Richmond-area credit market remains slow (Times-Dispatch)
The Richmond area’s credit market remained slow during the third quarter — though local bank customers seemed to do better repaying debt on time.
Windfall for Biscuit Run developer? Tax credits could become cash (Daily Progress)
The developer of the 1,200-acre, 3,100-home Biscuit Run project south of Charlottesville could receive tens of millions of dollars in state income tax credits that could later be sold for cash, if negotiations with Virginia officials to donate the property as a state park succeed.
As college costs rise, loans become harder to get (Washington Post)
Editor’s Pick. The upheaval in financial markets did not just eliminate generous lending for home buyers; it also ended an era of easy credit for students and their families facing the soaring cost of a college degree. To pay for higher education, most Americans had come to rely on a range of financial products born of the Wall Street boom. Nearly all of these shrank or disappeared in the storm that engulfed the stock and debt markets.
Limiting BlackBerry Interference on Vacation (WSJ)
But here’s the problem: constantly checking your BlackBerry and taking work-related calls while on the beach or the ski slopes ruins many a relaxing moment and causes friction with loved ones. Here are some smart ways to use technology, without ruining everyone’s fun.
The Start-up From Hell (Inc.)
You think your industry is tough? Try breaking into life insurance, a field whose barriers to entry include, in Walker’s words, “high overhead, onerous regulatory restraints, and lawyers out the ying-yang.
