Monthly Archives: November 2010 »
Markel CEO to receive medical treatment
Alan Kirshner will likely be out two months for unspecified medical reasons.
Read More »‘We paid 95 percent less than they paid’
A local private equity group is doubling down on its hunch that magazines are poised for a comeback. At least, certain types of magazines.
Read More »The Docket: Court Roundup for 11.30.10
A commercial landlord with property on West Broad Street is trying to garnish wages to collect back rent. Plus several sexual harassment and discrimination suits. And a lender is trying to collect half a
Read More »NewsFeeds 11.30.10
SEC launches inquiry into Hampton Roads Bankshares (Virginian-Pilot) The SEC has launched an “informal inquiry” into some aspects of Hampton Roads Bankshares Inc.’s financial practices. McLeod accounting firm part of merger (Roanoke Times) The
Read More »Broad Street demo plans on hold
It has been more than two years since the CommonGroundz coffee shop closed, and the space has sat vacant, aside from the apartments upstairs.
Read More »Lower prices, lower quality?
I noticed that the discounts were steeper than anything I’ve ever seen. Everything was 50 percent off at Banana Republic. The shoe store Bass had a sale, buy one, get two free. How can
Read More »Deli chain orders up expansion
Glenn Miller has just opened his second McCalister’s Deli franchise in Richmond and has his sights set on growing the brand across Central Virginia with possibly up to two locations a year over the
Read More »Monday Q&A: Forging a new path
Fred Bryant, 22, has a new business but is getting ready to put his boots in a combat zone.
Read More »NewsFeeds 11.29.10
Lawrence’s Richmond-area properties going on auction block (Times-Dispatch) Twenty-one Richmond-area properties owned by landlord Oliver C. Lawrence and his Bayou Properties are being sold in a foreclosure auction next month. Most restaurants, bars embrace
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