In the stillness of a midsummer afternoon, Patty and William Pawlak heard a scream. It came out of a half-built, abandoned house behind their secluded Legend Oaks neighborhood near Summerville. A young boy who lived nearby, and had claimed the house as hi

Sometimes investors look to ignore good news. Although Baldor Electric Co. beat second-quarter consensus earnings estimates, shares have fallen slightly.

DESCRIPTION: André José Lepsch will be the conference's Keynote Speaker. Mr. Lepsch is the New Business Development General Manager at Transpetro, the transportation arm of Petrobras (the largest buyer, shipper, and exporter of ethanol in the world).

A unique local economy rife with business travel, steady university attractions, a growing convention draw and the new Arvest Ballpark may help insulate Northwest Arkansas' hospitality sector from other economic troubles.

Nov. 14 (Bloomberg) -- Brazilian stocks are unlikely to gain until next year because the slowdown in the domestic economy may last until the fourth quarter of 2009, Banco Santander SA said.