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                <title><![CDATA[Stock news for Nov. 8]]></title>
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                <description><![CDATA[For the week that ended Nov. 6. DIVIDEND Quarterly unless noted Increased Aaron&#8217;s Inc .018 from .017 Alliance Res Ptrs .76 from .745 Apollo Invest .28 from .26 Beckman Coulter .18 from .17 Buckeye GP LP .39 from .37 CH Robinson .25 from .24 Meadowbrook Ins .03 from .02 Mercury General .59 from .58]]></description>
                
                <pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 08 Nov 2009 05:01:39 EST]]></pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[White-collar jobless prevalent in Richmond area]]></title>
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                <description><![CDATA[The worst recession in 70 years has ended. But tell that to people trying to find jobs. &#8220;The recession is not over until everyone who wants to work is working and working at what they want to do,&#8220; said Walter Courtney of Montpelier. Courtney, 56, is an Internet technology professional who works as a security guard at a retirement home in Hanover County. He was a project manager at a bank, but was laid off early in the economic downturn.]]></description>
                
                <pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 08 Nov 2009 05:00:59 EST]]></pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Earnings report: Insmed]]></title>
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                <description><![CDATA[Richmond biopharmaceutical company Insmed Inc. reported it lost $150,000 in the quarter ending Sept. 30, compared with a loss of $2.2 million in the same period a year earlier. On a per-share basis, the loss in the third quarter was break-even compared with a 2-cent loss in the year-ago period. Revenue for the third quarter was $2.5 million, compared with $4.1 million for the corresponding period in 2008.]]></description>
                
                <pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 07 Nov 2009 05:01:56 EST]]></pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Business Briefs for Nov. 7]]></title>
                <link><![CDATA[http://www2.richmond.com/content/2009/nov/07/business-briefs-for-nov-7-48999/]]></link>
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                <description><![CDATA[Philip Morris USA and two other cigarette companies can stop making payments to tobacco farmers in Maryland and Pennsylvania through a decade-old settlement. North Carolina&#8217;s highest court ruled yesterday that Henrico County-based Philip Morris, Lorillard and R.J. Reynolds could stop making payments to those growers under a 1999 agreement, which stemmed from the national tobacco settlement with the states a year earlier.]]></description>
                
                <pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 07 Nov 2009 05:01:53 EST]]></pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[The Jefferson Hotel again wins AAA' Five Diamond Award]]></title>
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                <description><![CDATA[The Jefferson Hotel again has won AAA&#8217;s prestigious top rating for its guest service and accommodations. The Jefferson joins two other Virginia travel venues in receiving Five Diamond Awards: The Inn at Little Washington and the inn&#8217;s Dining Room, in the Rappahannock County town of Washington. The travel authority&#8217;s top rating for hotels and restaurants was released yesterday.]]></description>
                
                <pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 07 Nov 2009 05:01:33 EST]]></pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Richmond-area jobless press hunt for work]]></title>
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                <description><![CDATA[Richmond&#8217;s unemployed workers did the best they could to shake off yesterday&#8217;s bad news that the U.S. unemployment rate hit double digits. They got back to the main task: finding work. The nation&#8217;s jobless rate rose to 10.2 percent last month from 9.8 percent. The unemployment rate is the highest in 26&#189; years. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics also reported the number of people on employers&#8217; payrolls fell by 190,000&#8212;more than economists, who just last week were hailing the end of the recession, had forecast.]]></description>
                
                <pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 07 Nov 2009 05:01:29 EST]]></pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Hungary Brook Shopping Center in foreclosure]]></title>
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                <description><![CDATA[The Hungary Brook Shopping Center in northern Henrico County is in foreclosure and on the auction block. The retail center, on Concord Avenue near Parham and Brook roads, is scheduled to be auctioned off on the county court steps next Friday at 3 p.m. The retail center, anchored by a Food Lion grocery store, was built in 1988. It contains 87,188 square feet of retail space on a 9.7-acre site. Dollar Tree Stores Inc. recently signed a lease for 10,548 square feet there.]]></description>
                
                <pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 07 Nov 2009 05:01:24 EST]]></pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Henrico-based Markel looks to invest in privately held companies]]></title>
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                <description><![CDATA[Markel Corp. has been patient for the past four years, but the specialty insurer now is looking to make a bigger plunge in what it thinks of as the &#8220;patient equity&#8221; market. That&#8217;s the term some executives at the Henrico County-based company use for their ventures into the private equity market&#8212;buying into privately held companies, an investment many other insurers avoid.]]></description>
                
