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Armfield, Harrison & Thomas,
a Leesburg-based insurance broker, was rated as
the sixth-largest practice in the country for
directors and officers liability by Tillinghast-Towers
Perrin’s Directors and Officers Liability
Survey. This is the 11th consecutive year the
firm has been noted as a top 10 D&O broker.
The survey also named AH&T among the top five
brokers servicing the technology, governmental
and non-profit fields. (02/27/04, Press release)
Framatome ANP, a Lynchburg
provider of services and support to the nuclear
power industry, adopted the name of its parent
company, AREVA. Better known outside the United
States, AREVA is a Paris-based energy company
and united its affiliated companies, operating
in 40 countries, under its global brand name.
(02/26/04, Press release)
Luna Technologies, a
Blacksburg-based company involved with fiber-optic
components, was named 2004 Communications Test
& Measurement Emerging Company of the Year
by Frost & Sullivan, a global growth consultant.
Luna’s ability to sustain growth in the
fiber optic component test market, which had
declined in the past year, was cited for the
award. (02/23/04, Business Wire)
Barber Martin Advertising,
a Richmond ad agency, received a Bronze Award
from the Retail Advertising and Marketing Association
for five print ads created for Norfolk’s
MacArthur Center Mall. (02/16/04, Press release)
McGuireWoods, a law firm
headquartered in Richmond, was ranked as one
of the Top Ten Bond Counsel firms in the southeastern
United States by The Bond Buyer during 2003.
The firm served as bond counsel to issues totaling
more than $2.1 billion in tax-exempt financings.
(02/13/04, Press release)
Washington and Lee University,
a private college in Lexington, raised $242.6
million during its latest capital campaign.
The school raised $168 million during the quiet
phase of the campaign. Proceeds will be applied
to financial aid, new professorships and a multi-million
dollar building plan. (02/10/04, Richmond
Times-Dispatch)
Anteon International, an
IT and systems engineering firm headquartered
in Fairfax, was named by Forbes Magazine to its
list of “The 25 Fastest Growing Technology
Stars,” based on exceptional growth rates
and profits. (02/05/04, PRNewswire)
Dallan Construction, a general
contracting firm based in Richmond, won the top
award among the Rising 25, an annual list of the
fastest growing private companies in the Richmond
area. The list is sponsored by the Greater Richmond
Chamber of Commerce; the accounting firm KPMG;
and the Richmond Times-Dispatch. (01/30/2004,
Richmond Times-Dispatch)
MicroStrategy, a McLean-headquartered
provider of business intelligence software,
won Intelligent Enterprise magazine’s
2004 Editor’s Choice Award as one of the
most influential firms in the field of intelligence
software. (01/29/2004, PRNewswire)
Virginia Tech has again
teamed with Apple Computer of Cupertino, Calif.
to construct a new supercomputer at the Blacksburg
campus. The new high-performance machine will
be built with Apple’s 64-bit Xserve G5
computer, a smaller unit than the G5s Tech used
to build a supercomputer that performs 10.3
trillion operations per second, third fastest
in the world. The Xserve units are expected
to produce a more efficient, faster machine.
(01/27/2004, The Roanoke Times)
The College of William &
Mary’s MBA program ranks 49th globally,
and 33rd among American business schools in
an annual ranking by Financial Times. W&M
ranked 56th internationally in 2003. (01/26/2004,
Press release)
