Drew Jackson

March Madness for stock analysis

The University of Richmond has a bad outbreak of March Madness. But a team of crack finance students are trying to go to the Big Dance for another tournament.

Foreclosures 3.16.10

Eleven properties in this week’s list have defaulted loan values of more that $250,000, with Chesterfield seeing a particularly expensive property that had a value of $877,100.

S&K alumni start their own booster club

S&K Menswear is just a memory, but the bonds are still tight. Four former executives still work together, but not in the same way. They each own their own businesses and hire each other.

Local firms hired to help Ukrop’s morph into Martin’s

The 25 Ukrop’s stores purchased by Dutch grocer Ahold will be closed for a week as they get a facelift and a spring cleaning before becoming Martin’s grocery stores. Local firms are doing most of the work.

Foreclosures for 3.9.10

Foreclosures increased in Chesterfield and Henrico compared to last week, while Richmond City saw its numbers drop by more than half.

House committee kills online sales tax bill

After a house finance subcommittee voted to kill the proposed online sales tax bill, sponsor Senator Emmett Hanger (R-Augusta) has vowed to revive the cause during next year’s session.

‘I wanted ownership’

When S&K Menswear closed last year, Scott Ilnicky found himself out of work for the first time in 20 years. Now he’s the second former S&K-er to set out on his own in the apparel business with his business partner/wife.