An unofficial count of the store fronts in Carytown: 142 occupied buildings, 22 vacant buildings. That makes for a total of 164 buildings, 22 of which are vacant. According to my trusty calculator, which I can’t seem to do without, that’s roughly a 13% vacancy rate.

Just like a kid with a new remote control car, doctors like to use their new toys.

But sometimes when doctors own their practices, and when their new equipment costs hundreds of thousands of dollars, the lines of medical necessity can get blurry.

When local TV station WRLH Fox 35 hired an exterminator to kill feral cats in a back lot of its building, the local SPCA got wind and unleashed a save-the-kittens firestorm. Now the station is dealing with a far larger problem than a few alley cats: a PR snafu that has it looking like a cold-blooded cat killer.

It was a rough week for CarMax and Circuit City. CarMax stock shed $2 a share, or about 11%, on news that profits at the company dropped 55%.  Meanwhile, Circuit City – the company from which CarMax was spawned – is on life support and looking for a transfusion. Or is it an organ transplant?

The Richmond office will likely hire more brokers and boost its advertising budget in attempt to strengthen the brand and compete with the region's larger firms.

Drive to Richmond. Stay in a hotel for two nights. Get a $25 gas card. That’s the pitch of an ad currently running in Roanoke, Washington D.C. and Hampton Roads.

The Richmond Metropolitan Convention & Visitor’s Bureau, which promotes the Richmond region as a tourist destination, is paying for the spots. The ads link to a new website (the RMCVB hired Richmond.com to design them), which shows potential amenities and itineraries.

CarMax had a computer systems meltdown earlier this week, according to an AP story and a source at the company. "Spokeswoman Trina Lee says computer systems for the Richmond-based company experienced a temporary hardware failure that started Monday night. The problem was nearly 100 percent resolved by Tuesday afternoon and CarMax was able to sell cars."

A source at CarMax said employees were faxing documents and writing down sales to be processed later.

It's unclear how this might have affected sales.

Busch Gardens in Williamsburg might be put up for sale if a foreign brewer follows through on plans to buy the Anheuser Busch Company, according to a story in the Financial Times.