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From: Wal-Mart’s annual meeting...
Jason IvesterHost Hugh Jackman sings a song Friday from “Les Miserables” during the Walmart Shareholders meeting at Bud Walton Arena in Fayetteville.
Wal-Mart: Clothes plants stay open
Wal-Mart Stores Inc.’s third-party experts assigned to inspect the 279 garment factories the retailer uses in Bangladesh have completed the initial inspection on 16 facilities so far and found “no safety threats that would … require their closure during remediation,” a Wal-Mart spokesman said Monday. Continue reading...
State
From: FarmAid says meat contrac...
Samantha BakerA cow wanders past the fans that ventilate a chicken house at Granny Creek Farm near Lamar. Some contract growers contend that meat companies require facility upgrades but leave growers to pick up the tab.
7 file suit to regain company
Seven shareholders of the Conway technology company First Orion Corp. have filed a lawsuit against a former executive for Acxiom Corp. for using proxies granted by two of the plaintiffs to take control of the company. Continue reading...
National
BALINT PORNECZI A technician works on the tarmac near a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner operated by Air India Ltd. at the Paris Air Show on Tuesday.
Boeing orders up with latest 787
Dreamliner’s 60% gain latest jab in Airbus matchup
Boeing Co. said Tuesday its stretched 787 Dreamliner promises to match sales of its smaller version, raising the plane’s order tally as much as 60 percent as it expanded its wide-body lineup to blunt an Airbus SAS challenge. Continue reading...
