CarMax is giving away a $250 gas card every week for eight weeks to people who review cars at CarMax.com. Spokesman Chris Wilmore said the reviews are a valuable resource to web users, and so CarMax is putting a little cash on the line to help get the website’s users interacting. BizSense reported earlier in… Read more »
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Charlotte baseball team might fit in Richmond
Balpark Digest is reporting that the Tripple A Charlotte Nights are the most likely team to move to Richmond so far. According to the website, “Multiple sources in ownership ranks and the N.A. confirm the Charlotte Knights (Class AAA: International League) are first in line to claim the open Richmond market, with Ken Young and… Read more »
Golf Courses empty
Golf can’t be doing very well right now. I played at Brickshire in New Kent County on Sunday morning and hardly saw another golfer – which was great for me. We teed off at 11:00 and I saw one, maybe two other groups out on the course. The clubhouse grill was closed by 4:00 when… Read more »
Let’s make a deal – Virginia companies still shopping for possible acquisitions
Nobody seems to have read this chapter. “Banks used to ask us how we were doing. Now we ask them how they’re doing.” – Scott Ferros, senior VP and CFO at Blackhawk Products Group. Despite tenuous economic times, a panel of deal makers from major companies around Richmond said yesterday that deals are still getting… Read more »
CarMax laying off 600; 15 in Richmond
Goochland-based CarMax announced Wednesday it is laying of 600 service workers at dealerships and reconditioning shops all over the map. Fifteen workers in Richmond will be laid off, according to a company spokesperson. The company employs 1,150 workers at the Goochland headquarters and two local dealerships.
A list of Richmond companies to watch
An upcoming event that selects some of the most promising startups and new companies in Central Virginia has released a list of nominees. The Greater Richmond Companies to Watch event is October 29 at Toad’s Place.
More Prostitutes in Richmond?
Economic downturns can be boom times for prostitutes, according to an economist who has studied the oldest profession for decades.
Genworth Is Considering Spinoff of Mortgage Insurer
Genworth Financial Inc. is considering a spinoff of its U.S. mortgage insurance business amid the housing slump. The stock jumped 22 percent in early trading. You can read the story here.
Reader Mail Bag: An irate downtown condo owner
When it rains, it pours. We got more emails on Wednesday than any other day in our brief history. A quick overview: On Wednesday ran a story that said around half of the balconies in the two downtown condo towers – Vistas on the James and Riverside on the James – have no patio furniture…. Read more »
Outsted Circuit City CEO departing Richmond?
Richmond has few recruiters who place CEOs of Schoonover’s pay level, and his skills would make him more of a national candidate. Forgetting for a moment that former Circuit City CEO Philip Schoonover might have sold his Goochland home (BizSense has not confirmed it yet), one local recruiter says local companies will be hard-pressed to… Read more »