Two professors have joined forces and started their own accounting practice at the busiest time of year.
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Dominion Club members take a swing at Hunt
A committee of creditors says that HHHunt Corp. wants to own a West End golf club but walk away from more than $11.6 million in obligations to the club’s creditors.
Monday Q&A: An injection of patience
Richmond drug device maker Intelliject recently received its 90th patent.
Richmond names head of economic development
Lee Downey will take over a department that has not had a leader since September 2009.
Trading Day: Inside the SEC filings for 4.15.11
Proxy season continues, and Atria’s head honcho makes more than all other CEOs in town, and by a long shot. Plus the buying binge of a local REIT continues. And some turnover in the executive ranks and boards of two local banks.
The stagecoach rolls forward
Wells Fargo is starting the process of rebranding local Wachovia branches.
The R&D Dept.: Local Patents for 4.13.11
Some interesting patents this week including a new invention for local startup Intelliject, a flower stem wrapper and genetic soybean research. And just in time for margarita season, a new blender design from the brains at Hamilton Beach in Glen Allen.
The acquisition that wasn’t
One of Richmond’s biggest law firms was rebuffed last year in its attempted takeover of a West Coast firm.
Richmond agent guilty of fraud
Julius Everett “Bud” Johnson pleaded guilty in federal court in a suit that charged him with conspiracy to commit mail, wire and bank fraud, and engaging in unlawful monetary transactions.
Markel ventures east — as in Far East
The Richmond-based specialty insurer got the green light for an office in mainland China.