Arkansas Business reports  LM Wind Power will expand  its Little Rock workforce to about 400, recovering most of jobs lost in a slowdown last year. Extension of a U.S. tax credit is key. The company makes blades for wind turbines.

In other business news: Redman and Associates, which makes battery-powered ride-on toys, announced today that it will spend $6.5 million to open a new manufacturing and distribution facility in Rogers that will employ 74 to provide toys exclusively for Walmart, headquartered in nearby Bentonville.

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