Regional biz mentorship program jump-starts startups
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Ruth Rau started her business as a hobby. Now, seven years later, her Winchester-based toy company — Mouse Loves Pig — is on track to generate revenue in six figures.
Shenandoah University creating tech hub
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Shenandoah University is connecting the future to the past. It’s renovating an armory on its main campus in Winchester where National Guard soldiers once trained before D-Day, turning it into
Frederick solar farms move forward
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Frederick County is on the verge of seeing its first solar power farms. Three facilities are in the works, with another in the pipeline. That’s not to say Virginia’s northernmost
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Supersize means
Mega retirement accounts draw congressional scrutiny
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Watch your nest egg, particularly if it is extra-large. As Congress scrambles to hike taxes on the wealthy and fund trillions of dollars in social spending, legislators see a potential
SPAC-ulative finance
Blank-check deals come down to earth
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One of the hottest investment tools in the past year and a half has imploded. But don’t give up on special purpose acquisition companies, or SPACs as these peculiar financial
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Community bank consolidations gather steam
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Virginia is seeing a wave of bank mergers and acquisitions, a trend that could intensify, banking experts say. “We could potentially see a record-setting year for bank mergers and acquisitions,”
Work to begin next year on GMU’s $168M Arlington campus expansion
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Move over, Silicon Valley. Northern Virginia is poised to become the next super hub for tech talent. The charge is being led in part by George Mason University, which is
A diversified portfolio
Region brings in companies of different stripes
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From tea to trucks to technology, an eclectic blend of industries settled into the Roanoke/New River Valley region in 2020. Some companies brought new operations to the region, while others
Rolling forward
Mack Trucks gets new medium-duty trucks out fast
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Once a big economic development is announced, it can be years before it comes to fruition. But that wasn’t the case with Mack Trucks Inc., one of North America’s largest
Commercial leases take a more generous turn
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As Northern Virginia has been hit hard by rising office vacancies during the pandemic, companies there are increasingly seeking more generous lease terms and benefits. “There has been a shift