by - February 3, 2016 7:13 am
Editor’s note: Story updated with section at the end of this report. –––––––––––––––– It was tough fourth quarter for Fort Smith-based ArcBest Corp., with a decline in tonnage and shipments…
by - February 2, 2016 6:08 pm
President Harry Truman fired Gen. MacArthur, DiMaggio played his final game, and Winston Churchill returned to power in the U.K. when Robert A. Young III was first introduced to a…
by - April 25, 2015 11:51 am
ABF Logistics, a subsidiary of Fort Smith-based ArcBest, was recently recognized for the first time by Transport Topics on the Top Brokerage Firms of 2015 list. ABF Logistics provides third-party…
by - January 1, 2014 7:02 pm
In business and in politics, 2013 saw some major deals reshape the Arkansas landscape. From superprojects to spin-offs to creative solutions, below are the biggest deals of the year. House…
by - October 29, 2013 11:59 pm
A local office of ABF Freight System employees represented by the International Brotherhood of Teamsters have rejected a move to strike and will continue to seek approval of a supplemental…
by - September 2, 2013 10:46 am
ABF Freight System has again seen a $750 million lawsuit against the International Brotherhood of Teamsters and YRC rejected by a federal court. ABF, the largest subsidiary of Fort Smith-based…
by - May 3, 2013 5:26 pm
ABF Freight System and the Teamsters announced late Friday (May 3) they had reached a tentative agreement on a five-year labor contract. The next step will include the Teamsters and…
by - March 19, 2013 4:35 pm
Reports from Arkansas-based trucking companies and numbers from two closely watched national freight reports paint the picture of a national economy that is soft and uncertain. The Cass Freight Index…
by - November 30, 2012 12:38 pm
Fort Smith-based ABF Freight System has earned the 2012 Excellence in Claims and Loss Prevention Award from the American Trucking Associations’ Supply Chain Security and Loss Prevention Council, thus becoming…
by - November 1, 2012 7:07 am
A weak economy and high labor and healthcare costs were some of the factors cited by Arkansas Best Corp. officials in reporting third quarter net income of $6.5 million, down…
by - September 12, 2012 8:08 pm
ABF Freight System has been cited as an innovator in business technology by InformationWeek magazine, which lists the company on the 2012 InformationWeek 500. The list was released Sept. 11,…
by - August 22, 2012 8:45 pm
ABF Freight System has notified the Teamsters that it will not negotiate a new labor contract under a National Master Freight Agreement (NMFA) that has been the template for many…
by - August 1, 2012 8:08 pm
U.S. District Court Judge Susan Webber Wright has again ruled against Arkansas Best Corp. in the trucking company’s attempt to pursue a $750 million claim against the International Brotherhood of…
by - July 13, 2012 3:46 pm
Fort Smith-based ABF Freight System is cited by Inbound Logistics as a “Green 75 Supply Chain Partner.” The magazine’s annual list of supply chain partners committed to sustainability appears in…
by - May 3, 2012 5:15 pm
Officials with Fort Smith-based Arkansas Best Corp. are not commenting on a Reuters report that they are in talks to buy a logistics company that could deliver more than $140…
by - April 18, 2012 5:43 pm
That old adage “if you bought it, a truck brought it” is as true today as ever before according to the latest report from the American Trucking Association – 2012…
by - February 20, 2012 6:20 pm
About 50 Arkansas Best employees will in a few months move into the former Best Buy building fronting Interstate 540 in Fort Smith as part of a move to create…
by - February 20, 2012 9:32 am
For the third consecutive year, Fort Smith-based ABF Freight System is listed among Training magazine's Training Top 125, which ranks companies' excellence in employer-sponsored training and development programs. ABF ranks…
by - January 27, 2012 8:43 am
Fort Smith-based Arkansas Best Corp. has ended two consecutive years of losses with 2011 net income of $6.159 million. Gains in tonnage, cost cutting and price increases helped boost the…
