JBHT Announces New Leadership Roles
by Arkansas Business Staff – 6 days ago
J.B. Hunt Transports Services Inc. of Lowell announced several executive leadership changes Tuesday.
J.B. Hunt Transports Services Inc. of Lowell announced several executive leadership changes Tuesday.
An executive with Walmart Inc. of Bentonville announced in a Nov. 19 LinkedIn post that the company is acquiring the technology startup company JoyRun of Redwood City, California.
WeWork of New York City is no longer associated with the 230,000-SF office building, now called The Ledger, currently under construction in downtown Bentonville.
The feud between former University of Arkansas Head Football Coach Bret Bielema and the Razorback Foundation is getting worse. read more >
A Fayetteville real estate investor paid $7.4 million for a 42,609-SF office building in south Springdale. read more >
Sexual harassment allegations by colleagues have followed a Washington Regional Medical Center cardiologist for years. read more >
Fried chicken may be the ultimate comfort food. And we all need comfort now more than ever. read more >
Scott Varady, executive director of the Razorback Foundation, says foundation members and fans exude optimism these days. read more >
A trial date has been set in the case of Dr. Ben Burris, the former Fayetteville orthodontist who is charged with bribing former state Sen. Jeremy Hutchinson. read more >
The 2020 General Election attracted 66.4% of eligible voters, with turnout highest in Minnesota at 79.9%. read more >
The Arkansas Supreme Court may have handed the Arkansas Department of Transportation a loss in October, but the agency isn't licking any wounds. read more >
Robert McKinney has joined Nabholz Corp. in Conway as a project manager. read more >
As a component of the CARES Act, the Federal Reserve established the Main Street Lending Program to provide up to $600 billion in financing to businesses and nonprofit organizations negatively impacted by the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. read more >
Locally owned businesses don't have the pleasure of relying on corporate assistance, a human resources department or a flashy advertising campaign to keep their doors open. read more >
Effective leadership isn't always about giving orders. read more >
Twenty three Arkansas nonprofits recently won $500,000 in grants from the Delta Dental of Arkansas Foundation, through its annual Community Grants Program. read more >
The Arkansas Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Commission has approved $2.4 million in funding for water and wastewater projects serving more than 2,700 people in seven Arkansas communities. read more >
Tyson Foods suspends top officials at its largest pork plant and launches an investigation into allegations that they bet on how many workers would get infected during a widespread coronavirus outbreak. read more >
Amber Sharp has joined FNBC Bank in a recently created role, as its senior vice president and chief information and innovation officer. read more >
Arkansas Business and the Best Companies Group last week honored 47 Arkansas companies with "Best Places to Work" awards, which honor firms that have exceptional workplace environments. read more >
America's Car-Mart Inc. of Rogers reports second-quarter revenue of $223.4 million, an increase from $190.3 million in the same quarter a year ago. read more >
Five Legged Stool LLC of Little Rock, a digital marketing and media company whose publications include Arkansas Business, has purchased Scott Publishing LLC of Fort Worth. read more >
Walmart turns out another stellar quarter as the world's largest retailer powers through a pandemic that has felled other national chains. read more >
U.S. retailer Walmart is selling off 85% of its wholly owned Japanese supermarket subsidiary Seiyu, while retaining a 15% stake, in a deal valued at 172.5 billion ($1.6 billion), the companies said Monday. read more >
Tyson Foods Inc. of Springdale on Monday reported revenue of $11.46 billion, an increase over the $10.88 billion in the same quarter last year. Tyson Foods reported quarterly income of $692 million, an 87% increase from $369 million a year ago. read more >
Five years after being injured in a car accident, Dr. Paul Wills is still waiting to be paid his insurance claim, joining thousands of others using the courts to battle what plaintiffs say are unfair delay tactics by insurance companies. read more >
Fayetteville mayoral candidate Tom Terminella insists that legal action taken against him was more than just an effort to collect on a debt. read more >
A Little Rock real estate investor paid $3.4 million for almost 9 acres in Bentonville, a few blocks south of the headquarters of Walmart Inc. read more >
Craig Cannon is retiring Nov. 25 after 37 years at KHBS/KHOG, a span that saw him build an evolving newsroom in a booming region, report on an Arkansan's rise to the White House, and discover new life as a family man. read more >
The tally of Paycheck Protection Program funds that flowed through the 20 largest banks in Arkansas topped $4.4 billion and encompassed more than 50,149 loans. read more >
J.B. Hunt CEO John Roberts and Shelley Simpson, chief commercial officer, participated in FreightWaves' virtual fall conference earlier this month and gave some color to how the company's technological pursuit led to its newfound success. read more >
Arkansas reports another record spike in coronavirus cases and a new high for hospitalizations as Gov. Asa Hutchinson formed a panel to address the virus's surge in the state. read more >
University of the Ozarks has received a $500,000 grant from the Sunderland Foundation of Overland Park, Kansas, for the planned $18.6 million renovation and addition to its science center. read more >
