Monthly Archives: September 2011 »
Newsfeeds for 9.23.11
National Slavery Museum files for bankruptcy protection (Richmond Times-Dispatch) The U.S. National Slavery Museum, founded by former Gov. L. Douglas Wilder nearly a decade ago, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Wednesday. New
Read More »VEDP finds its pitchman
The Virginia Department of Economic Development on Tuesday named its new CEO on Tuesday.
Read More »Richmond’s own cold war
Pennsylvania-based Yapple Yogurt, a nascent self-serve frozen yogurt business, will open its first Virginia location in Carytown — right next door to booming yogurt chain Sweet Frog.
Read More »Trading Day: Inside the SEC filings for 9.22.11
There are two new CFOs in town, plus a struggling local video game maker delists itself from public markets and a local chemical company scores a huge legal settlement.
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Virginians could get two toll plazas on Interstate 95 (Times-Dispatch) State leaders are looking at building 2 toll plazas on I-95 — one between Fredericksburg and Richmond and the other between Richmond and
Read More »New website to lure foreign companies here
An economic development agency for the Richmond region launched a new website touting the area's virtues
Read More »Richmond to host major cycling race
Lee Downey, the city’s economic development director, delivered the news that Richmond won its bid to host the 2015 World Cycling Championships to an enthusiastic crowd at the Capital Ale House downtown. Mayor Dwight
Read More »Broken bonds
A rural county near Charlottesville is suing a Richmond financial firm it worked with for more than 15 years
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