Keeping watch
Banks, credit unions cautiously eye inflation, interest rates
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The question of the quarter: Are we entering a recession? One key indicator of a future recession can be inflation, which hit a 40-year high this year. Between June 2021
‘The Wild West’
Virginia Tech researches quantum technologies
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From an outsider’s perspective, it may appear as if technology is improving and changing almost daily — especially sparked by pandemic-driven remote work. But according to a 2021 study by
On the road again
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Major road projects are happening across the state, but the undeniable headliner is the largest infrastructure project in state history, the $3.8 billion Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel expansion. In October 2020,
Amazon’s Helix gets green thumbs-up
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What is now a quiet, achromatic area of Arlington, the National Landing neighborhood in a few years’ time will be a bustling urban area with distinctive office buildings and large
A growing legacy
Exiting Radford president bolstered finances, enrollment
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Since his selection as president of Radford University five years ago, Brian Hemphill has fulfilled the mission he set when he was hired: to increase fundraising and open channels to
The pandemic — one year later
With the end in sight, we look back on the milestones of a year like no other
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One year ago this week, Virginians started bumping elbows instead of shaking hands. We raced about trying to find toilet paper and hand sanitizer and began washing our hands obsessively
Vt. company buys Ashburn bioscience tech firm
MBF Bioscience acquires Vidrio Technologies
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Williston, Vermont-based bioscience software company MBF Bioscience announced last week it has acquired Ashburn-based Vidrio Technologies. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Vidrio Technologies provides microscope control software
Reston cybersecurity firm names chief cyber officer
Norm Laudermilch joins LookingGlass Cyber Solutions Inc.
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Reston-based LookingGlass Cyber Solutions Inc. announced Wednesday it has hired Norm Laudermilch as the company’s first chief cyber officer. Laudermilch most recently served as chief operating officer with software company
Tysons risk analytics firm announces two acquisitions
Qomplx to buy Sentar and RPC Tyche before IPO
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Tysons-based risk analytics firm Qomplx Inc. announced Wednesday it would acquire Huntsville, Alabama-based cyber intelligence firm Sentar and London-based insurance software modeling firm RPC Tyche. Financial terms of the transactions
Charlottesville chamber names new chairman, board members
Guy Browning to serve as chairman this year
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The Charlottesville Regional Chamber of Commerce has named Guy Browning as chairman of its board of directors for 2021. Browning is the senior vice president of fulfillment for MacMillan Publisher