by - March 17, 2003 12:00 am
Car-Mart Beats Earnings Estimate
America’s Car-Mart Inc. on March 6 posted quarterly earnings above its own estimate, saying it took lower-than-expected losses from loans it extended to customers.
Tag: Public Companies
by - March 17, 2003 12:00 am
Lipper Locks In on BOK Mutual Fund
BOK Financial Corp. recently saw its short-term income fund get named the best in a class of 91 similar products by Lipper Analytical Services.
by - March 17, 2003 12:00 am
Wal-Mart Tops List of the Region’s Employers
With more than 23,000 employees in 2003, Wal-Mart Stores Inc. of Bentonville tops the list of the region’s employers.
by - March 3, 2003 12:00 am
Simmons Goes Back to Future
Thirty-one-year-old Todd Simmons is taking over many of the duties formerly held by CEO Buddy Pilgrim at Simmons Foods Inc.
by - March 3, 2003 12:00 am
Beverly Enterprises Reports $91M Loss
The Fort Smith-based nursing home company, Beverly Enterprises, reported a $91 million loss or 87 cents per share diluted for the fourth quarter of 2002.
by - March 3, 2003 12:00 am
P.A.M. to Buy McNeill Trucking
P.A.M. Transportation Services Inc. of Tontitown on Feb. 19 said it had signed a ?non-binding letter of intent? to acquire for cash certain assets of McNeill Trucking Co. of Little Rock.
by - March 3, 2003 12:00 am
Income Jumps 264% for Triad Hospitals
Dallas-based Triad Hospitals Inc. reported on Feb. 24 that revenue increased by 10.6 percent for the three months ended Dec. 31.
by - March 3, 2003 12:00 am
Sales up 10.7% for Wal-Mart in 4Q
In its fiscal fourth quarter, Wal-Mart Stores Inc. had a 10.7 percent increase in sales, a 15.5 percent increase in net income and a 2.7 percent increase in same-store sales.
by - March 3, 2003 12:00 am
Golf Associate Files Libel Suit Against Business Journal
Arkansas Business Publishing Group, one of its publications and three individuals associated with the publishing company were named as defendants in a $12 million libel suit filed Feb. 25 in Washington County Circuit Court.
by - February 17, 2003 12:00 am
Wal-Mart Sales Hit $244.5 Billion
January same-store sales rose 2.3 percent for Wal-Mart Stores Inc., missing the Thomson First Call analysts’ consensus estimate of 3 percent growth.
by - February 17, 2003 12:00 am
Brass Eagle Drops Suit Against Odyssey Paintball
Brass Eagle Inc. of Bentonville, the world?s leading maker of paintball guns and other extreme sports products, said on Jan. 31 that it had dropped its lawsuit alleging patent infringement against Odyssey Paintball Products LLC of Garland, Texas.
by - February 17, 2003 12:00 am
Car-Mart to Open Two New Dealerships
America?s Car-Mart Inc. of Bentonville said on Feb. 4 that it opened a new dealership in Pine Bluff on Jan. 31 and plans to open one in Wichita Falls, Texas, by the end of February.
by - February 17, 2003 12:00 am
Cost Reductions Enabled by Tightening of Driver Pay
USA Truck Inc. of Van Buren said operating revenue, before a fuel surcharge, rose 9.7 percent to $67.3 million for the quarter ended Dec. 31, compared with $61.4 million for the same quarter of 2001.
by - February 17, 2003 12:00 am
Stubblefield Goes Out On A High Note For ABF
Arkansas Best Corp. on Jan. 21 reported a surge in net income for the fourth quarter ended Dec. 31, although the Fort Smith company fell just short of analysts? estimates in its fourth-quarter earnings.
by - January 20, 2003 12:00 am
AERT Records $11.2M in Sales
Advanced Environmental Recycling Technologies Inc. announced on Jan. 10 that it had unaudited gross sales for the fourth quarter ended Dec. 31 of $11.2 million.
by - January 20, 2003 12:00 am
J.B. Hunt Rises After Neutral Buy
Shares of J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. of Lowell were downgraded Jan. 7 by Credit Suisse First Boston.
by - January 20, 2003 12:00 am
Tyson Foods? Boss Received $3.5M Bonus
It?s been well-reported that John Tyson ? president, chairman and CEO of Tyson Foods Inc. ? received a 67 percent bonus increase to $3.5 million for the company?s fiscal year ended Sept. 28.
by - January 20, 2003 12:00 am
Wal-Mart Shows Modest Sales Spike
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. said sales at stores open at least a year rose only 2.3 percent in December, as weakness at its Sam’s Club warehouse unit and a slow start to the holiday season dragged on results.
by - January 6, 2003 12:00 am
Wal-Mart Loses Clock Case
A federal jury on Dec. 19 ruled that Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world’s largest retailer with $218 billion in annual revenue, had forced more than 400 employees to work unpaid overtime from 1994 to 1999.
by - January 6, 2003 12:00 am
McKee Foods Tops Biggest Deals List
McKee Foods Corp.’s 180,000-SF expansion of its Little Debbie Snacks plant in Gentry tops the list of the region’s biggest deals of 2002.