by - September 17, 2001 12:00 am
Arkansas Best Corp. of Fort Smith, and its largest subsidiary ABF Freight System Inc., knew it was on the road to success in the late 1990s before Wall Street investors caught on.
by - September 17, 2001 12:00 am
ABC is a better company today after a hostile takeover attempt in 1988.
by - September 17, 2001 12:00 am
Driver retention no problem with Teamsters at ABF Freight System.
by - September 17, 2001 12:00 am
J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. of Lowell has ordered containers and chassis worth more than $70 million from Wabash National Corp.
by - September 17, 2001 12:00 am
Travelers caught in the airline chaos following the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on the United States have experienced more than they bargained for.
by - August 20, 2001 12:00 am
Arkansas Best Corp. of Fort Smith announced on Aug. 13 it was buying back all outstanding shares of its $2.875 Series A Cumulative Convertible Exchangeable Preferred Stock.
by - August 6, 2001 12:00 am
The big boy of local profit performance for fiscal 2000 was Arkansas Best Corp. in Fort Smith. The firm saw a 51 percent net income improvement, jumping from $50.4 million in 1999 to $76.2 million last year.
by - August 6, 2001 12:00 am
The Northwest Arkansas Business Journal’s 2001 40 Under 40 list.
by - July 23, 2001 12:00 am
Developers Collins Haynes, Bill Schwyhart and Robert Thornton just bought a Diamond 1A business jet they plan to offer for charter to clients in Northwest Arkansas.
by - July 9, 2001 12:00 am
A North Little Rock man has charged that Springdale truckload carrier Cannon Express Inc. reneged on an agreement to pay him for importing foreign drivers from Australia and New Zealand.
by - July 9, 2001 12:00 am
Dean Cannon, chairman and president of Cannon Express Inc. in Springdale, announced that two new members have been appointed to his company?s board of directors.
by - July 9, 2001 12:00 am
A chronic driver shortage and high turnover rates leave the trucking industry looking for a few good folks and the training to bring them up to speed.
by - June 25, 2001 12:00 am
We read a recent newsletter from the Eighth Federal Reserve District Bank of St. Louis that gauges urban sprawl in Memphis. The article discusses ways to make the city more efficient.
by - June 11, 2001 12:00 am
ABF Freight System Inc., the largest subsidiary of Arkansas Best Corp. in Fort Smith, will be featured later this month on several major television networks.
by - June 11, 2001 12:00 am
Rapid expansion along Interstate 540 and Champions Boulevard has forced Rogers? city planners to plan for wider roads possible additional interstate interchanges.
by - May 28, 2001 12:00 am
As aviation medical examiners, 10 doctors in Northwest Arkansas fulfill the niche need to medically certify pilots and air-traffic controllers.
by - May 28, 2001 12:00 am
Tyson Foods Inc. of Springdale is strengthening its presence in the airline meal market with more than 800 available products through its subsidiary Culinary Foods of Chicago.
by - May 28, 2001 12:00 am
J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. of Lowell signed a contract May 21 to haul freight for Limited Logistics Services, a subsidiary of The Limited Inc.
by - May 28, 2001 12:00 am
The name Elliott Burnside has crept up in association with a Springdale business once again, and once again it?s was associated with bad news.
by - May 16, 2001 11:25 am
P.A.M. Transportation Services Inc. of Tontitown sees a 24 percent increase in net income for the first quarter of 2001.
