VMFA, VCU announce record $115 million cash gift (Times-Dispatch)
In an announcement made Thursday afternoon in the museum’s Marble Hall, they said nearly $70 million will go to the VMFA to create a restricted art purchase endowment and to support the museum’s recent expansion. VCU’s $45 million will go to the university’s medical campus for research and prevention of cancer and other degenerative diseases.
Virginia Beach buys land near City Hall for $7.84M (Virginian-Pilot)
With an eye to the future, the city has purchased the Brown Farm for $7.84 million.
Cadillac Escalade most popular with car thieves (USA Today)
The Cadillac Escalade remains one of the most stolen cars in the U.S., according to the Highway Loss Data Institute. But the top of the list is also studded with a bunch of heavy-duty pickups.
The Slow Disappearance of the American Working Man (Business Week)
A smaller share of men have jobs today than at any time since World War II.
The Impossible, Inevitable Redemption of Michael Vick (GQ)
Not business news, but neat reading for the weekend: After his string of transcendent performances last season—including five TDs in one half on Monday Night Football—it’s easy to forget that only two years ago, Vick was a third-stringer just out of federal prison. But in winning our forgiveness, has he really convinced us that he’s a changed man? Or does it just not matter when you play football like Michael Vick?
Steve Jobs: Timeline of the Entrepreneur (Inc.)
A really neat slideshow.
VMFA, VCU announce record $115 million cash gift (Times-Dispatch)
In an announcement made Thursday afternoon in the museum’s Marble Hall, they said nearly $70 million will go to the VMFA to create a restricted art purchase endowment and to support the museum’s recent expansion. VCU’s $45 million will go to the university’s medical campus for research and prevention of cancer and other degenerative diseases.
Virginia Beach buys land near City Hall for $7.84M (Virginian-Pilot)
With an eye to the future, the city has purchased the Brown Farm for $7.84 million.
Cadillac Escalade most popular with car thieves (USA Today)
The Cadillac Escalade remains one of the most stolen cars in the U.S., according to the Highway Loss Data Institute. But the top of the list is also studded with a bunch of heavy-duty pickups.
The Slow Disappearance of the American Working Man (Business Week)
A smaller share of men have jobs today than at any time since World War II.
The Impossible, Inevitable Redemption of Michael Vick (GQ)
Not business news, but neat reading for the weekend: After his string of transcendent performances last season—including five TDs in one half on Monday Night Football—it’s easy to forget that only two years ago, Vick was a third-stringer just out of federal prison. But in winning our forgiveness, has he really convinced us that he’s a changed man? Or does it just not matter when you play football like Michael Vick?
Steve Jobs: Timeline of the Entrepreneur (Inc.)
A really neat slideshow.