Monthly Archives: June 2008 »
Local scrap-booking company to appear in Martha Stewart Living
Do a Google search for Tabitha Geary and 37,900 hits come back. After clicking through eight pages worth of links and being confronted time and time again by the same face, it seems that
Read More »The brief history of our Wikipedia page
BizSense had a Wikipedia page, then lost a Wikipedia page within two minutes. I’ve always been a fan of the free encyclopedia that anyone can edit. It’s free and always up to date. To
Read More »Ukrop’s latest promotion: buy grocieries, save $ at the pump
Spend $50 on groceries at Ukrop’s Grocery and take 10 cents off the price of a gallon of gas at Uppy’s Convenient Stores, a savings of $2. Spend $500 and save $1 off each
Read More »Roll the cameras: Fox 35 killing cats
Talk about a cat fight. When local TV station WRLH Fox 35 hired an exterminator to kill feral cats in a back lot of its building, the local SPCA got wind and unleashed a
Read More »More crime against businesses
On Tuesday posted a story about the rising crime against businesses. Now the T-D is reporting that two downtown businesses were robbed at gun-point yesterday. “Two men robbed the Limited Edition store at 302
Read More »Media General CEO predicts mergers
Media General CEO Marshall Morton says major American newspapers will have to join forces in order to stay alive. “There’s got to be some assimilation, I would guess that rather than bankruptcies, you’d see
Read More »SCORE Launches Web Site with New Home Page & Resources for Entrepreneurs
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMay 22, 2008 National Contact: Michael L. KeatonDirector of Communications202/205-7637; media@score.org SCORE Launches Web Site with New Home Page & Resources for Entrepreneurs New Sections Offer the Latest Tips, Trends & Events
Read More »2008 Greater Richmond’s Companies to Watch Event Announced
Richmond, VA –- May 20, 2008 – The Venture Forum will hold its fourth annual Greater Richmond’s Company to Watch event (GRCTW) event, this year on Wednesday, October 29, 2008 at Toad’s Place in
Read More »CarMax and Circuit City: Sniffles and Pneumonia:
It was a rough week for CarMax and Circuit City. CarMax stock shed $2 a share, or about 11%, on news that profits at the company dropped 55%. Meanwhile, Circuit City – the company
Read More »Networking online…helpful or just a passing fad?
The professional networking site LinkedIn just raised $53 million in capital, which pegs the company’s valuation at around $1 billion. Technology analysts are wondering if that’s a tad high. How much social networking sites
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