Bob Hilb’s shopping spree continues, and his buying power just got recharged.
Insurance brokerage adds firms to the fold
Michael Schwartz
Michael Schwartz is the editor of Richmond BizSense, and covers banking, lawsuits, finance, M&A and golf. He can be reached at [email protected] or 804-855-1037.
Dominion Club owners hit with a 9-iron
Nine former members of the Dominion Club have sued the club’s owners and operators in an attempt to recoup almost $100,000 in membership initiation deposits.
Trading Day: Inside local SEC filings for 1.10.13
A recently retired local CEO gives up more than 100,000 shares after leaving his post. Another local chief executive cashes in a $1 million stock option. And plenty of other insider sales and purchases.
Go condo shopping on the courthouse steps
A Fan property owned by an imprisoned Norfolk developer will be put up for sale Friday at a foreclosure auction.
Bank grafts a new branch onto its tree
A bank’s vacant branch in Mechanicsville is getting new life from the competition.
Local SunTrust chief out amid shuffle
Gail Letts, president and chief executive of SunTrust Bank’s Central Virginia operations, is leaving her post.
Union First takes second swipe at branches
Richmond’s biggest bank closed four more locations before 2012 ended.
Trading Day: Inside local SEC filings for 1.3.13
Santa was kind as several local executives cashed in on big money stock options. A director on the board of one of Richmond’s biggest companies calls it quits. And a Midlothian bank gets out of hot water with its stock market after its share price climbed back up in recent weeks.
The R&D Dept.: Local patents for 1.2.13
Several of Richmond’s biggest companies start the new year with new patents including Phillip Morris, Tredegar, Capital One and a local firm called TransThought. The R&D Dept. gives you leads on all the innovations local companies are working.
Our favorite BizSense stories of 2012
These picks weren’t necessarily the most widely read of our stories. But their intriguing – and sometimes peculiar – details and characters made them stand out among the hundreds of stories we published this year.