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Wal-Mart Foundation donates to Amazeum

The Wal-Mart Foundation is donating $1.5 million for a temporary exhibition gallery in the yet-to be-built Amazeum family learning center in Bentonville. The Amazeum’s property borders land owned by Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, founded by Alice Walton, an heiress to late Wal-Mart founder Sam Walton.

The temporary exhibition space is part of the planned 44,000-squarefoot center, expected to open next year. The facility will include interactive exhibits such as a tinkering studio, water area, climbable tree canopy and exploratory wet lab.

Center officials are looking for exhibitions - and donations. The Wal-Mart Foundation’s $1.5 million gift is one of several received toward the Amazeum’s $28.5 million capital campaign goal.

  • Cyd King

Rogers session set on meshing cultures

A workshop to train managers, supervisors and staff members on how to work in a multicultural environment will be held April 1 in Rogers. It is also offered online.

The workshop, Impact of Cultural Differences in the Workplace, will be held from 4:30 to 6 p.m. at the University of Arkansas Global Campus, Suite 402 at 3300 Market St. Those registered to participate online can log in and participate in the class remotely.

“Recent trends indicate a growing need for American businesses to develop cultural competencies for working with foreign nations and diverse populations within their own organizations,” said Rick Teague, promotions coordinator for the professional development network at the Global Campus, who is conducting the workshop.

Details about the event and registration can be found at the Global Campus website: globalcampus.uark.edu. The cost of the workshop is $49.

  • John Magsam

State index slips despite P.A.M. gain

The Arkansas Index, a price-weighted index that tracks the largest public companies based in the state, fell 0.30 to 331.26 Wednesday.

“U.S. stocks ended little changed, holding onto the gains from Tuesday despite weaker-than-expected readings from [Automatic Data Processing] employment and [Institute for Supply Management] services reports,” said John Blackwell, senior vice president and managing director of equity trading at Stephens Inc. in Little Rock.

P.A.M. Transportation shares rose 3.7 percent in heavy trading.

USA Truck fell 4.5 percent on average volume.

Volume for the index was 21 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 25 on 03/06/2014

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