Philip Morris USA and two other cigarette companies can stop making payments to tobacco farmers in Maryland and Pennsylvania through a decade-old settlement....

Richmond’s unemployed workers did the best they could to shake off yesterday’s bad news that the U.S. unemployment rate hit double digits....

The Martin Agency and five other agencies are competing to handle advertising for General Motors Co.‘s Cadillac division. GM said it narrowed its...

Job-seekers beware: There’s a new warning on Craigslist.com. The Web site recently posted a scam alert, telling applicants to be on the lookout for...

Star Scientific Inc. said yesterday that it plans to introduce the CigRx nutraceutical product developed by its Rock Creek Pharmaceuticals subsidiary for...

Commuters who drive alone on some of the most congested highways in the Washington region could earn $2 a day by carpooling to work. Commuter Connections,...

The State Corporation Commission has authorized Dominion Virginia Power to sell up to $1.5 billion of its stock to parent company Dominion Resources Inc....

Helping others is a common thread in Michel Zajur’s life. It began at an early age for the soft-spoken son of immigrants who moved to the Richmond...

Whenever Ava Deal needs an engagement gift, she knows exactly what to buy: Mariposa cocktail napkin holders from Tweed. Deal started shopping at the store...

Curb appeal is key to selling your home. “Pricing is only the first step in attracting potential buyers,“ said Kristi Donohue, a Realtor with...

On a recent Wednesday night in Henrico County, about 50 teenagers packed into Grandpa Eddie’s Alabama Ribs & BBQ to listen to some local bands...

CRAIG BUTTERWORTH Metro Business asked Craig Butterworth, spokesman for the National White Collar Crime Center, the Henrico County-based organization that...

Advertising and new media marketing executive David Saunders has a phrase to describe social media Web sites LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter. He calls them...

It may seem an odd time of year to think about your taxes. But taking some steps before Dec. 31 can help minimize the amount you’ll owe or maximize...

Much like Don Quixote fighting for his lady’s hand, local advertising veteran Doug Burford is leading a one-man campaign to get the Richmond area...

The advertising world is in the midst of profound changes, and agencies will need to adjust the way they tell stories, the top executive at The Martin...

Have you traded in the white-collar business suit for a uniform or blue-collar profession? Are you willing to share your story for an article about skilled...

Two Richmond-area developers are working to pull one of Lynchburg’s oldest commercial buildings back from the brink of demolition. The old Piedmont...

Have you traded in the white-collar business suit for a uniform or blue-collar profession? Are you willing to share your story for an article about skilled...

Virginia regulators ordered two Richmond-area businessmen and to stop selling securities for 120 days while determining whether to permanently ban them...

It’s a Richmond tradition: shoe repair, bail bonds and—now—Twitter. Even a nearly century-old shoe shop and bail bond company needs a...

A man accused of making more than $7 billion off the investment schemes of jailed financial manager Bernard Madoff drowned after having a heart attack,...

Alan I. Kirshner, chairman and CEO of the $9.5 billion Markel Corp., and cousins Steven and Anthony Markel have run the specialty insurer since the 1970s....

Executive has help build one of the nation’s biggest specialty insurers as well as a school that’s been the last chance for scores of Virginia...

TINH PHAN Metro Business asked Tinh Phan, an Ashland businessman who serves as the chairman of the Virginia Asian Chamber of Commerce, about how the recession...

Heading into the holiday shopping season, retailers are beginning their sprucing-up rituals. While some merchants put up lights, Christmas trees and menorahs...

Self-described de-motivator Lawrence Kersten will speak Thursday at the Venture Forum’s “2010 Greater Richmond Companies to Watch” event....

Red flags while job hunting Unemployed and feeling desperate? This is no time to drop your guard and inadvertently expose your personal data to identity...

There are lots of ways to define ethical behavior. Pat Farrell, the CEO of Henrico Doctors’ Hospital, asked students in Jackie Herrmann’s sports...

BB&T Corp. Chairman John Allison blames government policy for the cause of the financial crisis and says U.S. “will be a Third World country...