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Roby Brock at Talk Business reports on plans to add 200 jobs to call center operations at Fidelity National Information Services in western Little Rock. The Little Rock City Board last night signed off on a deal that provides the company with sales tax rebates on equipment and other expenditures in the expansion project.

The business has been subject to ups and downs in the past. I presume somebody at City Hall will keep tabs on current payroll and future payroll to be sure a net job gain results from the tax giveback.

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