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/2010/03/05/kansas-wants-to-buy-qimonda-property/ http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2010/03/05/kansas-wants-to-buy-qimonda-property/#comments Fri, 05 Mar 2010 11:50:45 +0000 Al Harris http://www.richmondbizsense.com/?p=16166 The former Qimonda plant in eastern Henrico County has a prospective buyer]]> http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2010/03/05/kansas-wants-to-buy-qimonda-property/feed/ 0 http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2009/12/29/top-10-business-news-events-of-2009/ http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2009/12/29/top-10-business-news-events-of-2009/#comments Tue, 29 Dec 2009 12:20:44 +0000 Aaron Kremer http://www.richmondbizsense.com/?p=14373 This has been a rough year, as the recession ripped through Richmond. Decades-old companies disappeared. It’s also time to start saying our goodbyes to Ukrop’s, although the stores won’t be changing over just yet. But there were uplifting moments, and some funny ones, too. Plus, tough times are instructional. We tallied the Top 10 biggest moments in business, and there is some painful medicine there. But there’s lots of reasons for encouragement – some of which we’ll be getting to in tomorrow’s Top 10 trends to watch]]> http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2009/12/29/top-10-business-news-events-of-2009/feed/ 2 http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2009/11/18/the-herd-new-hires-and-promotions-for-11-18-09/ http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2009/11/18/the-herd-new-hires-and-promotions-for-11-18-09/#comments Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:32:21 +0000 Aaron Kremer http://www.richmondbizsense.com/?p=13405 New hires include lawyers and department heads at the City of Richmond. ]]> http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2009/11/18/the-herd-new-hires-and-promotions-for-11-18-09/feed/ 0 http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2009/10/01/environmentalists-urge-support-for-senate-climate-bill/ http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2009/10/01/environmentalists-urge-support-for-senate-climate-bill/#comments Thu, 01 Oct 2009 10:17:10 +0000 Al Harris http://www.richmondbizsense.com/?p=11977 State Sen. Donald McEachin says a cap-and-trade bill will have a positive economic impact in Virginia and lead to more green jobs, including a new use for the shuttered Qimonda plant. ]]> http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2009/10/01/environmentalists-urge-support-for-senate-climate-bill/feed/ 5 http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2009/08/21/texas-instruments-offers-172-5-million-for-qimonda-equipment/ http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2009/08/21/texas-instruments-offers-172-5-million-for-qimonda-equipment/#comments Fri, 21 Aug 2009 17:58:33 +0000 Al Harris http://www.richmondbizsense.com/?p=10779 Texas Instruments wants to buy the chip manufacturing equipment from the shuddered Qimonda plant in Eastern Henrico for $172.5 million. The company, which is perhaps best known for making calculators, wants to use the equipment for producing semiconductors, not memory chips, according to the Wall Street Journal. The offer from Texas Instruments is subject to ]]> http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2009/08/21/texas-instruments-offers-172-5-million-for-qimonda-equipment/feed/ 0 http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2009/07/02/qimonda-ites-at-protest-%e2%80%9cwhere%e2%80%99s-my-money%e2%80%9d/ http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2009/07/02/qimonda-ites-at-protest-%e2%80%9cwhere%e2%80%99s-my-money%e2%80%9d/#comments Thu, 02 Jul 2009 11:19:25 +0000 David Larter http://www.richmondbizsense.com/?p=8990 Around 50 laid-off workers from Qimonda protested outside the shuttered plant yesterday, upset that they were stiffed paychecks when executives still working for the company are getting bonuses. Story includes video. ]]> http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2009/07/02/qimonda-ites-at-protest-%e2%80%9cwhere%e2%80%99s-my-money%e2%80%9d/feed/ 0 http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2009/07/01/124-million-reasons-to-protest/ http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2009/07/01/124-million-reasons-to-protest/#comments Thu, 02 Jul 2009 02:08:41 +0000 admin http://www.richmondbizsense.com/?p=8988 ]]> http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2009/07/01/124-million-reasons-to-protest/feed/ 0 http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2009/05/13/dry-cleaner-goes-pro-bono-for-jobless/ http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2009/05/13/dry-cleaner-goes-pro-bono-for-jobless/#comments Wed, 13 May 2009 18:05:53 +0000 Al Harris http://www.richmondbizsense.com/?p=7485 If you can’t find a job, at least you can have a clean suit. Puritan Cleaners is offering free dry cleaning to unemployed workers through the end of August. Customers who bring a letter from the Virginia Unemployment Commission or their previous employer can have a suit and two dress shirts, or two regular dresses, ]]> http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2009/05/13/dry-cleaner-goes-pro-bono-for-jobless/feed/ 0 http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2009/05/04/pirate-flag-over-qimonda/ http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2009/05/04/pirate-flag-over-qimonda/#comments Mon, 04 May 2009 15:20:06 +0000 Al Harris http://www.richmondbizsense.com/?p=7147 Last Thursday was Christopher J. Davis’s last day at the Qimonda chip manufacturing plant in Eastern Henrico. He turned in his badge and walked out into the courtyard. Instead of getting in his car and driving home for the last time, Davis had one last thing to do. ]]> http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2009/05/04/pirate-flag-over-qimonda/feed/ 8 http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2009/03/24/bankruptcy-filings-skyrocket/ http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2009/03/24/bankruptcy-filings-skyrocket/#comments Tue, 24 Mar 2009 11:03:51 +0000 Aaron Kremer http://www.richmondbizsense.com/?p=5801 A record number of people are filing for personal bankruptcy in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, which is housed in Richmond. In January, 619 entities (including households and businesses) filed some form of bankruptcy. That’s up from 251 in January 2008, or 145 percent. In February, 755 entities filed. ]]> http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2009/03/24/bankruptcy-filings-skyrocket/feed/ 2