Business in Arkansas

• Jobless rate up to 7.6% in state
• Dealer’s quarter profit up by 60%
• Arkansas jobless rate hits 7.6 percent in October
• Ruling allows utility to exit Entergy pact
• Judge scolds attorneys in poultry case

Financial

• Bank capital Fed’s top concern
• Lack of demand shuts oil refineries
• Deflation could hurt revival, Japan warns
• Texas court to rehear Exxon plugged-wells case
• New bug moves in, has taste for beans

Tech

• AOL to lay off a third of staff
• Military innovators take on surveillance
• Best Buy bets big on digital songs, movies
• TECH SPOTLIGHT: iHome dock is a hit while Home Base wireless sharing device misses the boat
• ON COMPUTERS: Corral rogue desktop icons with free ‘Fences’