Arkansas Best nets $18.3 million in 3Q
Arkansas Best Corp. (AB) posted net income of $18.3 million in the third quarter, up from $13 million in the same period last year. AB's ABF Freight System subsidiary said its third quarter revenues topped $336 million, compared to $330 million during the same quarter of 2001, though its operating ratio was negatively impacted by nearly three-quarters of an operating point as a result of increased