http://www.richmondbizsense.com Richmond's Homepage For Business News Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:58:55 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2010/04/15/do-the-fortune-500-shuffle/ http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2010/04/15/do-the-fortune-500-shuffle/#comments Thu, 15 Apr 2010 15:34:35 +0000 Al Harris http://www.richmondbizsense.com/?p=17390 Five of the six local companies that made this year’s list moved up in the rankings from last year]]> http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2010/04/15/do-the-fortune-500-shuffle/feed/ 0 http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2010/04/13/dominion-workers-take-the-money-and-run/ http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2010/04/13/dominion-workers-take-the-money-and-run/#comments Tue, 13 Apr 2010 10:56:15 +0000 Aaron Kremer http://www.richmondbizsense.com/?p=17285 Forty percent more employees took a recent buyout from Dominion than the company expected. The Richmond-based power company also had a small round of layoffs. ]]> http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2010/04/13/dominion-workers-take-the-money-and-run/feed/ 0 http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2010/03/11/chesterfield-approves-dominion-landfill/ http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2010/03/11/chesterfield-approves-dominion-landfill/#comments Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:01:01 +0000 Al Harris http://www.richmondbizsense.com/?p=16316 The Chesterfield Board of Supervisors gave Dominion approval late last month to create a landfill for coal waste]]> http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2010/03/11/chesterfield-approves-dominion-landfill/feed/ 2 http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2009/11/05/the-money-trail/ http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2009/11/05/the-money-trail/#comments Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:46:44 +0000 Al Harris http://www.richmondbizsense.com/?p=13019 Money can’t buy votes, but Virginia’s Gov.-elect Bob McDonnell raised way more money than his Democratic opponent in the final month of the race]]> http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2009/11/05/the-money-trail/feed/ 0 http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2009/10/21/cemetery-goes-under-two-others-companies-file-bankruptcy/ http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2009/10/21/cemetery-goes-under-two-others-companies-file-bankruptcy/#comments Wed, 21 Oct 2009 11:03:26 +0000 Aaron Kremer http://www.richmondbizsense.com/?p=12518 Three businesses have filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the past few days: a cemetery outside Petersburg, a business that ran two gas stations and an excavation company in Chesterfield]]> http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2009/10/21/cemetery-goes-under-two-others-companies-file-bankruptcy/feed/ 0 http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2009/09/22/tides-turning-in-race-for-campaign-cash/ http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2009/09/22/tides-turning-in-race-for-campaign-cash/#comments Tue, 22 Sep 2009 11:29:36 +0000 Al Harris http://www.richmondbizsense.com/?p=11663 In a surprise twist in the campaign for governor, businesses are lately donating more to Democrat Creigh Deeds than Republican Bob McDonnell]]> http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2009/09/22/tides-turning-in-race-for-campaign-cash/feed/ 0 http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2009/09/16/centerstage-inc/ http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2009/09/16/centerstage-inc/#comments Wed, 16 Sep 2009 11:00:27 +0000 Al Harris http://www.richmondbizsense.com/?p=11469 The city’s new performing arts venue, Richmond CenterStage, recently opened its doors, thanks in part to generous donations from the area’s largest corporations]]> http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2009/09/16/centerstage-inc/feed/ 2 http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2009/09/04/high-energy-rally-takes-on-cap-and-trade-bill/ http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2009/09/04/high-energy-rally-takes-on-cap-and-trade-bill/#comments Fri, 04 Sep 2009 11:03:29 +0000 Al Harris http://www.richmondbizsense.com/?p=11183 EnergyCitizens, a nationwide alliance of organizations and people seeking to stop the cap-and-trade bill from passing the U.S. Senate, held a rally yesterday at the new Westin hotel at Reynolds Crossing, and most of the 100-odd folks at the rally were senior citizens. Notably, Dominion -- the area’s largest energy producer -- was not present. ]]> http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2009/09/04/high-energy-rally-takes-on-cap-and-trade-bill/feed/ 7 http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2009/08/31/dominion-adds-power-outage-map-to-the-web/ http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2009/08/31/dominion-adds-power-outage-map-to-the-web/#comments Mon, 31 Aug 2009 15:52:00 +0000 Al Harris http://www.richmondbizsense.com/?p=11045 Sitting in the dark, waiting for the power to come back on can be a drag. But if you are lucky enough to still have juice in your laptop and a working Internet connection, you can find out about how long you’ll be waiting and how many of your neighbors are also in the dark. ]]> http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2009/08/31/dominion-adds-power-outage-map-to-the-web/feed/ 0 http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2009/08/19/look-whos-organizing-now/ http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2009/08/19/look-whos-organizing-now/#comments Wed, 19 Aug 2009 18:27:26 +0000 Al Harris http://www.richmondbizsense.com/?p=10694 Pro-business groups are taking a page from the grassroots playbook. A new alliance called Energy Citizens, funded by the American Petroleum Institute, is organizing protests in 19 states aimed at the U.S. climate bill. A rally is being planned in Richmond for September 3. The group’s goal is to pressure the Senate to defeat the ]]> http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2009/08/19/look-whos-organizing-now/feed/ 1