by - August 5, 2002 12:00 am
After selling 20 Ford Escort ZX2s in December and finding itself ranked No. 3 nationally, Ron Blackwell Ford of Bentonville set out to be No. 1 in sales of the two-door sportscar in May.
by - August 5, 2002 12:00 am
Airways Freight Corp. CEO Dale Caudle can add majority owner of to his title at the Fayetteville company.
by - August 5, 2002 12:00 am
Fort Smith?s Arkansas Best Corp. on July 18 posted second-quarter net income of $6.5 million.
by - August 5, 2002 12:00 am
P.A.M. Transportation Services Inc. of Tontitown on July 30 said diluted and basic earnings per share increased to 45 cents during the second quarter, an increase from the 34 cents it reported during the same time last year.
by - August 5, 2002 12:00 am
Walmart.com, the Internet site for Wal-Mart Stores Inc., has signed a marketing and sales agreement to provide flat rate prices for Thrifty Car Rental automobiles.
by - July 22, 2002 12:00 am
The Northwest Arkansas Business Journal is pleased to present its sixth annual ?40-Under-40? list of top executives throughout Northwest Arkansas. This annual list recognizes and profiles the region?s up-and-comers under the age of 40.
by - July 22, 2002 12:00 am
The Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport in Highfill announced on July 15 that Continental Express already has begun selling tickets for a new flight to Houston
by - July 22, 2002 12:00 am
New businesses are popping up in Fayetteville and surrounding communities.
by - July 22, 2002 12:00 am
In June 2001, Daymark Group Inc. stopped paying invoices from Erb Transport of Elverson, Pa., the earliest known indication of financial problems for the Russellville trucking company once known for its fleet of refrigerated trailers.
by - July 22, 2002 12:00 am
Carmen Lehman of CR Lehman Properties in Rogers and developer of the upscale Village on the Creeks business center is using the latest in technology for her new business cards.
by - July 22, 2002 12:00 am
The touch-screen video will give information as well as directions to Village on the Creeks and coupons for businesses there that can be printed out.
by - July 22, 2002 12:00 am
A Dallas businessman with Fayetteville connections is looking into the possibility of putting his latest patent to work in the Northwest Arkansas area.
by - July 8, 2002 12:00 am
J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. of Lowell received Target Corp.?s Outbound Carrier of the Year Award for the second straight year.
by - July 8, 2002 12:00 am
Elisabeth Butler, an assistant and associate editor with the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal for the last two years, has accepted a position with New Orleans CityBusiness in Louisiana.
by - July 8, 2002 12:00 am
ABF Freight System Inc. announced that it will revise its general rates and charges on Aug. 1. Typically, the increase will be 5.8 percent, although the amount will vary by lane and shipment characteristic.
by - July 8, 2002 12:00 am
Lowell-based Cannon Express Inc. dismissed Arthur Andersen LLP as its independent auditor on June 11, according to a form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
by - June 24, 2002 12:00 am
Former state Rep. Kim Hendren, R-Gravette, should be commended for his hardline stance on the truck tarp issue (Arkansas Act 1706).
by - June 24, 2002 12:00 am
Lindy Arnt striped his first parking lot at age 7. The hot and heavy work of asphalt sealing and paving was the Arnt family?s business in Michigan, and Lindy Arnt grew up knowing how to patch a cement crack with hot rubber.
by - June 10, 2002 12:00 am
Two local newspapers and the three area television stations did a terrific job covering the May 26 collapse of the Interstate 40 bridge at Webbers Falls, Okla.
by - June 10, 2002 12:00 am
We were less than impressed with the bridge-collapse coverage aired May 27 on National Public Radio, which is broadcast nationwide and locally on KUAF-FM, 91.3.
