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Trading on tight times
With fewer paying customers, businesses are turning to trades to keep busy and reduce spending. Trade exchanges work like mini-economies, wherein members perform services and earn trade dollars. And if the trade dollars can
Read More »Getting stiffed
Hurry up and wait. That’s the only option for local businesses owed money by bankrupt Circuit City and LandAmerica. More than 1,000 entities are owed money by Circuit City, according to a list of
Read More »Circuit City draws mobs, but where are the deals?
So this is why furniture stores are always advertising “going out of business” sales. At Circuit City stores in Richmond and across the country, consumers smell a bargain and are dropping thousands on items
Read More »Richmonders driving less
Richmond motorists are spending less time on the roads – or at least avoiding the tolls on the Southside. According to the Richmond Metropolitan Authority, traffic at the Powhite Parkway mainline toll plaza has
Read More »The end of the trail for a popular triathlon?
After more than a decade in Richmond, the Xterra East Championship off-road triathlon will likely not stop here in June. But a new race might take its place in the cooler month of May
Read More »January Newsfeeds
1.29.2009 Richmond gets extra time on ballpark (Times-Dispatch) The developers pitching a minor-league ballpark for Shockoe Bottom are giving Richmond Mayor Dwight C. Jones an extra five months to swing. Region’s new homebuilding hits
Read More »Newsfeeds for January
1.29.2009 Richmond gets extra time on ballpark (Times-Dispatch) The developers pitching a minor-league ballpark for Shockoe Bottom are giving Richmond Mayor Dwight C. Jones an extra five months to swing. Region’s new homebuilding hits
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Read More »State wants to close retail tax loophole
When Virginia shoppers pay the 5 percent sales tax on retail goods, most – but not all of it – goes to the state. A small percentage is kept by the business. It’s called
Read More »VCU foundation buys former Ukrop’s for nine million
The VCU Real Estate Foundation purchased the former Ukrop’s store and parking lot at Grace and Harrison streets for more than four times what a previous investor paid in 2002. The purchase price is
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