Port’s long-delayed rail line to start up next week (Virginian-Pilot)
Trains are scheduled to start running next week on a rail line built in the medians of Va. 164 and Interstate 664, the Virginia Port Authority announced Wednesday.
Virginia governor addresses pension system (Washington Post)
Virginia Gov. Robert F. McDonnell (R) proposed Thursday that 87,000 state employees begin making annual 5 percent contributions – the first in nearly three decades – to the state’s retirement fund as a way to shore up the commonwealth’s pension system.
Silly Bandz fad fades in a matter of months (USA Today)
Don’t tell Santa, but the national infatuation with Silly Bandz and other shaped, silicone bands that were America’s hottest fad in 2010, seems to have snapped.
Betting on ‘Entrepreneurial’ Stocks (WSJ)
A Babson professor creates a mutual fund of public companies based on their entrepreneurial, small-business characteristics.
2010: The Year in Entrepreneurship (Inc.)
From sky-high expectations of the iPad to the growing business of pot, here’s a look at the people and events that had an influence on our year.
The Weekly Wind-Down: Are Tests Biased Against Students Who Don’t Give A Shit? (The Onion)
Panelists discuss the many ways in which our educational system caters to students who try, care, are awake.
