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Windstream Works to Upgrade As FCC Finds Broadband Lacking

Windstream Works to Upgrade As FCC Finds Broadband Lacking
While Windstream Corp. celebrates its status as a Fortune 500 company, the Federal Communications Commission is checking the status of Windstream's performance speeds online.

With its new status as a Fortune 500 company, Windstream Corp. looks to keep up its $6.16 billion in revenue. The Federal Communications Commission weighs in to say Windstream broadband could use some improvement.
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Fayetteville's CapSpire Targets Pricing Risks, Aims for Efficiency

What capSpire aims to do through consulting, and in some cases through its own software development, is identify how to minimize the risk and overspending affecting companies that depend on commodities. Simply put, capSpire helps its clients figure out “a better way.”
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Retail Vacancy Rate Continues Slide

The vacancy rate for retail space in the central Arkansas commercial real estate market slipped again in the first quarter of 2013.
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