by - September 29, 2003 12:00 am
Looking for Lexus
Word is that several large local automobile dealers are fighting to be Northwest Arkansas? Lexus dealer.
Tag: Transportation
by - September 15, 2003 12:00 am
Locally Based Firms Had $653.4M in 2002 Revenue
Four of the Top 10 largest automobile dealers in the state are based in Northwest Arkansas or operate satellite offices here, according to a recent report by Arkansas Business.
by - September 15, 2003 12:00 am
Philanthropist Jones Dies at 97
Bernice Young Jones, the 97-year-old philanthropist and widow to the late Jones Truck Lines founder Harvey Jones, died Sept. 10.
by - September 15, 2003 12:00 am
40 Under 40: The Class of 2003
The Northwest Arkansas Business Journal presents its 2003 40 Under 40 class of local business and political leaders.
by - September 1, 2003 12:00 am
J.B. Hunt to Roll Out Prilosec
J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. has been hired to handle Procter & Gamble?s Sept. 15 nationwide rollout of Prilosec OTC.
by - August 4, 2003 12:00 am
Cardwell Road Bridge in Johnson Closed
Richard Long, the mayor of Johnson, has finally gotten rid of the fourth and final one-lane bridge in his town.
by - July 21, 2003 12:00 am
Car Rental Companies Cash In On XNA Traffic
June marked a new passenger record for the Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport when its total enplanements for the month reached 42,290.
by - July 21, 2003 12:00 am
Charter Services Provide Corporate Flight Convenience
Charter plane services deliver the hottest commodity in corporate travel ? time.
by - July 21, 2003 12:00 am
When in Rome, or Bentonville, Do As the Wal-Martians Do
An insider?s guide to Bentonville for vendors to Wal-Mart Stores Inc.
by - July 7, 2003 12:00 am
I-540 Traffic Bolsters Sales On Arkansas 112
When a $4.2 million, 90-day road repaving project on Interstate 540 began on May 29, James, Lana and Jason Stout started seeing an immediate return on their investment.
by - June 23, 2003 12:00 am
Lovelace Dreams Big for Costa Rica
Ariel Lovelace?s plan for $430 million worth of projects in Costa Rica include a charter commercial jet service, casino boats, a gasification plant, a synthetic fuel refinery and the rebuilding of the Costa Rican railroad.
by - June 23, 2003 12:00 am
Arkansas Best Will Buy New Tractors
Arkansas Best Corp. expects to have capital expenditures of nearly $70 million this year compared with about $46 million last year, said the firm?s Chief Financial Officer David E. Loeffler.
by - June 9, 2003 12:00 am
Arizona Firm Purchases Control of Cannon Express
Bruce Jones, CEO of Cannon Express Inc., left the Springdale firm May 29 after control of the truckload carrier was sold a day earlier by founders Dean and Rose Marie Cannon to a group called Arizona Diversified Equity LLC.
by - May 12, 2003 12:00 am
CFOex Steers Cannon Back From the Brink
Two days before Cannon Express Inc. would have gone broke, a three-man strike team from CFOex Inc. was called in to attempt a corporate turnaround. That was Aug. 19, and the Springdale company is still truckin?.
by - May 12, 2003 12:00 am
Warehouse Makes Shipping Efficient for Trucking Firms
Northwest Arkansas Bonded & Public Warehouse Inc. of Springdale is believed to be the only bonded warehouse in the two-county area.
by - May 12, 2003 12:00 am
Prudent P.A.M. Buys ?Em Cheap
P.A.M. Transportation Services Inc.?s acquisition of McNeil Trucking Inc. of Little Rock is the latest in a line of what appear to be prudent buyouts of good or salvageable companies.
by - May 12, 2003 12:00 am
XNA to Expand Terminal
The Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport board voted on April 28 to solicit proposals from four architectural firms to expand the lobby and ticket counters in the airport?s Alice Walton Terminal.
by - May 12, 2003 12:00 am
Large Firms Dominate Arkansas? Trucking Market
Of the 1,400 for-hire trucking firms in Arkansas, 300 of them have more than 50 trucks and they handle 90 percent of the business.
by - April 28, 2003 12:00 am
Let the Free Market Work (Editorial)
Whether or not another federal bailout for the airlines is in order, it?s clear that industry is a mess.
by - March 31, 2003 12:00 am
Barloworld Acquires Springdale Company
Barloworld Ltd., a South African industrial brand management firm, announced on March 24 that it paid $5 million to acquire Northwest Arkansas Truck and Equipment Inc. in Springdale.