Mike Duke Among Top 50 Highest-Paid CEOs As Ranked by AP
Wal-Mart CEO Mike Duke, speaking at an investor conference in October in Rogers.

Mike Duke Among Top 50 Highest-Paid CEOs As Ranked by AP

by Associated Press
16 hours ago

Mike Duke, CEO of Wal-Mart Stores Inc. of Bentonville, is ranked among The Associated Press' 50 highest-paid CEOs of 2012, as calculated by executive pay research firm Equilar. He is the only CEO of an Arkansas-based public company to rank in the top 50.
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Median Pay for US CEOs Rises to $9.7M in 2012

16 hours ago

CEO pay, which fell two years straight during the Great Recession but rose 24 percent in 2010 and 6 percent in 2011, has never been higher.
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UA, ASU Boards Approve Tuition Hikes

11 hours ago

The University of Arkansas System Board of Trustees approved a 3.5 percent increase in tuition and fees beginning with the fall 2013 semester. Arkansas State University's board approved a 3.3 percent increase.
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Update: Intruder Arrested at Arkansas Governor's Mansion

Update: Intruder Arrested at Arkansas Governor's Mansion

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State police have identified a man accused of scaling a fence at the Arkansas Governor's Mansion and entering the grounds.
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