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October 19, 2009
Don’t invite malware onto your computer
Dear PropellerHeads: A window just popped up on my computer telling me that Windows Police PRO had detected viruses. What should I do? Answer: First, take...
Company News for Oct. 19
NEW BUSINESS/OPENINGS Guaranteed Home Mortgage Co. has opened a new office at 10045 Midlothian Turnpike. 23 Hair Studio has opened at 1213 W. Main St....
Jobless-benefit system produces a Catch-22
Icall them “stealth taxes.“ These are direct taxes that are indirectly applied so that most people attribute them to something else. For example,...
Metro Business Calendar for Oct. 19
MONDAY, OCT. 19 Capital Region Workforce Network at Goodwill Industries hosts Dominion Virginia Power Energy Assistance & Conservation Fair, 9 a.m.,...
Company/Individual Honors for Oct. 19
Gus Iurillo has been named the Top Performer franchisee for 2009 by The Entrepreneur’s Source. Dr. Mark H. Ryan has been awarded the 2009 Salute...
Building permit highlight for Oct. 19
St. Catherine’s renovations: Washington Hall, on the campus of the all-girl St. Catherine’s School in the West End, is getting a makeover. ...
Associations for Oct. 19
Blackwell N. Shelley Jr. has been named chair of the Virginia State Bar Special Committee on Technology and the Practice of Law. He is an attorney with...
Decision Makers: Jill Coleman of The Cameron Foundation
Jill Coleman New position: vice president for programs, The Cameron Foundation Previous position: special assistant to the vice president, global program...
Upcoming meetings for Oct. 19
Coming up OCT. 28 Greater Richmond Association for Commercial Real Estate and Brandywine Realty Trust present “A Special Evening With Stuart Varney,“...
‘Recession Recovery’ help for small businesses
Small businesses can help beat the recession with a few cost-effective moves. “Anything that you can reduce from your costs goes straight to the...
People & Places
ON THE MOVE ACCOUNTING Cynthia Macturk has joined Meadows Urquhart Acree & Cook as a director. She was most recently the director of SEC and...
Insider Periscope for Oct. 19
CARMAX INC. Richard Murray Smith, chief technology officer, exercised options for 20,000 shares Oct. 9 at $7.14 per share. KROGER CO. Mary Elizabeth Van...
Timeline: Karen Booth Adams’ entrepreneurship
1995: sold CPI and became a millionaire 1995-97: did mergers/acquisitions with Hoshko 1997: bought Tekna Interactive 1998: sold Tekna...
Bio box: Karen Booth Adams
Education: Prince Edward Academy in Farmville, 1987; University of Virginia, bachelor’s degree in psychology, 1990 Career: technology recruiter,...
Henrico business licenses for Oct. 19
The following are recently issued business licenses in Henrico County. Richmond Fall Home Show (sales promotion/flea); licensee AGI Productions, 600 E....
October 18, 2009
Dealing with credit-card debt when a spouse dies
A primer on spousal credit debt If your spouse dies and leaves behind credit-card debt, do you have to pay it? Maybe, maybe not: If it’s a joint...
Alumna bequeaths $31 million to Chatham Hall
The largest single gift to any girls’ independent school—$31 million—has been bequeathed to Chatham Hall by alumna Elizabeth Beckwith...
October 17, 2009
Despite credit pitches, don’t bet on quick fixes
The pitches are especially attractive to homebuyers and mortgage applicants because they offer a way to raise credit scores enough to get loan applications...
October 12, 2009
Athletics background helps Thomas in retail world
For Nancy Thomas, tackling the rough-and-tumble world of retail is much easier after growing up in a house full of hockey-playing brothers on New York’s...
60 Seconds with: Blue Crump
BLUE CRUMP Metro Business asked Blue Crump, owner of Cityspace, a Richmond-based business that builds energy-saving houses and installs solar-power systems,...
Trade names: Local day care chain has grown steadily since 1971 start
Emily Baish visited several day care centers earlier this year before deciding to place her two children in Tuckaway Child Development and Early Education...
Henrico business licenses for Oct. 12
The following are recently issued business licenses in Henrico County. Zombie Defense (retail merchant); licensee William Burfield, 11330 Winfrey Road,...
Complete Metro Business Calendar for Oct. 12
MONDAY, OCT. 12 Career-Prospectors,
Building permits for Oct. 12
Malcolm and Willa S. Kalman, owners; RVA Construction LLC, contractor; 800 W. Graham Road, day care center, $2,236,000. Watson Corp., owner; JDB Properties,...
Chesterfield Business Licenses for Oct. 12
The following are recently issued business licenses in Chesterfield County. PNZ Quality Cleanout Service (personal service); licensee Herbert L. Allmon...
Indicators for week of Oct. 12
Indicators MONDAY Columbus Day. Bond markets closed. TUESDAY Treasury releases federal budget for September and fiscal year 2009. Federal Reserve...
How to improve your odds of getting a loan
Q:Given the tight money environment we are experiencing, how should one go about securing a business loan for a new venture?—Andrea F. Answer: Getting...
Commercial Mortgages for Oct. 12
Bob Seger in “Against the Wind” and, more recently, Toby Keith sang “I wish I didn’t know now what I didn’t know then,“...
Building permit highlight for Sept. 12
Learning center: Northside Family Learning Center is under construction at 800 W. Graham Road in Richmond’s North Side. The 20,600-square-foot...
Commercial real estate focus of talk at trends conference
Don’t look for commercial real estate values to rebound any time soon. They won’t recover next month or next year, said Sally Gordon, a managing...
