Richmond to study feasibility of Shockoe ballpark project (Times-Dispatch)
Richmond Mayor Dwight C. Jones has enlisted the city’s financial advisers to test the feasibility of a proposed ballpark development for Shockoe Bottom. The city is spending $100,000 to get an outside review of the $363 million Shockoe Center project.
Controversial Norfolk property for sale (Inside Business)
Free once you register: Oh, the irony of it all. The land Norfolk Redevelopment and Housing Authority tried to condemn for a possible parking lot for the Mid-Atlantic Coca-Cola Bottling Plant on Monticello Avenue is for sale. The property is for sale – at the same price, $560,000, the housing authority offered the owner in 2004.
Obama Acts to Aid Small Businesses (NY Times)
The administration’s plan included provisions increasing loan guarantees for small business to 90 percent of the loan value to encourage banks and other lenders to extend credit, and waiving the Small Business Administration’s loan fees and requiring banks that received federal bailout money to report each month how much small-business lending they did.
Economic slump drives used car sales, prices up (USA Today)
While new car sales continue to fall, many dealers are finding buyers are willing to spring for a good used car instead. The volume of used cars sold through dealers rose 3.1% in February compared with last year, the first year-over-year increase in 12 months, reports CNW Marketing Research. By contrast, new car sales slid 41.4% in February from a year ago.
The strange psychology of the workplace departure e-mail (Slate)
The standard goodbye e-mail is a model of outstanding impulse control, especially considering the nonstandard circumstances that surround many leave-takings today. A lot of people are getting pink-slipped, most not for cause. That the workplace norms would still have the recently dumped omit any mention of anger or ambivalence is striking.
Overhauling Your IT Department (Inc.)
Like many companies, when it comes to IT, you might say 2nd Wind had let itself go a little. In 2007, when CFO Tom Kelly joined the exercise-equipment retailer, he discovered that the company’s tech systems were in a state of neglect. Here, Kelly opens up his books and reveals where he’s spending his IT dollars now.
Richmond to study feasibility of Shockoe ballpark project (Times-Dispatch)
Richmond Mayor Dwight C. Jones has enlisted the city’s financial advisers to test the feasibility of a proposed ballpark development for Shockoe Bottom. The city is spending $100,000 to get an outside review of the $363 million Shockoe Center project.
Controversial Norfolk property for sale (Inside Business)
Free once you register: Oh, the irony of it all. The land Norfolk Redevelopment and Housing Authority tried to condemn for a possible parking lot for the Mid-Atlantic Coca-Cola Bottling Plant on Monticello Avenue is for sale. The property is for sale – at the same price, $560,000, the housing authority offered the owner in 2004.
Obama Acts to Aid Small Businesses (NY Times)
The administration’s plan included provisions increasing loan guarantees for small business to 90 percent of the loan value to encourage banks and other lenders to extend credit, and waiving the Small Business Administration’s loan fees and requiring banks that received federal bailout money to report each month how much small-business lending they did.
Economic slump drives used car sales, prices up (USA Today)
While new car sales continue to fall, many dealers are finding buyers are willing to spring for a good used car instead. The volume of used cars sold through dealers rose 3.1% in February compared with last year, the first year-over-year increase in 12 months, reports CNW Marketing Research. By contrast, new car sales slid 41.4% in February from a year ago.
The strange psychology of the workplace departure e-mail (Slate)
The standard goodbye e-mail is a model of outstanding impulse control, especially considering the nonstandard circumstances that surround many leave-takings today. A lot of people are getting pink-slipped, most not for cause. That the workplace norms would still have the recently dumped omit any mention of anger or ambivalence is striking.
Overhauling Your IT Department (Inc.)
Like many companies, when it comes to IT, you might say 2nd Wind had let itself go a little. In 2007, when CFO Tom Kelly joined the exercise-equipment retailer, he discovered that the company’s tech systems were in a state of neglect. Here, Kelly opens up his books and reveals where he’s spending his IT dollars now.