Monthly Archives: July 2009 »
New business Licenses for 7.23.09
The best name this week: BeKre8ive and Flea Market Floozy. We've seen a lot of spellings that the business owner thinks are whimsical, or creative. But BeKre8ive takes the cake.
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Incubator hatches new businesses (Virginia Gazette) Despite the recession, the James City Technology Incubator is cooking. Flagging just a year ago, the 3-year-old incubator has gained momentum lately by graduating two companies and adding
Read More »Media General turns a profit
The troubled media company that lost half a billion dollars last year is profitable again thanks to deep cuts in costs
Read More »Rules changing for the money management game
Customers across the board expect lower prices, and in the wealth management game, that means lower fees. On the plus side, many of the smaller firms in town say they are successfully luring away
Read More »Office Sense: Lucky Strike power plant rebooted for architecture firm
BizSense goes behind the scenes of one of the most ambitious adaptive reuse projects in town: Odell Architect’s new headquarters in the Lucky Strike power plant. This is one of our finest videos yet,
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Northrop Grumman running late on Va. computer work (Times-Dispatch) Not a single state agency’s computer system was transformed by the deadline Virginia and its politically connected contractor have worked toward for the past three
Read More »McDonnell still leads fundraising from Richmond businesses
Republican Bob McDonnell is still raising more cash from the Richmond business community, but Democratic candidate Sen. Creigh Deeds has been busy playing catch-up
Read More »Two local labs sign deal
Chesterfield biotech firm Commonwealth Biotechnologies plans to sell off segments of its business to Bostwick Laboratories, which is based in the West End. Bostwick plans to go public this year
Read More »So far stimulus saves 160 jobs
The U.S. Recovery Act has saved or created 160 jobs in Richmond so far, according to the city’s newly launched stimulus tracker
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