Vick apparel: lucky in sales? (Roanoke Times)
Editor’s pick. To sell or not to sell Vick’s jersey — sports retailers nationwide and in the Roanoke area are facing this decision this fall, just as most of the NFL’s regular season games start today, including the Eagles opener. Early sales point to strong demand for Vick’s jersey, though he’s only played in a few preseason games for the Eagles.
Visa could add 366 jobs in Ashburn (Washington Business Journal)
Visa Inc. has requested incentives from the state of Virginia to create about 366 jobs at the credit card company’s customer service center in Ashburn.
Region’s Office Space Vacancies Soaring (Washington Post)
Constitution Center is just one of several dozen existing, newly constructed or soon-to-be-completed office buildings in the Washington region that had vacancy rates in the 80 to 100 percent range as of midyear.
Immigration raids yield jobs for legal workers (USA Today)
When federal agents descended on six meatpacking plants owned by Swift & Co. in December 2006, they rounded up nearly 1,300 suspected illegal immigrants that made up about 10% of the labor force at the plants. But the raids by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents did not cripple the company or the plants. In fact, they were back up and running at full staff within months by replacing those removed with a significant number of native-born Americans, according to a report by the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS).
Three Best Ways to Insure Your Small Business (WSJ)
Insuring your small business against a natural disaster, a fire or a catastrophic event is almost an afterthought in the scheme of daily operations, but it shouldn’t be. For starters, if you don’t have enough coverage to replace damaged or destroyed equipment, it might be harder – or impossible – to get your company running again. A quarter of businesses never re-open after a major calamity.
Set Your Company’s Message Free (Entrepreneur)
If you want to create buzz, you have to give up control.
