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News about Facebook's upcoming initial public offering scrolled on a stock market billboard in New York on Tuesday.

Facebook raises IPO price as offering nears

Already expected to be the largest-ever initial public offering for an Internet company, Facebook is making its IPO even bigger.

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Business Videos

60 Seconds with ... Mike Mulvihill

The president of CRT/tanaka, a Richmond-based public relations and marketing firm, discusses the business benefits of corporate social responsibility.

60 Seconds with . . . Todd Haymore

RICHMOND, Va. -- Metro Business asked Todd Haymore, Virginia?s secretary of agriculture and forestry, why Virginia?s agricultural exports are increasing and how that helps the state?s economy.

NASCAR Weekend at RIR for NASCAR Virgins

Ride along with Karri as she learns (and shares) the fundamentals of NASCAR, including dresscodes, hydration, and terminology.

60 Seconds with . . . Lee Weisiger

RICHMOND, Va. -- Metro Business asked Lee Weisiger, a partner with the human resources consulting firm Titan Group LLC, what the firm’s annual Richmond-area salary survey reveals about local compensation trends.

60 Seconds with ... Mark Deutsch

RICHMOND, Va. -- Mark Deutsch, the CEO of BNI-Central Virginia, shares his best tips for how to build your ultimate personal network.

Unauthorized immigrants and the U.S. economy

RICHMOND, Va -- Julie Hotchkiss of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta discusses the effect of unauthorized immigrants on the U.S. economy.

David Taylor Talks Gas Prices and his Chevy Volt

David Taylor, co-owner of Libbie Market, talks about his Chevy Volt. He used to put $100 in his truck every week to drive to work. As gas prices flirt once again with $4 a gallon, a look at the affect

60 Seconds with . . . Joseph T. Geiger

RICHMOND, Va. -- Metro Business asked Joseph T. Geiger, author of "Entrepreneurial Success: the Road to the Top," about how to start a business.

Big Art is Jerry Peart

Jerry Peart has become one of the country?s most successful large-scale public sculptors, with dozens of abstract pieces all over the country, from Atlanta to Chicago to Arizona State University.

60 Seconds With . . . Kelly Gill-Gordon

Metro Business asked Kelly Gill-Gordon, the homeownership education manager for the Virginia Housing Development Authority, why homeownership education is important for first-time home buyers.

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