Area to feel Qimonda demise (Times-Dispatch)
Some great reporting and analysis on a story we broke yesterday. Shutting down production of Qimonda AG’s computer memory-chip manufacturing plant in eastern Henrico County means the loss of 1,500-plus high-paying tech jobs and millions of dollars in tax revenue to the county and the state.
A plan to revitalize Gilpin Court (Times-Dispatch)
Richmond officials last night showed off their plans to transform one of the city’s toughest neighborhoods into a vibrant mixed-used community.
‘Buy American’ clause stirs up controversy (USA Today)
To supporters, including labor unions that helped the Democrats retake the White House last year, a “Buy American” requirement is just common sense at a time of economic crisis and rising unemployment. Opponents, however, say the new language could breach U.S. trade commitments and ignite a disastrous round of beggar-thy-neighbor retaliation like that which worsened the Great Depression.
Problems Spring Up in Small-Business Loans (WSJ)
The U.S. government’s Small Business Administration said losses from loans made through its lending programs more than doubled in 2008, reaching nearly $1.3 billion. In 2007, the SBA charged off — or took permanent losses against — $504 million of the loans; in 2005, it charged off a much smaller $276 million.
Auto Sales Plummeted To 27-Year Low in Jan. (Washington Post)
U.S. auto companies continued their free fall into the new year, posting their lowest sales totals in more than two decades.
The caes against non-for-profit newspapers (Slate)
here is something arbitrary about the endowment brigade’s wish to freeze newspaper newsroom size at its high watermark. There’s also something disconcerting about wanting to divorce the newspaper from market pressures. (If I wanted that sort of news product, I’d watch The NewsHour.)
65 Indispensable Websites for Business Owners (Entrepreneur)
Obviously in addition to RBS. Get your business going, keep it going strong or take it in a new direction with this compilation of web sites for entrepreneurs.
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