Michael Schwartz

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Central Virginia Bank gets a second star

CVB HQ

While waiting to be acquired, the local bank took a step up in a first-quarter rating of all federally insured financial institutions.

The R&D Dept.: Local patents for 6.19.13

Light bulb

Patents this week include a method for tracking waste from collection to recycling. Plus patents for Phillip Morris, Afton Chemical and more.

Capital Square rounds out its parameters

Ashford Club Apartments

Six months after its first acquisition, an upstart real estate investment firm just sealed its second deal and has more in the works.