Hopewell’s Osage Bio Energy plant for sale (Times-Dispatch)
The nation’s first major barley-to-ethanol factory has been put up for sale before it ever fully opened in Hopewell.
Norfolk condo developer’s woes leave many feeling burned (Virginian-Pilot)
Lawsuits and city building inspection records detail problems with several properties developed during the height of the housing boom by limited-liability companies created by Jonathan Z. Rubin, shown. Rubin has filed for bankruptcy.
Cadence expansion to create 65 jobs in Staunton (Daily Progress)
Gov. Bob McDonnell announced Monday that Cadence Inc. plans to expand here, creating 65 jobs and investing $15.9 million locally.
At Well-Paying Law Firms, a Low-Paid Corner (NY Times)
It’s almost a form of in-country outsourcing: lawyers doing high-value work in small American cities, but for far less than partner-track pay.
On path to riches, no sign of fluffy majors (Washington Post)
Over a lifetime, the earnings of workers who have majored in engineering, computer science or business are as much as 50 percent higher than the earnings of those who major in the humanities, the arts, education and psychology, according to an analysis by researchers at Georgetown University’s Center on Education and the Workforce.
Tax Break for Self-Employed Likely to Vanish (Business Week)
The Small Business Jobs Act nixed the tax that self-employed workers pay on health insurance for 2010. Small biz advocates doubt Congress will extend it.
Your new waiter is a tablet (Fortune)
A 25-year-old MIT dropout is trying for a digital dining revolution with E La Carte.
