Business
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Group hopes to get West Broad Village back on track
West Broad Village was abuzz last year as a construction site in the middle of worst recession in decades. The plan called for a place where people could live, work, ...
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Equity fund to take over troubled West Broad Village
A local investment group has stepped in to rescue West Broad Village, pay off all its liens, settle its lawsuits and bring the multiuse project in western Henrico County back ...
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Va. jobless rate falls to 6.3%
Virginia’s job market improved last month as the number of Virginians out of work declined. The Virginia Employment Commission also noted weekly declines in the number of laid-off people making ...
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Lack of backup foils Va.'s new IT system
Virginia’s expensive new state IT system does not have network backups in case connections between its computers fail. In just five weeks this fall, the Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles ...
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REI opens in Henrico
Outdoor enthusiasts have a new place to shop in western Henrico County with the opening of REI. REI, which stands for Recreational Equipment Inc., opened yesterday in West Broad Village, ...
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Nonprofit, Realtors to create Va. housing-costs index
Housing Virginia, a statewide nonprofit dedicated to affordable housing, and the Virginia Association of Realtors will produce a quarterly housing-affordability index for the state beginning in January. The index will ...
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Panel OKs bill to crack down on Internet cigarette sales
The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee approved legislation that would crack down on Internet sales of tobacco products, which many public-health advocates believe is a common way that minors get cigarettes. ...
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SCC seeks to suspend N.C. Mutual' license in Va.
Virginia regulators want to suspend the nation’s oldest black-owned insurer from doing business in Virginia, saying its finances are in hazardous condition. But North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Co. is ...
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West Broad Village
A local investment group is taking control of West Broad Village in western Henrico County. This shows the status of tenants in most of the commercial part of the 115-acre ...
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Business Briefs
Hill Phoenix Inc., a Georgia-based designer and manufacturer of commercial refrigerated food display cases and application systems, will expand its presence in Chesterfield County. The company announced yesterday it will ...
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Disney unveils its newest princess
ORLANDO, Fla. The Walt Disney Co.‘s newest princess doesn’t arrive in movie theaters for another month, but she is already easy to find at Walt Disney World. Theme-park guests can ...
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$500 million settlement reached with associates of failed Henrico reinsurer
State insurance regulators have negotiated a $500 million-plus settlement with associates of a failed Henrico County reinsurer, according to legal filings at the State Corporation Commission. The filings, released this ...
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Hundreds line up for REI opening
Several hundred people waited in line this morning for the grand opening of outdoor equipment retailer REI in Henrico County’s West Broad Village. Jacki Farlik, the hard goods supervisor at ...
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Virginia' jobless rate falls in October from September
Virginia’s unemployment rate, while higher than last year, remains far lower than the national average and bucked the national trend, which saw a rise in joblessness from September to October
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PM owes smoker $300 million
In the company's latest legal defeat, a Florida jury ordered Philip Morris USA to pay a 61-year-old former smoker with emphysema $300 million in punitive and compensatory damages. Bloomberg News ...
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Thanksgiving weekend travel in Va. expected to increase
The number of Virginians traveling by car, bus, train or airplane during the Thanksgiving holiday weekend is expected to increase about 3 percent compared to last year, motor club AAA ...
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Guest Opinion: Enough with the business card shuffle
The standard "networking" circuit doesn't cut it for a budding entrepreneur, writes Deanna Lorianni in this week's guest opinion.
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Bobber Flats nears completion
Another former factory in Shockoe Bottom has been converted into apartments. The developers are looking to borrow $8 million more to add the next phase of the project, which encompasses ...
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Payback time
Union Bankshares, the parent company of Union Bank & Trust, just wired the U.S. Treasury $59 million it borrowed in December as part of the Troubled Asset Relief Program. The ...
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NewsFeeds 11.20.09
Virginia tax collections reflect economy (Times-Dispatch) Some great reporting from David Ress. Virginians are taking home less pay, spending less in stores and still are getting hit on their investments, ...
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Three new S. Pump stores all open this week
Three new retailers are opening or have opened this week in the Short Pump area. Recreational Equipment, Inc. (REI), hhgregg and Jake and Friends are all new on the Far ...
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The Pipeline: Commercial Real Estate Round Up for 11.20.09
W.H. Stovall & Co. purchased the 33,280 square foot industrial facility at 11130 Leadbetter Road in Ashland from Homestead LLC for $1.31 million.The Flat Five Companies, a window, door and ...
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2010 Virginia AAA Five and Four Diamond Winners
2010 Virginia AAA Five and Four Diamond Winners
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Virginia tax collections reflect economy
Virginians are taking home less pay, spending less in stores and still are getting hit on their investments, new state tax-collection statistics show. Business profits are up sharply, the statistics ...
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Electronics retailer hhgregg officially opens its two Richmond-area stores
The CEO of appliance and consumer-electronics retailer hhgregg Inc. believes the chain can make headway in an already competitive market. Gregg W. Throgmartin said the chain, which officially opened two ...
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Eat Beat: Thanksgiving Dinner Out
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this year, i am thankful that i have a sense ... -
Eat Beat: Restaurants with Free Parking
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I like this artice. However, I guess many metropolitan areas ... -
Eat Beat: Thanksgiving Dinner Out
Peter_Breath
Karri, I'm sorry, I really don't want to trade families ...
