Glued to the cell phone
A local commercial real estate veteran spent the last three and a half years designing and building a stretchy cell phone accessory he hopes will become the Bluetooth or holster for a new generation of users. This is his first invention.
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March Madness for stock analysis
The University of Richmond has a bad outbreak of March Madness. But a team of crack finance students are trying to go to the Big Dance for another tournament.
A big and diverse Herd this week, including a new sustainability manager for the City of Richmond and …
Two hundred acres of farmland with a stretch of James River waterfront will be auctioned off March 25, …
The Home Builders Association of Richmond last week launched a website that has news about the two federal …
Eleven properties in this week’s list have defaulted loan values of more that $250,000, with Chesterfield seeing a …

A big and diverse Herd this week, including a new sustainability manager for the City of Richmond and …
Eleven properties in this week’s list have defaulted loan values of more that $250,000, with Chesterfield seeing a …
Smith and Associates, LLC has leased 1,200 square feet in Windsor Building at 1506 Staples Mill Rd. in …
Best names this week: Allgood Renovations and In a Flash Roadside Assistance.

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To the Bottom and Back, a free bus for imbibing party-goers, is set to make its first route expansio
The Indian has left the Diamond. Almost.
The 2,400-pound sculpture that has peered over the Boulevard for more than two decades will be disassembled …

Skye Bruce Properties, a dominant residential real estate force in the Glen Allen/Short Pump area of Richmond, today announced its expansion with a new brokerage and new offices.
Mondial Assistance announces new ScholarTrips programAvailable to Richmond area middle and high school students, the scholarships of $2,500 are for study abroad programs.
It’s great to see repairs to streets and sidewalks. But I counted 9 workers on the corner of Cary Street and Three …

NewsFeeds 3.17.10
Day the music died (Virginia Gazette)
ith the closure of Plan 9 at Monticello Shopping Center earlier this month, the community is without an indy store for the first time.
TowneBank starts division to facilitate community projects (Virginian-Pilot)
TowneBank, whose nonbank activities range from insurance sales to property management, has created a unit to line up tax credits for community-development projects.
W&L students invest in microfinancing (Roanoke Times)
Three students and a professor at W&L have started a club using small loans to help communities improve economically.
$75 Million in Pills Stolen in Connecticut (AP)
In a Hollywood-style heist, thieves cut a hole in the roof of a warehouse, rappelled inside and scored one of the biggest hauls of its kind — not diamonds, gold bullion or Old World art, but about $75 million in antidepressants and other prescription drugs.
More employers use tech to track workers (USA Today)
Managers use technological advances to capture workers’ computer keystrokes, monitor the websites they frequent, even track their whereabouts through GPS-enabled cellphones. Some companies have gone as far as using webcams and minuscule video cameras to secretly record employees’ movements.
Three Best Ways to Export (WSJ)
International customers can be a source of growth that businesses can’t find on U.S. soil when domestic spending slows. But the process of selling goods and services outside the U.S. remains foreign to many small-business owners concerned about trade and financial regulations, shipping costs and more work.

