Bobalicious, which opened its first store in Mechanicsville about a year ago, will open a location this weekend in Hampton Roads.
Banking on the bubble (tea)
Michael Schwartz
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The R&D Dept.: Local Patents for 6.6.12
A patent for a high-tech wound dressing from a Richmond company. A local man invents a training system for bank shots in billiards. And a Mechanicsville company gets a patent for an automated bowling system.
100 acres, up for auction
Portions of a largely undeveloped commerce park in King William County are headed for the auction block.
Peoples Bank’s flag comes down
First Community Bank just sealed a deal to acquire the Richmond bank for $40.6 million, and its CEO is still looking to grow.
Forget the nitty-gritty
VCU says a $1 million lawsuit filed against it should be tossed out because the school is considered a “governmental instrumentality for the dissemination of education.”
Silver lining in store’s closing
A Carytown fixture is calling it quits after five decades, but it’s “a good time to be a property owner.”
Trading Day: Inside the SEC filings for 5.31.12
A local bank CEO goes on a stock-buying spree, another local CEO cashes in on a $1 million stock award, and Media General gets a hold of some of the cash from its deal with Berkshire Hathaway.
Virginia scores another role on the big screen
Richmond had Daniel Day-Lewis and Steven Spielberg. Now another Virginia city is getting Tom Hanks.
‘Unorthodox’ twist in unusual case
Convicted Richmond fraudster John Ross Greer is going back to prison after pleading guilty on Tuesday to scamming customers who thought they were renting exotic vacation properties. And to the surprise of two judges, Greer will keep running the business until he reports to jail.
A shot of accelerant
Intelliject lands a $15 million loan to finance the development of its next generation of products.