A team of graduate students who work for the Institute for Economic Advancement in the UALR College of Business is one of five teams in the country selected by Microsoft this spring to compete in the company’s Imagine Cup Software Development Initiative National Finals next month.

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Michael Pakko of UALR’s Institute of Economic Advancement and Arkansas’ chief economist and state forecaster, will preview what is in store economically for the state and the nation based on econometric models from 9:45 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 29, at the DoubleTree Hotel during IEA’s fall forecast conference.

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