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Law firm layoff rumors run rampant, but bark worse than bite
Like a classic urban myth, few lawyers in Richmond know personally an associate or partner who’s lost a job, but seemingly everyone knows someone who knows someone who’s gotten laid off
Read More »Businesses, execs funnel cash to campaigns
If campaign contributions are any indication, the Richmond business community is rallying behind Republican Bob McDonnell to become Virginia’s next governor
Read More »58 laid off at Capital One
Capital One Financial Corporation is cutting 58 jobs from their US Card division. About 40 of the cuts in the Richmond area, the rest will be at the company’s headquarters in McLean
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Hotel owner is banking on BRAC (Progress Index) Jim Clayton is bullish that BRAC will fill his hotel. Clayton, who invested $12 million in his Stay-Over Suites extended-stay hotel on Old Woodlawn Street near
Read More »Staycation destination: Goochland?
With the recession putting a pinch on vacation plans, many people may plan to spend their summer days off exploring new places close to home. At least that is the hope of a Goochland
Read More »Update from the Virginia Association of Insurance Agents (VAIA)
The insurance industry is aging rapidly. According to IIABA, 60% of insurance professionals are over the age of 45. That is why, five years ago, a non-profit 501 (c)(3) educational foundation known as Virginia
Read More »More empty stores at area malls
Dozens more retailers have disappeared from local malls in the past six months. About 15 percent of the storefronts in Richmond’s six largest malls are vacant
Read More »Office Sense: Inside Boxwood Partners HQ
It’s been a busy year for Boxwood Partners, an M&A advisory firm that also manages a private equity fund specializing in technology and online retailers. After about a year in business, the company is
Read More »NewsFeeds 4.22.09
Ginter Place Associates in bankruptcy; Ginter Place condo project is not (Times-Dispatch) Ginter Place Associates, which owns property east of the condo building, was forced into an involuntary bankruptcy petition late last month to
Read More »Office Sense: Boxwood Partners HQ
Music for this video was provided by local artist Crenshaw
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