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November 25, 2009
Business Briefs for Nov. 25
A legal maneuver by Smithfield Foods Inc. is likely to send an unfair-labor-practices complaint to federal investigators in Washington and will delay a...
November 24, 2009
Business briefs for Nov. 24
A bioscience and healthcare business incubator in the United Kingdom has signed a collaborative partnership agreement with the Virginia BioTechnology Research...
Realtor says ghost might be selling point
A Realtor is working with a ghost hunter to determine if a spirit or two occupies a 200-year-old house that she listed for sale. She figures it will be...
November 23, 2009
Leader of Verizon’s Va. operations is driven to solve
When Robert W. Woltz Jr. walked up to the “cord-board” in Petersburg on his second day with the phone company, he stepped to a corner of the...
Tim McCready makes, and teaches the making of, handmade furniture
Brad Armstrong likes building furniture. “But I’m not very good at it,“ said Armstrong, a partner at The Martin Agency, the Richmond-based...
60 Seconds with: Cathy McCarthy
CATHY McCARTHY Metro Business asked Cathy McCarthy, a senior vice president at Henrico County-based SnagAJob.com, an hourly and part-time job-listing Web...
Using social media to drive business to your Web site
Use social media to get people to your Web site Q:I am a small-business owner with a limited advertising budget. How can I drive more attention to my Web...
Metro Business calendar for Nov. 23
MONDAY, NOV. 23 Greater Richmond Chamber offers “Business Exit Strategies—Protecting Your Assets,“ 11:30 a.m., Chesterfield Department...
Holiday shopping brings out counterfeiters
It’s the season for trafficking counterfeit money. As shoppers flock to stores and overwhelm cashiers, and as new hires take to the registers, counterfeiters...
November 22, 2009
How seniors can steer clear of money woes
Ah, the golden years, a time for dreaming about retirement—or kicking back and enjoying the fruits of one’s labor after decades in the working...
November 20, 2009
Business Briefs for Nov. 20
Richmond Times-Dispatch President and Publisher Thomas A. Silvestri has been elected chairman of the American Press Institute. The institute, based in...
November 19, 2009
Rancher saved from wrecking ball becomes energy-efficient
The house wasn’t historic or in any way unusual—just a plain brick and vinyl rancher like thousands of others built in the 1960s and ‘70s....
November 18, 2009
Business Briefs for Nov. 18
After 22 years, Spinnaker’s Restaurant in the Chesterfield Towne Center has closed. The eatery officially shuttered Sunday after an issue with The...
November 17, 2009
Business Briefs for Nov. 17
The State Corporation Commission says Virginia’s goal reducing electricity consumption by 10 percent by lowering demand and improving efficiency...
November 16, 2009
E-mailing large files despite attachment limits
Dear PropellerHeads: Sometimes I need to send large files to my co-workers, but my e-mail provider’s limit on attachment size makes this impossible....
Metro Business calendar for week of Nov. 16
MONDAY, NOV. 16 Greater Richmond Chamber offers “QuickBooks Payroll,“ 11:30 a.m., Hanover Department of Economic Development, 9097 Atlee Station...
Benefits, risks of using social media in the workplace
Most companies have learned that social media can be an innovative marketing and branding tool. Chip Farmer, executive director of RichTech in Richmond,...
November 15, 2009
Freshmen urged to get financial lives on track
Freshmen can avoid money woes College freshmen, listen up. Get your financial life on track this first semester—or you may wind up making mistakes...
Gordonsville couple give U.Va. $5 million for diabetes research
Paul and Diane Manning had no family history of Type 1 diabetes until both of their children developed the disease, but they’re making a historic...
November 14, 2009
Golden Hammer Awards: Top renovation projects recognized
The Alliance to Conserve Old Richmond Neighborhoods presented its annual Golden Hammer Awards this week for the best renovations in the Richmond area....
November 13, 2009
Mark Smith, owner of 4 Midas shops, named Retailer of the Year
Mark Smith was named 2009 Retailer of the Year by the Retail Merchants Association yesterday. Smith, who owns four area Midas Auto Service Experts locations,...
November 12, 2009
Business Briefs for Nov. 12
The MBA program at the University of Richmond’s Robins School of Business was ranked the 17th best part-time program in country by BusinessWeek....
November 11, 2009
Estes transports World Trade Center steel back to New York
It wasn’t a load for Mitch Kattan. It was an honor. For former members of the American armed forces such as Kattan, their military service gives...
Business Briefs for Nov. 11
Tobacco company Star Scientific Inc. has six months to get its stock price above $1 per share or face possible delisting from the Nasdaq stock exchange....
November 09, 2009
Core Consulting adds clients after tough 2008
Rick Mears likes how Core Consulting looks at the decision-making process from all angles when it provides information-technology strategy and advice to...
Biz Buzz: Trio hopes to create buzz in home sales market
Three former University of Richmond students are trying to make it easier for homeowners to sell their houses. The three—Mike Gray, Mark Hickman...
Complete Metro Business Calendar for Nov. 9
MONDAY, NOV. 9 Career-Prospectors,
60 Seconds with: Steve Kimball
STEVE KIMBALL Metro Business talked to Steve Kimball, managing director of Tuscan Advisors, a Henrico County-based business consulting firm. He also is...
Increasing bottom line is focus of panel talk
Are you so busy running your business that you’re oblivious to what’s going on in the marketplace? That can hurt your company, warns Rob Eastep,...
November 07, 2009
Business Briefs for Nov. 7
Philip Morris USA and two other cigarette companies can stop making payments to tobacco farmers in Maryland and Pennsylvania through a decade-old settlement....
