by Lance Turner 1/9/2019 6:48 am
J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. of Lowell says that its subsidiary, J.B. Hunt Transport Inc., has agreed to buy Cory 1st Choice Home Delivery for $100 million. The move will grow its Final Mile division to 100 locations and more than 3.1 million SF of warehouse and facilities space.
by Marty Cook 12/5/2018 10:15 am
J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. of Lowell adds five Fuso eCanter all-electric medium-duty box trucks to its private fleet, the first electric vehicles in company history.
by Mark Friedman 9/17/2018 12:00 am
Arkansas and 19 other Republican-led states are taking their shot at dismantling the Affordable Care Act, rekindling the anxieties of health care executives who fear thousands of Arkansans could lose insurance coverage.
by Sarah Campbell-Miller 3/13/2018 2:45 pm
A change in the timing of annual stock awards resulted in smaller compensation packages for executives of J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. of Lowell — at least as reflected in the firm's latest proxy statement.
by Arkansas Business Staff 1/10/2018 1:33 pm
The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis announced Wednesday several changes to its board of directors that were effective Jan. 1.
by Lance Turner 7/21/2017 7:06 am
Publicly traded logistics company J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. of Lowell agrees to buy Special Logistics Dedicated LLC of Houston for $136 million. The company said the move will expand its e-commerce delivery platform.
by Sarah Campbell-Miller 3/31/2017 1:12 pm
Gov. Asa Hutchinson kicks off the first meeting of his new Blue Ribbon Commission to Report on the Economic Competitiveness of Computing and Data Analytics in Arkansas.
by Arkansas Business Staff 3/17/2017 10:19 am
Gov. Asa Hutchinson forms a blue ribbon commission to study how to grow the state's computer science and data analytics sector. The 19-member commission is co-chaired by Acxiom Corp. founder Charles Morgan and Arkansas Economic Development Commission Executive Director Mike Preston.
by Marty Cook 3/9/2017 3:34 pm
John Roberts III, president and CEO of J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. of Lowell, saw another increase in annual compensation, although not as much as the year before.
by Arkansas Business Staff 8/25/2016 3:16 pm
Johnnie Bryan Hunt, the founder of J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. of Lowell, will be a member of the inaugural class inducted into the Council of Supply Chain Management Professional Hall of Fame.
by Marty Cook 3/11/2016 9:03 am
John Roberts III, president and CEO of J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. of Lowell, earned $1 million more in 2015 than he did in 2014.
by Arkansas Business Staff 12/9/2015 8:57 am
J.B. Hunt says that Kay Lewis, chief information officer and executive vice president of technology and engineering, will retire and that it has hired Stuart Scott to take over the post on Jan. 1.
by Marty Cook 4/23/2015 11:40 am
A shareholder proposal to require J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. of Lowell to set goals to reduce greenhouse gas emissions was defeated at the company’s annual meeting Thursday.
by Marty Cook 3/16/2015 10:10 am
John N. Roberts III, the president and CEO of J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. of Lowell, was paid more than $4.3 million in 2014 and exercised stock options for another $906,752.
by Arkansas Business Staff 12/22/2014 11:25 am
John Roberts III, CEO of JB Hunt Transportation Services, is elected to a three-year term on the St. Louis Fed's board of directors. Ray Dillon, CEO of Deltic Timber Corp., is named chairman of the Fed's Little Rock branch.
by Marty Cook 12/22/2014 12:00 am
J.B. Hunt announced its recommitment to the Employer Support of the Guard & Reserve program and pledged to hire 10,000 veterans by the year 2020.
by Marty Cook 7/15/2014 8:37 am
J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. of Lowell reports second-quarter profit of $93.4 million, or 79 cents per share, up 6.5 percent from $87.7 million, or 73 cents per share, in the same quarter last year. But CEO John Roberts III cited a "difficult driver recruiting environment" that has challenged growth.
by Marty Cook 4/24/2014 2:34 pm
The board of directors of J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. of Lowell approved a regular quarterly cash dividend of 20 cents per share of its common stock.
by Lance Turner 4/14/2014 8:46 am
J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. of Lowell reported a 6 percent decline in first-quarter profit, as harsh winter weather disrupted rail and trucking operations.
by Arkansas Business Staff 1/15/2014 1:51 pm
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville has acquired a Frank Lloyd Wright Usonian house, known as the Bachman Wilson House, in Somerset County, N.J. The museum will move the house to Bentonville.
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