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Dominion adds online power outage map

Al Harris August 31, 2009 0

Sitting in the dark, waiting for the power to come back on can be a drag

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No slow-down in football ticket sales (except at UVA)

Aaron Kremer August 31, 2009 3

At Virginia universities with winning football programs, season tickets sales are steady or growing. No recession there. But business is much tougher when you’re not winning.

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Monday Q&A: Attorney general candidate Ken Cuccinelli

Al Harris August 31, 2009 3

Over the next several weeks, BizSense will be interviewing candidates in the November election. Up this week: Ken Cuccinelli, 41, the Republican candidate for attorney general. Cuccinelli’s approach to policy is to limit government

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NewsFeeds 8.31.09

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Ashland a symbol that small towns, Wal-Mart can co-exist (Times-Dispatch) Six years after Wal-Mart came to town, Ashland is still Ashland. There’s still a quaint downtown with railroad tracks running down the middle of

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Propane-powered vehicles get a boost

Al Harris August 31, 2009 1

An $8.6 million grant from the Department of Energy will help fund the conversion of more than 1,000 vehicles in Virginia and eight other states to run on propane gas

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BizSense featured on WRVA

Al Harris August 28, 2009 0

In case you were busy pressing the snooze button, I appeared this morning on 1140 AM WRVA as a guest of radio host Jimmy Barrett. I discussed the story that ran earlier today titled

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Fire shuts down Massey coal plant

Al Harris August 28, 2009 1

Richmond-based coal producer Massey Energy suffered a set back Thursday when a fire broke out at a preparation facility in Logan County, West Virginia

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Guest Opinion: The meltdown saved my business

Meghan Codd August 28, 2009 3

The market crash in October 2008 was the best thing that ever happened to my company, writes Meghan Codd in this week's Guest Opinion, as she discusses her fist year in business.

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Shockoe businesses sue city for $31 million

Al Harris August 28, 2009 9

Time has not healed all wounds. Within weeks of the five-year anniversary of a flood that ruined dozens of businesses in Shockoe Bottom, several businesses filed a lawsuit against the City of Richmond

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NewsFeeds 8.28.09

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Chesterfield slashes commercial-development fees (Times-Dispatch) County supervisors approved a “fee holiday” Wednesday night, sharply reducing Planning Department fees related to commercial, office and industrial projects until July. Area entrepreneur takes plan to White House

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