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Foreclosures for 3.9.10
Foreclosures increased in Chesterfield and Henrico compared to last week, while Richmond City saw its numbers drop by more than half.
Capital One CEO pay drops by one third
Richard Fairbank, CEO and chairman of McLean-based credit card company Capital One Financial Corp, took a pay cut last year. But he still made off with $11 million. According to the company’s proxy statements, Fairbank earned $11.09 million in total compensation, a 35 percent drop from 2008. Fairbanks made $7 million from stock awards and… Read more »
Guest Opinion: For whom the bell tolls
The new governor wants to create 29,000 jobs. And Congress may pass a new jobs bill. In this week’s Guest Opinion, local attorney Tom Bowden wonders if how that is supposed to work.
NewsFeeds 3.4.10
Ukrop’s sale costing area Supervalu jobs (Times-Dispatch) The first sting of pain from the sale of Ukrop’s Super Markets Inc. will cost about 80 jobs at its main supplier, Supervalu Inc. Is the federal stimulus creating jobs in Virginia? (Virginia Business) Where are slow-moving stimulus dollars going in Virginia, and are they creating jobs? Gay… Read more »
Monday Q&A: A class with South University’s president
Troy Ralston is the president of Richmond’s newest institution of higher learning, South University. The university opened for classes in October at its campus in West Broad Village in Short Pump.
Retailers rally for online tax bill
Packed into Senate Room 2 were brick-and-mortar retailers wearing campaign style buttons with slogans like, “Stop Internet Tax Evasion;” absent was Amazon, or any other major target of the bill, which according to Nancy Thomas, president and CEO of the Retail Merchants Association, is precisely the reason for the bill’s necessity. “Virginia retailers give back… Read more »
‘Amazon’ bill headed to the House
Amazon has a history of avoiding state sales taxes, and Virginia’s online
sales tax bill is something they’ve seen before. The retail behemoth has
avoided paying a sales tax in four states where it had an affiliate program,
and has tied up another state’s law in court for nearly two years.
Small-screen appearances mean big business
Four Richmond businesses have used the national spotlight to sell their brands and boost their exposure beyond Richmond. But what they say is true, the camera adds a few pounds.
Short Pump U
Another for-profit private university is cropping up in Short Pump, leasing more than 50,000 square feet at the former S&K Menswear warehouse.