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Milestones: Virginia companies celebrating big anniversaries in 2025

Even amid the AI revolution currently underway, there are viable signs of stability. The global AI market could grow twenty-fivefold — from $189 billion in 2023 to $4.8 trillion — by 2033, according to a report this year from the United Nations. Containing the largest concentration of data centers in the world, Virginia, too, has […]

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Inova Fairfax Medical Campus captures No.1 state ranking

Inova Fairfax Hospital ranks No. 1 in Va. for fifth year

Inova Fairfax Hospital in Falls Church has been ranked the No. 1 hospital in Virginia by U.S. News and World Report.

Industries

Virginia expands rural broadband with fiber focus

Virginia expands rural broadband with fiber focus

A student in class on a snow day. An elderly couple checking in with their doctor instead of driving to an office. A dairy farmer coordinating automatic milking machines hooked up to cows. All three examples include a commonality in today’s increasingly digital world: internet access. “It’s quality of life, it’s work, it is health […]

Real Estate

Compass sues Zillow over off-market listings ban

30-year mortgage rate dips slightly to 6.74%

The average rate on a 30-year U.S. mortgage eased this week, offering little relief for prospective homebuyers facing record-high home prices. The long-term rate slipped to 6.74% from 6.75% last week, mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday. A year ago, the rate averaged 6.78%. Borrowing costs on 15-year fixed-rate mortgages, popular with homeowners refinancing their home […]

Money

Reimagining regulations

Reimagining regulations

Banks and credit unions in Virginia are celebrating some early victories as President Donald Trump’s new administration has begun rolling back regulations and reconsidering the future of finance. “Under the new administration, there is a relook at a number of these policies that were objected to by the industry,” explains Atlantic Union Bankshares CEO John […]

Government

Fredericksburg weighs impact of federal job cuts

Fredericksburg weighs impact of federal job cuts

Northern Virginia politicians, all Democrats, started sounding the alarm immediately about federal job cuts and slashing of federal agencies’ budgets at the start of the second Trump administration in January. And there have been significant impacts in Fairfax and Arlington counties, as well as Alexandria, where the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development is […]

People

Parry Labs names chief growth officer

Parry Labs names chief growth officer

Defense tech company Parry Labs announced Thursday that Amber Walker has been appointed chief growth officer.

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Commonwealth Commercial Partners Expands Nashville Office with Strategic Leadership Hire

Commonwealth Commercial Partners Expands Nashville Office with Strategic Leadership Hire

Commonwealth Commercial Partners (CCP), a leading full-service commercial real estate firm, has expanded its Nashville office with the addition of Rob Hennes as Managing Director. This move supports CCP’s ongoing growth across the Southeast and strengthens its ability to provide integrated real estate services in one of the region’s most dynamic markets. Hennes brings over […]

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C-Suite Awards

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The C-Suite Awards celebrate top corporate executives who consistently demonstrate remarkable leadership skills, integrity, values, vision, [...]

Forty Under 40

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Virginia Business is pleased to launch its inaugural Forty Under 40 Awards program in 2025!

Best Places to Work in Virginia

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Best Places to Work in Virginia is a research-driven program from Best Companies Group that examines your company’s practices, programs an[...]

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China, U.S. eye tariff pause extension after talks

China, U.S. eye tariff pause extension after talks

  STOCKHOLM (AP) — The United States and China have agreed to work on extending a deadline for new tariffs on each other after two days of trade talks in Stockholm concluded on Tuesday, according to Beijing’s top trade official. The U.S. side says the extension was discussed, but not decided. China’s international trade representative Li Chenggang said the two sides […]

U.S. job openings dip to 7.4M as market cools

U.S. job openings dip to 7.4M as market cools

  WASHINGTON (AP) — Employers posted 7.4 million job vacancies last month, a sign that the American job market continues to cool. The Labor Department reported Tuesday that job openings in June were down from 7.7 million in May and were about what forecasters had expected. The Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS) showed […]

Union Pacific, Norfolk Southern seek 1st transcontinental railroad through massive merger

Union Pacific, Norfolk Southern seek 1st transcontinental railroad through massive merger

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Union Pacific is seeking to buy Norfolk Southern in a $85 billion deal that would create the first transcontinental railroad in the U.S, and potentially trigger a final wave of rail mergers across the country. The proposed merger, announced Tuesday, would marry Union Pacific’s rail network in the West with Norfolk’s […]

U.S., China begin new trade talks in Sweden

U.S., China begin new trade talks in Sweden

STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP) — Top trade officials from China and the United States launched a new round of talks on Monday in a bid to ease tensions over tariffs between the world’s two biggest national economies. U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng were meeting at the offices of Sweden’s prime minister for two days […]

U.S., EU agree to 15% tariff in new trade framework

U.S., EU agree to 15% tariff in new trade framework

EDINBURGH, Scotland (AP) — The United States and the European Union agreed on Sunday to a trade framework setting a 15% tariff on most goods, staving off — at least for now — far higher import duties on both sides that might have sent shock waves through economies around the globe. The sweeping announcement came after President Donald Trump and European […]

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Gregory Washington took office as the eighth president of George Mason University on July 1. Photo by Lathan Goumas

George Mason President Gregory Washington deserves to stay

George Mason faculty say President Gregory Washington has led the university to new heights and warn against politically motivated efforts to oust him.

Our name is United S., and we’re addicted to undocumented labor

Our name is United S., and we’re addicted to undocumented labor

Amid all the recent protests, debates and debacles regarding illegal immigration and the second Trump administration’s heavy-handed response to it, one truth seems to be getting lost: America is reliant on undocumented workers. In its October 2024 study, “Mass Deportation: Devastating Costs to America, Its Budget and Economy,” the left-leaning American Immigration Council found that […]

Virginia Republican candidate for lieutenant governor John Reid posted a video April 25, 2025, saying that he would stay in the race despite Gov. Glenn Youngkin's demand that he resign from the ticket.

OurView: Nothing new under the sun in Virginia politics

In late April, GOP lieutenant governor candidate John Reid posted a highly atypical campaign video on X. His political enemies within the party, Reid alleged, were staging a “coordinated character assassination attempt to force [him as] the first openly gay candidate off the Republican statewide ticket.” Gov. Glenn Youngkin, Reid said, had asked him to […]

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Bad managers drive away talent

When you manage people, you don’t just oversee productivity — you hold careers, livelihoods and psychological well-being in your hands. The data doesn’t lie, and neither do the millions who’ve weighed in on what constitutes leadership worth following. Fact: 69% of U.S. workers would rather clean toilets at a bus station than report to a […]

In this photo provided by the U.S. Navy, Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Garion Pequeno reunites with his family after departing the USS Cole on Monday, Dec. 23, 2024, at Naval station Norfolk after a deployment. (Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Mark Peña/U.S. Navy via AP)

Let us honor Virginia’s military through educational opportunities

Today, we write to call on our leaders to continue investing in pathways that serve military families, keep them in Virginia, and strengthen Virginia’s economic future. The Virginia Military Survivors and Dependents Education Program — or VMSDEP — provides in-state tuition waivers to the spouses and children of service members who were disabled or killed in the line of duty.

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