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Success alerts: Hunt, Jones, Rutledge.

Publication: Arkansas Business
Publication Date: 20-OCT-03
Format: Online - approximately 627 words
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Success alerts: Hunt, Jones, Rutledge.(Publisher''s Note Arkansas; J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc., Jerry Jones, Reynie Rutledge and First Security Bancorp.)(Editorial)

Article Excerpt
I'VE BEEN INSPIRED BY RECENT developments of some of Arkansas' most successful companies and businesspeople, to wit:

J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. in Lowell turned out to be a sleeping stock giant in the aftermath of the recession.

Adjusted for its Sept. 2 two-for-one stock split--the first split since 1992--the company's 52-week range is $11.61 to $28.74. That's nearly a 150 percent increase, and the trucking giant justified its stock momentum last week when it reported that third-quarter earnings nearly doubled year-over-year.

The trucking industry was in the tank, and smaller truck lines...

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