Salem firm gives trapped Chilean miners its best shot (Roanoke Times)
National Peening, a metal treatment plant on Industrial Drive, got a rush order from Center Rock, a drilling supply manufacturer out of Pennsylvania. It asked the Salem company to apply its strengthening process to two drill bits it hopes to use to expand the size of a small hole that rescuers are now using to communicate with the miners, who are 2,300 feet underground.
Dulles Corridor office building owners struggle with high vacancy rates (Washington Post)
Despite rapid growth of federal government facilities, intense interest from foreign real estate investors, the presence of the country’s largest federal construction project as well as one of its largest public transit projects, the Washington real estate market still has soft spots and one of them is the Dulles Corridor.
Why Wall St. Is Deserting Obama (NY Times)
A registered Democrat, hedge fund manager Daniel Loeb has given and raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for Democrats. Less than a year ago, he was considered to be among the Wall Street elite still close enough to the White House to be invited to a speech in Lower Manhattan, where President Obama outlined the need for a financial regulatory overhaul. So it came as quite a surprise on Friday, when Mr. Loeb sent a letter to his investors that sounded as if he were preparing to join Glenn Beck in Washington over the weekend.
Meet The 18 People Who Could Determine The Fate Of Social Security (Business Insider)
Comprised of nine tax-averse Republicans and nine Democrats, many of whom have expressed support for Social Security changes in the past, the commission will almost certainly be biased toward benefit cuts, and away from raising taxes, when it presents its report on December 1
What’s in a Name? Potential Pitfalls (WSJ)
Kori Stanton’s cookie business seemed to be off to a promising start after it was featured on the “Rachael Ray Show.” But the publicity had one unexpected consequence: a company with a different but similar name threatened to sue.
Ideas Wanted: Multinationals Open Doors to Entrepreneurs (Business Week)
Giants such as GE and PepsiCo are sponsoring competitions that let startups strut their stuff.
