Monthly Archives: August 2009 »
Dominion adds online power outage map
Sitting in the dark, waiting for the power to come back on can be a drag
Read More »No slow-down in football ticket sales (except at UVA)
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.
Read More »Monday Q&A: Attorney general candidate Ken Cuccinelli
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
Read More »NewsFeeds 8.31.09
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
Read More »Propane-powered vehicles get a boost
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
Read More »BizSense featured on WRVA
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
Read More »Fire shuts down Massey coal plant
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
Read More »Guest Opinion: The meltdown saved my business
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.
Read More »NewsFeeds 8.28.09
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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