April 27, 2009 12:04 AM
Bassett Furniture Industries Inc., a furniture manufacturer based in Bassett, announced moves to save between $7 million and $8 million. About 50 jobs will be eliminated companywide, including 10 at the company headquarters.
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April 27, 2009 12:00 AM
George Washington University bought a building for its Virginia campus at University Center in Ashburn.
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April 27, 2009 12:00 AM
As long as Jeff Sties can remember, he wanted to be an architect. And he wanted to build green.
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April 27, 2009 12:00 AM
Ken Smith had long known that he was sitting on a potential gold mine. With 520 acres just outside of Warrenton, the dairy farmer could have sold his land to developers and retired with millions in the bank.
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April 27, 2009 12:00 AM
The future of Roanoke-based Shenandoah Life Insurance Co. is in the hands of state regulators, who are trying to determine if the company can be saved.
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April 27, 2009 12:00 AM
Afton Chemical Corp., a Richmond-based manufacturer of petroleum additive products, released a new detergent product for diesel engines, Greenclean, intended to substantially reduce emissions without sacrificing engine performance. (News release)
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April 27, 2009 12:00 AM
Martha Jefferson Hospital has begun construction on a new hospital building that will open in 2012 on an 88-acre site in the Peter Jefferson Place business park in Albemarle County.
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April 27, 2009 12:00 AM
ABC Supply Co. Inc., a distributor of roofing and exterior building materials, based in Beloit, Wis., bought Chesapeake Siding and Roofing, a Chesapeake-based construction supplies company.
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April 27, 2009 12:00 AM
The City of Virginia Beach has signed a deal with Norfolk Southern Corp. to buy an old railroad right-of-way that it could use to extend the light-rail system now under construction in Norfolk.
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April 27, 2009 12:00 AM
Recent economic development announcements in Newport News promise to create 3,300 jobs and $2.1 billion in investment.
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