by Chris Bahn 5/3/2013 06:01 pm
Arkansas Best Freight and the Teamsters have reached a tentative agreement on a five-year contract.
by Lance Turner 4/30/2013 07:19 am
Arkansas Best Corp. of Fort Smith on Tuesday reported a first-quarter net loss of $13.4 million or 52 cents per share on revenue of $520.7 million, up from $440.9 million in the same quarter last year.
by Arkansas Business Staff 4/29/2013 11:31 am
Dale Dawson, an investment banker and entrepreneur who founded Bridge2Rwanda, will be the keynote speaker at this year's Arkansas Business 40 Under 40 luncheon June 14 at the Marriott Hotel in downtown Little Rock.
by Chris Bahn 4/29/2013 12:00 am
Motivated by the possibility of failure, bolstered by innovative thinking and energized by promising young hires who would work their way to the top of the company, J.B. Hunt Transport eventually matched — and exceeded — J.B. Hunt's vision for what the business could become.
by Luke Jones 4/29/2013 12:00 am
In 1993, Helena's slackwater harbor was completed and county officials promised it would attract manufacturing jobs to the crumbling, poverty-ridden Mississippi Delta region. But it's taken 20 years for that promise to ring true: Last year, the harbor welcomed its first-ever industrial client.
by Jan Cottingham 4/29/2013 12:00 am
The former president and the former secretary of state are scheduled to attend Friday event marking the completion of a $67 million renovation and formally dedicating the Little Rock National Airport's new name.
by Arkansas Business Staff 4/29/2013 12:00 am
Kay Kelley Arnold is vice president of public affairs for Entergy Corp., where she leads the utility's civic and social responsibility programs.
by Gwen Moritz 4/29/2013 12:00 am
The American Trucking Associations' seasonally adjusted freight-tracking index, the For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index, gained 0.9 percent in March compared with February. In announcing the March figure last week, the ATA also revised the February figure to a decline of 0.7 percent compared with January. The February figure had originally been calculated as a decline of 0.6 percent.
by Gwen Moritz 4/29/2013 12:00 am
Arkansas Best Freight has extended its current contract with the Teamsters union through the end of May while the two parties try to reach a long-term agreement that ABF insists must include wage concessions.
by Chris Bahn 4/29/2013 12:00 am
Working on a $4 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy, Fayetteville company Arkansas Power & Electronics International is tackles inefficiencies in hybrid vehicle batteries. The innovations could help jumpstarting the electric vehicle industry.
by Jan Cottingham 4/29/2013 12:00 am
Despite the Chapter 11 bankruptcy of Hawker Beechcraft, the company continues to pay on its nearly $600,000-a-year lease with Clinton National Airport, said the airport's executive director, Ron Mathieu.
by Jan Cottingham 4/29/2013 12:00 am
2012 proved to be a mixed year for trucking revenue in Arkansas, though three standout performers — two good, one not so much — blew by their peers on the list of the largest trucking companies doing business in the state.
by Arkansas Business Staff 4/29/2013 12:00 am
Arkansas workers don't spend as much time getting to and from work as do most other states.
by Mark Friedman 4/29/2013 12:00 am
The Arkansas Times recently laid off a receptionist and two employees from the production department because of a drop in revenue and a rise in printing cost.
by Jeff Lovelady 4/29/2013 12:00 am
Carriers know they should be more efficient and work smarter, not harder. But sometimes they confuse increasing revenue with maximizing profits. Want to maximize profits instead of just increase revenue? Any carrier, of any size, can by using these six steps.
by Chris Bahn 4/25/2013 03:49 pm
All 11 members of the board of directors at J.B. Hunt Transports Service Inc. were reappointed during an annual meeting of shareholders Thursday in Lowell. The meeting included an overview of 2012 by CEO John Roberts III.
by Chris Bahn 4/24/2013 04:23 pm
P.A.M. Transportation Services Inc. President and CEO Daniel Cushman took home nearly $400,000 more last year than in 2011, according to the annual proxy statement with the Securities & Exchange Commission on Wednesday.
by Arkansas Business Staff 4/24/2013 11:07 am
Arkansas Business has launched a workforce evaluation program to help companies gauge their employees' engagement and satisfaction.
by Chris Bahn 4/22/2013 12:00 am
USA Truck has outfitted six of the trucks in its fleet with an onboard diagnostics program as part of a pilot program offered by Daimler.
by Lance Turner 4/17/2013 11:07 am
SGL Carbon announced Tuesday that it will invest $26 million in its Ozark manufacturing facility, purchasing equipment for a new workshop it aims to complete by June 2015.
Arkansas Business Presents the 40 Under 40 Class of 2013 
