Monthly Archives: October 2009 »
Richmond during the Great Depression
Recession, reshmecession. If you want to see what Richmond was like when the going really got tough, swing by the Valentine Richmond History Center Thursday night for the opening reception of their latest exhibit,
Read More »Circulation craters at Virginia papers
Circulation is plummeting at newspapers in Virginia
Read More »Tech Review: Twitter’s training wheels
If we understand that nobody really understands Twitter -- even its owners have trouble describing what it is -- TweetMeme.com might at least help us understand what sinks and what swims in the Twittersphere.
Read More »Local creditors line up in Capmark filing
Twenty-four creditors of a national commercial real estate lender that recently filed bankruptcy are in Richmond. The local companies on the list span all sorts of industries, from energy and media to law and
Read More »NewsFeeds 10.27.09
Salary survey: New lawyer pay down, many starts postponed until new year (Virginia Lawyers Weekly) According to reports by law firms to the National Association of Law Placement, or NALP, and follow-up interviews at
Read More »Max and Erma’s files Chapter 11
A recent entrant to the local restaurant scene has field for bankruptcy.
Read More »Merged banks get new name/logo
First Market Bank and Union Bankshares, which are in the process of merging, have created a new name and logo.
Read More »Fan retail strip gets pumped
In spring 2007, the Wilton Companies transformed a used car lot and garage at the intersection of West Cary and Lombardy streets in the Fan into retail space. More than two years later, the
Read More »Monday Q&A: You still want to be a doctor?
Richmond’s medical industry has a big dog in the health care fight. And medical students at MCV see that dysfunction first-hand. This week BizSense chats with two fourth-year medical students about how the status
Read More »NewsFeeds 10.26.09
Central corridor of Chesterfield’s Westchester Commons attracts few tenants (Times-Dispatch) Nearly seven months after its grand opening, the central “main street” area of Westchester Commons in Chesterfield County remains empty with little hope of
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