Benefits, check to see if having both will act to disqualify getting Medicaid. “While it’s true that the VA Non-Service Pension Benefits does help with eldercare, which ...READ»

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2008 State New Economy Index Released by ITIF and the Kauffman Foundation

Five states—Massachusetts, Washington, Maryland, Delaware and New Jersey—are leading the United States’ transformation into a global, entrepreneurial and knowledge- and innovation-based New Economy, according to The 2008 State ...READ»

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Doug Schrandt Internet Marketing

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The ABCs of Interviewing

Questions you should be asking.READ»

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Nosocomial Infections a Real Problem

Who would have ever thought that when a person goes to hospital to get better, they may come home and die of an infection they got while they were in the hospital? Something entirely unrelated to why they were there in the first ...READ»

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Feedback

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Walmart Doubling Sales of Produce From Local Farms

The retail giant last year unveiled an ambitious sustainability index for its suppliers, and now the company has announced that it plans to double the sales of fresh produce sourced from local farms in U.S. locations by the end of 2015.READ»