                <pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 07 Nov 2009 05:01:18 EST]]></pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Rosetta Stone' revenue rises]]></title>
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                <description><![CDATA[Language software company Rosetta Stone reported a 12 percent increase in revenue for the third quarter. The Arlington-based company&#8217;s third-quarter revenue was $67.3 million, up from $59.8 million during the same three-month period last year. &#8220;During the third quarter we saw strong results in both our institutional and international businesses, although we faced some challenges in our U.S .consumer business,&#8221; Tom Adams, Rosetta Stone&#8217;s president and CEO, said in a statement. Adams suggested the economy was dampening sales in the U.S. The company&#8217;s average sales-per-unit increased from $317 to $355 on a year-to-year basis as the company]]></description>
                
                <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:57:54 EST]]></pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[HCA divisional chief is true to her roots in nursing]]></title>
                <link><![CDATA[http://www2.richmond.com/content/2009/nov/06/hca-divisional-chief-is-true-to-her-root-91091/]]></link>
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                <description><![CDATA[Each job Margaret G. Lewis has held during her 30-plus years in health care has felt like the best job she&#8217;s ever had. Starting with one of her first jobs as a bedside nurse at Chippenham Hospital in South Richmond. &#8220;I didn&#8217;t want to do anything else,&#8220; Lewis said. HCA made it difficult for her not to at least consider other opportunities within the company.]]></description>
                
                <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:38:53 EST]]></pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Great Expectations …]]></title>
                <link><![CDATA[http://www2.richmond.com/content/2009/nov/06/great-expectations--57462/]]></link>
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                <description><![CDATA[The Washington Business Journal has a neat story about how business owners in Virginia are going to hold the new Governor to his campaign promises. &#8220;Some says that means clearing away the political gridlock in the General Assembly, while others say they want new funding avenues that didn't involve new taxes. Though, most business leaders say they would prefer to at least keep increased taxes on the table to help pay for traffic solutions — McDonnell has vowed to block such measures — but they hope for compromise once potential problem-solving legislation emerges." You can read the story here.]]></description>
                
                <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:07:11 EST]]></pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Chesterfield Business Licenses for Nov. 9]]></title>
                <link><![CDATA[http://www2.richmond.com/content/2009/nov/06/chesterfield-business-licenses-for-nov--49906/]]></link>
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                <description><![CDATA[The following are recently issued business licenses in Chesterfield County. Lemus Used Tires &amp; Auto Repair (repair service); licensee Marlon E. Aviles, 9916 Jefferson Davis Highway, Building A, Richmond 23237. A Garden for You (contractor-landscaping services); licensee Jane B. Barfield, 10406 Shumark Drive, Chester 23831. Rainbow International of Richmond (personal service); licensee Blackberry Enterprises LLC, 3633 Speeks Drive, Midlothian 23112.]]></description>
                
                <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:18:51 EST]]></pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Henrico business licenses for Nov. 9]]></title>
                <link><![CDATA[http://www2.richmond.com/content/2009/nov/06/henrico-business-licenses-for-nov-9-40113/]]></link>
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                <description><![CDATA[The following are recently issued business licenses in Henrico County. Michael F. Armstrong (contractor); licensee same, 3009 Maplewood Road, Henrico 23228. City Star Cab (taxi); licensee Alsadik H M Adam, 5940 Queens Thorpe Court, Henrico 23227. Deeva (retail merchant); licensee Fred Agyeman, 6749 Dartmouth Ave., Henrico 23226.]]></description>
                
                <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:18:51 EST]]></pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Richmond Business Licenses for Nov. 9]]></title>
                <link><![CDATA[http://www2.richmond.com/content/2009/nov/06/richmond-business-licenses-for-nov-9-57893/]]></link>
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                <description><![CDATA[The following are recently issued business licenses in Richmond. Kelly C. Hopkins (beauty parlor); licensee same, 1213 W. Main St., Richmond 23220. Jones Lawn and Tree Trimming (lawn maintenance); licensee Anthony Jones, 2001 Boston Ave., Richmond 23224. Fashion Philanthropy LLC (retail merchant); licensee same, 9200 Stony Point Parkway, Richmond 23235.]]></description>
                
