We Re Keeping Electric Reliability High and Costs Low

October 11, 2005

~~ We’re Keeping Electric Reliability High and Costs Low ~~

Off the Wire:

(Arkansas) Cardinal Health, Inc., the leading provider of products and services supporting the health care industry, announced that it will establish a customer-care center in Sherwood, Arkansas creating 500 new jobs in the area. This, coupled with recent announcements by FTD.com and Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield, brings the total number of announced new customer-care center jobs in Central Arkansas to 1,400 for the year. Hugh McDonald, President & CEO of Entergy Arkansas and Chairman of the Metro Little Rock Alliance cited recent strategic planning efforts as being key. ”The Metro Little Rock Alliance has been working hard to implement recommendations from our regional economic development strategic plan. Today is proof positive that we’re following the plan, and more importantly, that it’s working,” McDonald said. ....Teamwork Arkansas Director Mike Maulden joined officials from the Arkansas Department of Economic Development and local communities in attending the Aichi World Expo in Aichi, Japan. “This expo provided a wonderful opportunity for us to thank those Japanese firms already doing business in our state while at the same time visiting with many others about the pro-business operating environment and superb quality of life that we enjoy here in Arkansas,” Maulden said....Newport, Arkansas is the new home of America’s Choice Products. The company will operate a plastic injection

molding facility that is expected to employ 425....Approximately $1 Billion dollars has been invested in Greater Little Rock River Market area in recent years and now there is more good news to report. Local officials recently unveiled plans for a new $28 million, state of the art baseball stadium on the banks of the Arkansas River in North Little Rock. The stadium will have seating for over 5,000 and 26 luxury suites. The Double A Arkansas Travelers will call the stadium home beginning in 2007. ....Teamwork Arkansas is pleased to announce that we have launched yet another new initiative designed to enhance the site location services that we currently offer to you. SelectSite, a comprehensive certification program for office, distribution, and manufacturing sites, requires communities to document pertinent data for the available sites in their respective communities. We’ll be rolling out our first sites in early 2006, so stay tuned. ....Viva Las Vegas! The CoreNet Global Summit will be held in LasVegas October 23-26 and Project Managers Russell Harris and Danny Games will be in attendance. If you are interested in scheduling an appointment to discuss the advantages of doing business in Arkansas, please contact Russell or Danny at 888.301.5861.

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