Posted on 10/3/16
Saving Capitalism: A Restless Senator’s New Obsession
Sen. Mark R. Warner sighed and stopped to confront two aides staring at their phones and leading him in circles around downtown Philadelphia. On Day?2 of . . .
Posted on 10/3/16
Pitch Competitions Bring Money, Exposure To Small Businesses
Four minutes. That’s how long the 25-year-old owners of FluxTeq were given to pitch their startup business to judges during the Virginia Velocity Tour last month.FluxTeq . . .
Posted on 10/3/16
Century-Old Drug Store To Close Doors
Peoples Drug Store, a Strasburg institution located at 145 E. King St., will be closing its doors at the end of the business day on Tuesday. . . .
Posted on 10/3/16
Norfolk-Based USA Discounters Agrees To Forgive $10.5 Million In Debt To Virginia Consumers
A Norfolk-based retailer that sold furniture, appliances, jewelry and other products on credit to military families has agreed to provide nearly $100 million worth of restitution . . .
Posted on 10/3/16
U.S. Army Corps Of Engineers Approves Permit For Revised U.S. 460 Project; State Funding Still Undecided
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has cleared the way for construction of a new U.S. 460 from Suffolk to Zuni, but the $425 million project . . .
Posted on 10/3/16
Slow And Steady Revitalization Efforts In Olde Hampton Bearing Fruit
A once proud history in Hampton's Olde Hampton neighborhood has long been overshadowed by the area's economic woes, but more than a decade of redevelopment efforts . . .
Posted on 10/3/16
Newport News Shipbuilding Gets New Welding Gear — And New Security Fears
Building aircraft carriers and submarines inherently comes with keeping secrets. But what happens in a world where most every device – the so-called “Internet of Things” . . .
Posted on 10/3/16
Blacksburg Startup Stays Lean, Surviving From One Pitch Competition To The Next
A pair of recent Virginia Tech graduates are bootstrapping a nascent tech company out of a one-room office that looks more like a tinkerer’s garage than . . .
Posted on 10/3/16
'Super Polluters' Tainting Shenandoah Valley Air
A handful of "super polluters," factories that spew into the regional air flow zone for the Shenandoah Valley, are affecting the quality of what we breathe . . .
Posted on 10/3/16
MWAA And United Airlines Sign Long-Term Lease At Dulles
The Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority and United Airlines have agreed to sign an extension of the Airport Use Agreement and Premises Lease at Dulles International Airport . . .
Posted on 10/3/16
Altria Group Inc.'s Biggest Failure in 2016 So Far
IMAGE SOURCE: PHILIP MORRIS INTERNATIONAL.Over the long run, Altria Group (NYSE:MO) has done an impressive job of navigating changing trends in the tobacco industry and dealing . . .
Posted on 10/3/16
TerraForm Power Inc.'s Biggest Win in 2016 So Far
IMAGE SOURCE: GETTY IMAGES.Slowly but surely, TerraForm Power (NASDAQ:TERP) is setting itself up for a future without SunEdison. Its bankrupt parent company has agreed to settle . . .
Posted on 10/3/16
Who Is Controlling The Price Of Sirius XM Stock?
A recent Seeking Alpha article by Valuentum on Sirius XM Holdings (NASDAQ:SIRI) had a comment addressed to me that began: CN- something is seriously wrong with . . .
Posted on 10/3/16
Cool Talk Alert: Learn the Secrets of Successful PR at 1776
There comes a time in every young startup’s existence when the moment is ripe to tell your story to the media. But how
Posted on 10/3/16
ShipLync Comes Out on Top in the #VinettaProjectDC $20K Challenge
On Thursday evening a who’s-who of the #dctech scene gathered at Social Tables HQ downtown to watch the finals
Posted on 10/3/16
Elixir Programmers No Longer Have to Travel To NoVa — DC Just Got its Own Meetup
An up and coming programming language called Elixir is getting its very own D.C. meetup, thanks to developers Nathan
Posted on 10/3/16
Meet the ‘Recovering Linguist’ Who Helps Run DC Natural Language Processing Meetup
Elizabeth Merkhofer describes herself on Twitter as a “recovering linguist.” That’s because she jumped ship to data science.
Posted on 10/3/16
Cooke Foundation Seeks Applicants for $40,000 College Scholarship
The application period opened today for the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation College Scholarship Program. This is the largest undergraduate scholarship in the nation, providing up to . . .
Posted on 10/3/16
Turkish Airlines Opens First Lounge in the U.S.
Turkish Airlines, which was recently named "Best Airline ofEurope" for the sixth consecutive year by Skytrax*, celebrated the official opening of its prestigious first lounge in . . .
Posted on 10/3/16
AFCEA International Celebrates 70 Years of Service
More than 200 military and business dignitaries gathered last night to commemorate the creation of the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association (AFCEA). The organization, established . . .
Posted on 10/3/16
Paralyzed Veterans of America to be Honored by National Fertility Association with Award for Advocacy
Paralyzed Veterans of America (Paralyzed Veterans) is proud to announce that it will be honored with the Hope Award for Advocacy by non-profit organization, RESOLVE. The . . .
Posted on 10/3/16
FCi Federal Unveils New Headquarters Office
ASHBURN, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--FCi Federal (FCi) announced its new headquarters location, tripling its office space, to accommodate the company’s rapid growth and future expansion plans. The new . . .
Posted on 10/3/16
U.S.-Based Biopesticides Association Rapidly Expanding Along With Industry Growth
WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Biopesticide Industry Alliance (BPIA), the U.S.-based trade association representing the biopesticide industry, marked several milestones in September during its largest-ever semi-annual meeting in Arlington, . . .
Posted on 10/3/16
Allen Economic Development Corp. Receives Excellence in Economic Development Awards
WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Allen Economic Development Corporation (Allen EDC) received several Excellence in Economic Development Awards from the International Economic Development Council (IEDC).These include a Gold award for . . .
Posted on 10/2/16
The Cordish Companies' Live! Casino & Hotel Named "Best Casino" In Maryland By Casino Player Magazine
The Cordish Companies' Live! Casino & Hotel has been named the BEST CASINO IN MARYLAND by Casino Player Magazine, the leading national publication covering the gaming . . .
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