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.

Trading Day: Inside local SEC filings for 10.25.12

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A local bank names its new CFO and reveals her pay package. One of Richmond’s biggest companies announces a major closure, while another reveals an overseas acquisition. And a veteran of the medical industry is the newest member of a local board.

The R&D Dept.: Local patents for 10.24.12

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A busy week for the R&D Dept. with patents from Afton Chemical, a local drug company, a man in Petersburg, and a company that deals in sludge.

Big deal for broker

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An investment firm founded two years ago in Richmond has been sold.

Calif.-based REIT buys West Broad Village

The bustling center’s developer had to hold the property a little longer than expected, but a complex deal with a tangential connection to a certain presidential hopeful finally came through.

Hank Wilton’s long goodbye

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The bankrupt local developer’s stake in the company his father founded will likely go to the highest bidder, and there’s a fat finder’s fee available if the stalking horse doesn’t win.

Trading Day: Inside local SEC filings for 10.18.12

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An executive is leaving his post. A local REIT pulls the plug on a big acquisition. Plus earnings season begins with numbers out this week from CarMax and Media General.

Toast of the town

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Virginia’s ever-expanding craft beer economy was on display last week at the Great American Beer Festival, and one of the commonwealth’s breweries received some serious accolades.

Firm gets on its feet

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One of Richmond’s newest investment banking firms can celebrate its first official deal.