Posted on 6/6/16
Enduring Hearts and The Erik Compton Foundation Team Up for Charity Golf Classic
Non-profit organizations Enduring Hearts and The Erik Compton Foundation (the Foundation of two-time heart transplant recipient and PGA tour player Erik Compton) are partnering to host . . .
Posted on 6/6/16
Greater Washington Nonprofits Receive $620,000 from Bank of America
Bank of America today announced 24 local nonprofits will receive a total of $620,000 to increase educational and workforce development opportunities in the Greater Washington region. . . .
Posted on 6/6/16
Retailers, Restaurant, and Beverage Associations Urge Lawmakers to Drop Anti-Business “Warning Label” Legislation
The Maryland Retailers Association, Restaurant Association of Maryland, and the Maryland-Delaware-D.C. Beverage Association are urging city lawmakers to reject deeply flawed, anti-business legislation that would force . . .
Posted on 6/6/16
Welocalize Earns Recognition as a John Deere Partner-Level Supplier
Welocalize, global leader in innovative translation and localization solutions, has earned recognition as a Partner-Level Supplier in the John Deere Achieving Excellence Program. The Partner-Level status . . .
Posted on 6/6/16
Finding a New Normal Hosts Open House to Promote Accessible and Sustainable Design Proceeds to Benefit Retrofit of Home for Disabled Girl
The public is invited to tour a state-of- the-art, universally designed and sustainable home, to benefit the Handy family of Glen Burnie, MD. The family’s daughter, Sarah, . . .
Posted on 6/6/16
$200,000 Awarded For Further Training Of Local Manufacturing Employees
Gov. Terry McAuliffe announced Friday that the Piedmont Workforce Network has been awarded $200,000 in funding to assist manufacturers in the region in providing training and . . .
Posted on 6/6/16
Richmond's Brewery Deal Cost Three Times More Than Others In State
Stone Brewing Co.’s announcement a year and a half ago that it would open its East Coast expansion brewery in Richmond was widely celebrated as a . . .
Posted on 6/6/16
State OKs Addition Of Two Turbines At Hanover Site
The State Corporation Commission has approved the construction of two additional generating units capable of producing 340 megawatts of electricity at the Doswell Energy Center in . . .
Posted on 6/6/16
Litigation, Road Trips And Investor Woes: A Struggling Blacksburg Startup's Fight To Stay Alive
The Virginia Tech Corporate Research Center has sued a former tenant for the first time in more than 20 years, saying a once promising Blacksburg startup . . .
Posted on 6/6/16
Segall Group Opening Regional Office In Rosslyn
Baltimore-based Segall Group, a retail real estate firm, is opening a Washington, D.C., regional office in Rosslyn.“With over half of our business coming from the DC . . .
Posted on 6/6/16
Why Lumber Liquidators Holdings Inc's Shares Plunged 12% in May
What: Shares of flooring retailer Lumber Liquidators Holdings Inc (NYSE:LL) fell 12.1% in May, according to data provided by S&P Global Market Intelligence, after the company . . .
Posted on 6/6/16
Better Buy: Huntington Ingalls Industries vs. Northrop Grumman
It's been five years since Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) made the strategic decision to spin off its (then) barely profitable military shipbuilding business. Five long years . . .
Posted on 6/6/16
Will Altria Group Raise Its Dividend Soon?
ALTRIA HQ. IMAGE SOURCE: ALTRIA GROUP.Few stocks have the dividend history that Altria Group (NYSE:MO) boasts. Long-term shareholders have gotten decades' worth of dividend increases over . . .
Posted on 6/6/16
How SunEdison's Bankruptcy Impacts TerraForm Power and TerraForm Global
CLOUDY SKIES AHEAD. IMAGE SOURE: TERRAFORM CORPORATE PRESENTATIONOne of North America's largest renewable energy companies, SunEdison,filed for bankruptcy last month, with debts totaling roughly $16.1 billion. . . .
Posted on 6/6/16
It Could Take Years for TerraForm Power and TerraForm Global Bets to Pay Off
IMAGE SOURCE: SUNEDISON.TerraForm Power Inc (NASDAQ:TERP) and TerraForm Global Inc (NASDAQ:GLBL) could be big winners for investors over the next few years. Their implied dividend yields . . .
Posted on 6/6/16
Bondholders to TerraForm Power and TerraForm Global: You're in Default
IMAGE SOURCE: SUNEDISON.SunEdison (NASDAQOTH:SUNEQ) is already bankrupt, but the problems at its yieldcosTerraForm Power (NASDAQ:TERP) and TerraForm Global (NASDAQ:GLBL) are just beginning. This week, it was . . .
Posted on 6/6/16
Lockheed Martin Downgrade Puts Entire Defense Industry at Risk
DEFENSE STOCKS HAVE BEEN UP ENORMOUSLY DURING THE PAST YEAR; IS IT TIME FOR THE SUN TO FINALLY SET? Up 23% over the past 52 weeks, . . .
Posted on 6/6/16
Ciena Corporation Soars and Box Inc Slumps As Stocks Rise
Stocks opened with losses on Thursday but marched higher through the trading session to reach solid gains. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES:^DJI) rose 49 points . . .
Posted on 6/6/16
How the Peace Corps Teamed up with Duolingo to Create Language Courses
What’s a Peace Corps volunteer to do when they get evacuated from their country of service months before the end
Posted on 6/6/16
Inside MakeOffices’ New Clarendon Coworking Space
My family moved a couple of times when I was a kid, and the months before the move were always filled with weekend
Posted on 6/5/16
MainStreet Bank is Founding Partner of Arlington Community Radio
MainStreet Bank (OTCQB: MNSB) in the truest sense of community banking has become a founding partner of Arlington's community radio station WERA 96.7 FM. The radio . . .
Posted on 6/5/16
Union Bankshares Corp. Opens Loan Production Office in Charlotte, North Carolina
Union Bankshares Corporation today announced the hiring of a team of commercial bankers and the opening of a loan production office in Charlotte, North Carolina. The . . .
Posted on 6/3/16
The Coming Commercial Real Estate Bust
There was a time when you could walk into a Sharper Image store and fiddle with an assortment of high-tech gadgets. Alas, the company’s bankruptcy relegated . . .
Posted on 6/3/16
Ciena Corporation Soars and Box Inc Slumps As Stocks Rise
Stocks opened with losses on Thursday but marched higher through the trading session to reach solid gains. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES:^DJI) rose 49 points . . .
Posted on 6/3/16
Why Choice Hotels International Inc.'s Shares Plunged 10% in May
What: Shares of Choice Hotels International Inc. (NYSE:CHH) fell 10.4% in May, according to data provided by S&P Global Market Intelligence, after the company reported less-than-stellar . . .
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