                <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:18:20 EST]]></pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Complete Metro Business Calendar for Nov. 9]]></title>
                <link><![CDATA[http://www2.richmond.com/content/2009/nov/06/complete-metro-business-calendar-for-nov-65885/]]></link>
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                <description><![CDATA[MONDAY, NOV. 9 Career-Prospectors, http://www.career-prospectors.com, a job-search networking group, meets every Monday at 7:30 a.m. in the conference room at Long &amp; Foster, 9321 Midlothian Turnpike. Details: Michael Soden, (804) 594-7065. Next Steps offers a workshop to help &#8220;Richmonders Leverage Transition to Create Satisfying Future,&#8220; today and tomorrow, 9 a.m., Holiday Inn Express, 201 E. Cary St. Cost: $199. Registration: http://www.floricane.com.]]></description>
                
                <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:17:50 EST]]></pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Building permits for Nov. 9]]></title>
                <link><![CDATA[http://www2.richmond.com/content/2009/nov/06/building-permits-for-nov-9-74703/]]></link>
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                <description><![CDATA[Sam&#8217;s Re Business Trust, owner; Hanlin Rainaldi Construction Corp., contractor; 9440 W. Broad St., car wash, $789,776. Oregon Hill Home Improvement, owner; Victorian Home Builders LLC, contractor; 619 S. Laurel St., $146,000; 617 S. Laurel St., $96,000; 615 S. Laurel St., $102,500. Olde Towne Homes LLC, owner; Jewels Inc., contractor; 1001 N. 25th St., alterations, $139,073.]]></description>
                
                <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:16:50 EST]]></pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Jefferson Hotel wins AAA' prestigious Five Diamond Award again]]></title>
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                <description><![CDATA[For the 17th consecutive year, The Jefferson Hotel has won AAA&#8217;s prestigious Five Diamond Award, the travel group&#8217;s top rating for hotels and restaurants.]]></description>
                
                <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:12:38 EST]]></pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Markel adds third company to 'PE' portfolio]]></title>
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                <description><![CDATA[Markel Corp., one of the largest specialty insurance companies in the U.S. with its headquarters in Richmond, has added to its investment portfolio a Texas-based manufacturer in a deal valued at less than $50 million. Panel Specialists &#8212; which makes walls, furniture and other products for property managers, architects and builders – has around 175 employees during peak months. The company has revenue of $30 million, according to Michael Mendelson, a senior vice president at Anderson Strudwick who helped assemble the deal. One of Panel Specialists' owners was in his 80s, and the other two are in their sixties, and ...]]></description>
                
                <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:33:42 EST]]></pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[The Pipeline: Commercial Real Estate Round Up for 11.6.09]]></title>
                <link><![CDATA[http://www2.richmond.com/content/2009/nov/06/the-pipeline-commercial-real-estate-rou-79210/]]></link>
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                <description><![CDATA[Grubb &amp; Ellis|Harrison &amp; Bates reports the following deals: KBAS LLC purchased the 29,000-square-foot former Books-A-Million building at 9131 Midlothian Turnpike in Chesterfield from Pacific Realty Associates LP for $1.55 million. the Commonwealth of Virginia leased 3,750 square feet at 3100 W. Marshall Street in Richmond. Kevin Griffis Motor Sports leased 1,500 square feet at 11034 Air Park Drive in Hanover. CB Richard Ellis reports the following deals: Verizon Virginia, Inc. leased 45,800 square feet at 8751 Park Central Dr. in Henrico. Eagle Fire leased 17,750 square feet at 7445-7471 Whitepine Road in Chesterfield. Chesterfield Employment Services leased 14,500 square ...]]></description>
                
                <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:20:07 EST]]></pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[NewsFeeds 11.06.09]]></title>
                <link><![CDATA[http://www2.richmond.com/content/2009/nov/06/newsfeeds-110609-92014/]]></link>
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                <description><![CDATA[Dominion Virginia Power agrees to lower rates, give refunds (Virginian-Pilot) Dominion Virginia Power has agreed to drop a group of requested rate increases and refund customers more than $129 million under an arrangement with the Virginia attorney general&#8217;s office. Suspected Fort Hood shooter had Roanoke roots (Roanoke Times) Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, the Army psychiatrist accused of shooting 12 people to death and wounding 31 others at Fort Hood, Texas, on Thursday, was the son of Roanoke merchants and restaurateurs, lived in Vinton and graduated from Virginia Tech. Borders to close 200 Waldenbooks stores, cut jobs (USA Today) Borders Group, ...]]></description>
                
                <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:45:17 EST]]></pubDate>
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