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  • Central Va. likely to record more homicides this year than in 2008

    Local News from Richmond-Times Dispatch | 07/06/2009 05:01 am

    Central Virginia is on pace to record more homicides this year than last, a trend largely driven by more killings in Richmond, suburban Henrico County and Petersburg. Forty-eight slayings occurred ...

  • VCU at a glance

    Local News from Richmond-Times Dispatch | 04/19/2009 05:01 am

    Economic impact: VCU, with its affiliates, is the largest employer in Richmond and the Metropolitan Statistical Area. Its students and employees spend $796 million annually in the area.   Demographics: ...

  • Richmond Economy Still Creating Jobs

    richmond.com | 08/06/2008 08:30 am

    Here's a ray of light in the gloomy economic statistics: While unemployment in the Richmond region is higher than last year, so is total employment. In other words, the region ...

  • Can We Call It a Recession Yet?

    richmond.com | 07/31/2008 08:57 am

    Unemployment is up and corporate earnings are down. Stores and restaurants are closing, and businesses are fighting for survival.   The latest jobless data from the Virginia Employment Commission  puts ...

  • Richmond Home Foreclosures Soar

    richmond.com | 07/28/2008 07:20 am

    The Richmond area showed a dramatic increase in the number of foreclosure filing in the second quarter of 2008 – up 805 from the same quarter the year before – ...

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