VCU Brandcenter prof makes a mark on students (Times-Dispatch)
The students are making their first presentations to Don Just, the cantankerous professor who oversees the school’s creative-brand-management track. An ad industry veteran with nearly 30 years of experience, Just is the man who helped develop The Martin Agency from a good regional shop into a national powerhouse.
Container barge service from Norfolk to Richmond is still in business (Inside Business)
Just over a year ago, Norfolk Tug Co. launched what was billed as the green alternative to trucks ferrying containers between Hampton Roads marine facilities and the Port of Richmond. A year later, the barge still operates. But the economics of operating the barge have been difficult.
This time, Harris Teeter will pay for extension (Free Lance Star)
Harris Teeter Inc. its getting its seventh extension from King George County on its plans to build a food distribution center–but this time the company is paying for the delay. The North Carolina-based grocer will give the landowner who is selling 100 acres for the warehouse $200,000 to extend negotiations, the Board of Supervisors announced Tuesday.
Labor Data Show Surge in Hiring of Temp Workers (New York Times)
The hiring of temporary workers has surged, suggesting that the nation’s employers might soon take the next step, bringing on permanent workers, if they can just convince themselves that the upturn in the economy will be sustained.
Rebound leads AP’s top business stories of ’09 (MSNBC)
It was a year of payback for having lived beyond our means — from Wall Street bankers who devoured risk they couldn’t manage to ordinary Americans living in homes they couldn’t afford with mortgages they didn’t understand.
Should Job Promotions Be Random? (Inc.)
A group of Italian researchers recently conducted a study that found random job promotion was more effective than merit-based promotion. Inc. asks several experts if it could work in real life.
