Top 10 Northwest Arkansas Business Stories of 2003

Northwest Arkansas Business Journal,  December, 2003  by Anonymous

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* 1 - In June, the Milken Institute announced that the Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers metropolitan statisti-cal area was the "best performing city" in the country based on economic growth.

"While this May seem surprising to most of America, it isn't for the metro area's retail/distribution anchor firm, Wal-Mart," the Milken report stated.

* 2 - The area's public companies had some highs and lows. J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. of Lowell saw operating income jump by 82 percent to $127.9 mil-lion for the first nine months of 2003. J.B. Hunt's stock price more than double ...

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