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NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Entergy Arkansas, Inc. announced today that on Nov. 8, 2010 (the "Redemption Date"), it will redeem all $100,000,000 principal amount of its outstanding First Mortgage Bonds, 6% Series due Nov. 1, 2032, (the "6% Series Bonds") and $100,000,000 principal amount of its outstanding First Mortgage Bonds, 6.70% Series due April 1, 2032, (the "6.70% Series Bonds," and together with the 6% Series Bonds, the "Bonds") in each case, at the redemption...

The U.S. government says it is urging holders of long-forgotten Series E Savings Bonds to redeem them for $16.5 billion. If they all did so, it would act as a mini-federal stimulus package for the country's ailing economy, The Miami Herald reported Sunday. Many of the Series E bonds were given as birthday gifts to children in the 1950s and 1960s, mainly because it was considered patriotic and they were relatively inexpensive. But many of them were tucked away and never redeemed, and their...