NEWS IN BRIEF

— Foreclosure, mortgage law topic of UA event

The Arkansas Law Review is hosting a symposium on mortgage and foreclosure law today that will examine the effects and lessons learned from the nation’s mortgage failures in recent years. The event begins at 9 a.m. in the E.J.

Ball Courtroom of the University of Arkansas School of Law in Fayetteville.

“The law students who publish the Arkansas Law Review have brought experts from across the nation to tackle the toughest questions surrounding the mortgage foreclosure crisis,” Stacey L. Leeds, dean of the School of Law, said in a release.

A panel discussion, “Systemic Effects of the Mortgage Foreclosure Crisis,” will be held from 10 a.m. to noon, and a second panel discussion, “Looking Forward: Lessons Learned from the Mortgage Foreclosure Crisis,” will be 2 to 4 p.m.

The event is free and open to the public and will also offer five hours of continuing legal education credit. It also will be streamed live at the William H. Bowen School of Law in Little Rock.

More information may be obtained at http://law.

uark.edu/current/law-review-symposium-2012/.

  • John MagsamBryce, Beebe to speak to state chamber in LR

The Arkansas State Chamber of Commerce will hold its 84th annual meeting on Wednesday in Little Rock.

Robert Bryce, a senior fellow with the Center for Energy Policy and the Environment at the Manhattan Institute, will be the featured speaker. He is the author of four books and hundreds of articles.

Gov. Mike Beebe will provide remarks following lunch.

The event, at the Wally Allen Ballroom in the Statehouse Convention Center, begins at 11:30 a.m. and will conclude around 2 p.m. after a report by Randy Zook, chief executive officer of the chamber.

Tickets are $75.

More information may be obtained by calling (501) 372-2222.

  • David Smith

Arkansas Index falls 1.63 to close at 241.99

The Arkansas Index, a price-weighted index that tracks the largest public companies based in the state, fell 1.63 to 241.99 on Thursday.

“U.S. stocks fell again on Thursday as investors ran for the exits to escape the potential tax hikes coming under President Obama’s second term,” said John Blackwell, senior vice president and managing director of equity trading at Stephens Inc. in Little Rock.

Arkansas Best lost 9.7 percent in heavy trading after Sterne Agee lowered its rating from neutral to underperform.

Volume for the index was 25.2 million shares, compared with average daily volume of 21.1 million shares.

The index was developed by Bloomberg News and the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette with a base value of 100 as of Dec. 30, 1997.

Business, Pages 27 on 11/09/2012

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