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		<title>Bills would extend unemployment benefits</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The General Assembly is considering extending unemployment benefits for longer periods and to additional groups of people. To fund it, they would boost the unemployment tax on employers. ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2010/02/09/bills-would-extend-unemployment-benefits/</link>
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		<title>VCU names new Biz School dean</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ed Grier will replace Michael Sensnowitz, who stepped down in July. Grier has been working at Disneyland. ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2010/02/09/vcu-names-new-biz-school-dean/</link>
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		<title>NewsFeeds 2.9.10</title>
		<description><![CDATA[McAuliffe bids to buy Franklin mill (Times-Dispatch)
Terry McAuliffe, an unsuccessful candidate for governor in 2009, is in the running again &#8212; this time, to buy a soon-to-close Southside paper factory he wants to convert to a wood-fired power plant. McAuliffe and other investors are pitching to International Paper Co. to purchase the firm&#8217;s giant Franklin [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2010/02/09/newsfeeds-2-9-10/</link>
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		<title>Foreclosures for 2.9.10</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The number of properties going to pubic auction decreased dramatically since last week, while the number of bank owned properties saw a sharp increase. Of note this week, a $400,000 house near Riverside Drive. ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2010/02/09/foreclosures-for-2-9-10/</link>
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		<title>Ukrop&#8217;s fate is sealed</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The new owners of Ukrop's have begun operating the 25 stores it bought from the Richmond grocery chain.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2010/02/08/ukrops-deal-is-done/</link>
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		<title>Is Chesterfield sports facility a quixotic quest?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Each time Steve Burton talks about SportsQuest, his plan sounds more ambitious. But as Burton’s enthusiasm and concept have grown, so have the project’s price tag and the skepticism of the local business community.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2010/02/08/is-chesterfield-sports-facility-a-quixotic-quest/</link>
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		<title>NewsFeeds 2.8.10</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dominion looks to define its role in offshore wind (Inside Business)
With the recent formation of the Virginia Beach-based Virginia Offshore Wind Coalition or VOW, a bigger push is being made to bring together the economic, industrial and political facets involved in developing the industry locally. Those involved are looking to Dominion, as the region&#8217;s monopoly [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2010/02/08/newsfeeds-2-8-10/</link>
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		<title>Monday Q&amp;A: Rockin’ and rollin’ at Plaza Bowl</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Plaza Bowl has the scent of every other bowling alley: sanitizer and snack food. Jim Szilagyi moved to Richmond for that smell. Well, that plus duckpin bowling.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2010/02/08/monday-qa-rockin%e2%80%99-and-rollin%e2%80%99-at-plaza-bowl/</link>
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		<title>Shopping-bag tax proposed</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Grocery shopping would be pricier -- but Virginia’s environment would be cleaner -- under a proposed state tax on disposable plastic and paper bags provided by retailers. The money would go into the Virginia Water Quality Improvement Fund. Shoppers could avoid the tax by bringing their own reusable bags.
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		<link>http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2010/02/08/shopping-bag-tax-proposed/</link>
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		<title>Small-screen appearances mean big business</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Four Richmond businesses have used the national spotlight to sell their brands and boost their exposure beyond Richmond. But what they say is true, the camera adds a few pounds. ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2010/02/05/small-screen-appearances-mean-big-business/</link>
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