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  • Profile: Panama's new president Ricardo Martinelli Berrocal
    in Panama City, is the owner of the Super 99 supermarket chain, which is the largest in the country. He graduated in Business Administration, specializing in Marketing from the University of Fayetteville in Arkansas, U.S.. He also holds a master's degree
  • Consumer spending rises; mood improves (Reuters)

    A woman shops at a Sam's Club store, a division of Wal-Mart Stores, in Bentonville, Arkansas June 4, 2009. REUTERS/Jessica RinaldiReuters - U.S. consumer spending in May rose for the first time since February and savings hit a record high as federal stimulus measures boosted incomes, while consumer sentiment edged higher in June, bolstering the view that the economy was close to emerging from recession.



  • Consumer spending rises; overall mood improves (Reuters)

    A woman shops at a Sam's Club store, a division of Wal-Mart Stores, in Bentonville, Arkansas June 4, 2009. REUTERS/Jessica RinaldiReuters - U.S. consumer spending in May rose for the first time since February as government stimulus measures boosted income, while a consumer sentiment index in June edged higher, bolstering the view that the economy was close to emerging from recession.



  • Consumer spending rebounds, supports recovery view (Reuters)

    A woman shops at a Sam's Club store, a division of Wal-Mart Stores, in Bentonville, Arkansas June 4, 2009. REUTERS/Jessica RinaldiReuters - U.S. consumer spending rose last month for the first time since February as government stimulus pushed incomes sharply higher, the Commerce Department said on Friday, supporting the view the economy was close to pulling out of recession.



  • U.S. consumer spending rises 0.3 percent in May (Reuters)

    A woman shops at a Sam's Club store, a division of Wal-Mart Stores, in Bentonville, Arkansas June 4, 2009. REUTERS/Jessica RinaldiReuters - U.S. consumer spending rose last month for the first time since February as government stimulus pushed incomes sharply higher, the Commerce Department said on Friday, supporting the view the economy was close to pulling out of recession.



  • Arkansas prison troubles echo problems of the past (AP)

    FILE -This April 23, 2003 file photo shows the interior of the Arkansas Department of Correction prison in Malvern, Ark. Gov. Mike Beebe believes it is appropriate for the Arkansas Department of Correction to investigate itself amid a series of problems at various state prisons. A spokesman for the governor told The Associated Press that Beebe has 'full faith' in longtime Director Larry Norris. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston, File)AP - Inmates carrying sawed-off shotguns once patrolled the grounds of Arkansas state prisons, keeping other prisoners in line with fear and intimidation. The few guards kept order with 5-foot-long leather straps and a device that sent an electric charge through an offender's toe and genitals.



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Introduction
Arkansas became the United States' twenty-fifth state on June 15, 1836. The state's largest city and capital is Little Rock. The state gets its name from a Sioux word "acansa", meaning "downstream place". The pronunciation of the state's name has been subject to discussion for many years until the General Assembly declared in 1881 the correct way to say the state's name is "Ark an-SAW". Arkansas is home to the only active diamond mines in the nation as well as birthplace of President Bill Clinton. The Natural State has 52,075 square miles and ranks 27th in land size.

State web site www.state.ar.us

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