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All eyes on Massey Energy
It has not been a good week for Richmond-based Massey Energy, a company that mines coal in Virginia and West Virginia and ships coal on trains through Richmond. The company also has local legal
Read More »Golf course files bankruptcy
One of the region’s newest and most upscale golf courses will try to reorganize with help from the bankruptcy court.
Read More »Heard on the street: Golf course might be sold
An employee at the club said that he and other employees had received paperwork about how payroll would transition to the new owner
Read More »Former S&K chief suited for new job
The former chief executive of S&K Menswear has found a new home as the president of locally based RetailData. Joe Oliver, a California native, tells BizSense that his few years at S&K were instructive,
Read More »Upcoming Event: reporting Local, reaching Global
Getting mentioned in a local or national news outlet can make a business and catalyze growth. Please join BizSense and a panel of local business journalists as we discuss how the business media finds
Read More »Retail vacancy continues to rise
Vacancy for retail space in Richmond rose to almost 7 percent at the end of the second quarter. And that could mean banks might soon start taking back some retail properties if tenants don’t
Read More »So far stimulus saves 160 jobs
The U.S. Recovery Act has saved or created 160 jobs in Richmond so far, according to the city’s newly launched stimulus tracker
Read More »GVA Advantis closing some Virginia offices
The Richmond office of the commercial brokerage firm GVA Advantis apparently has escaped the ax. On Monday the company said it will close offices in Newport News and Northern Virginia. And unlike at the
Read More »Sticker shock for drug dealers
Even drug dealers are dealing with the recession. And some are flabbergasted at the price increases of their product.
Read More »Richmond: The city of new beginnings?
Richmond is a top ten city for starting over, according to BusinessWeek. The city was picked as number six, between Omaha, Nebraska and Winston-Salem, North Carolina. The rankings were based on the percentage of
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