Monthly Archives: December 2009 »
Business Licenses for 12.24.09
Best new names this week: Dream On! And Tall Bike Coffee LLC
Read More »Retirement home plans $78 million expansion
Covenant Woods, a retirement community in Mechanicsville, announced plans for a $78 million expansion. This would be the community’s second expansion since opening in
Read More »The Herd: Promotions and New Hires for 12.23.09
The Herd is a little slower this week, on account of the holiday break. Only two new moves
Read More »NewsFeeds 12.23.09
180 in limbo at Toano bottle plant (Virginia Gazette) Up to 180 Owens-Illinois workers have been told to take the holidays off. The catch is they haven’t been told when to return. No one
Read More »Tech Review: Virtual business cards fall flat
New services like rmbrME offer an electronic remedy to the problem of paper-based business cards. Only for many business people, business cards aren’t a problem that needs solving. Through text messages and web applications,
Read More »Roper Brothers a casualty of housing downturn
During bankruptcy proceedings Monday at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Richmond the extent of the damage was revealed
Read More »GreenBiz: New incubator seeks green startups
Virginia’s “green” future may lie inside of a small office in Ashland. It is empty for now, but starting early next year the Dominion Resources GreenTech Incubator will be open to new companies starting
Read More »Chesterfield’s war on fortune-tellers
A Chesterfield tarot card reader and spiritual counselor has filed a federal lawsuit alleging that the county has violated her constitutional rights after misclassifying her business and denying her a license
Read More »Newsfeeds 12.21.09
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
Read More »Monday Q&A: Inside the Ukrop’s deal
While speculation swirled this summer that Ukrop's was looking to sell, and seemingly everyone and their grandmother had a tip, Derek Lewis knew what was going down
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