Job losses decline in Richmond area, but hiring remains slow (Times-Dispatch)
The number of Richmonders losing jobs is coming down, but hiring is still pretty slow, the state’s latest employment numbers show.
Beecroft & Bull closing Hilton Village store (Daily Press)
When Beecroft & Bull opened 51 years ago, people dressed up. Today, business casual, or just plain casual, is becoming the standard as shoppers focus on value over quality. So the Hilton Village men’s clothier is closing its doors after 51 years, focusing its attention on its three other locations — in Virginia Beach, Richmond and Charlottesville.
Christmas Blather (Slate)
The early economic reports about holiday shopping are confusing, contradictory, and useless.
Golf courses suffer as recession deals a bogey (LA Times)
Hundreds of courses have closed, and once-exclusive country clubs have slashed fees or let in the public. Often linked to housing tracts, the greens and fairways have slumped along with real estate.
In Lean Times, Restaurants Barter for Trade Service (WSJ)
Independent restaurants are turning to an old-fashioned method to fill tables—barter. As they struggle to keep customers and pay the monthly bills, restaurants are swapping food for services like oven-hood cleaning and pest control.
How Would You Fix Tiger’s Image? (Inc.)
Entrepreneurs in public relations weigh in on how they would repair the billionaire golfer’s scandal-plagued image.
