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Va. new jobless claims dropped below 7,000 last week
Continued claims filed declined from previous week
Virginia’s new unemployment claims fell last week, as did continued claims, the Virginia Employment Commission reported Thursday. For the filing week ending June 19, 6,905 people filed initial jobless claims, a decrease of 944 from the previous week. Continued unemployment claims totaled 42,878 last week, down 1,915 claims from the previous week. This time a
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GO Virginia awards $11.1 million in economic recovery grants
Awards include cybersecurity job training system for defense industry
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The state’s GO Virginia economic development initiative announced Wednesday that it has allocated $11.1 million in grants to advance economic recovery efforts across Virginia, including a $1.45 million award to create a statewide system to support cybersecurity jobs training for Virginia’s defense contracting industry. “The targeted support that GO Virginia provides is critical to ensuring
Reston’s Trucker Tools acquired by Calif. tech firm
Trucker Tools provides freight management software for transportation industry
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Reston-based Trucker Tools, a software company that provides a digital freight management platform for the transportation industry, has been acquired by Walnut Creek, California-based software company ASG. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 2013, Trucker Tools offers a software suite with capacity management, predictive freight matching, automated booking, real-time GPS-based visibility
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State unemployment rate slid to 4.5% in May
Va. jobless rate trends lower than U.S. rate of 5.8%
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Virginia’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was at 4.5% in May, dropping 0.2 percentage points below April’s jobless rate. May’s statewide unemployment rate was 4 percentage points below May 2020’s rate of 8.5% in the first months of the pandemic shutdowns. Virginia continued to trend lower than the nation; the U.S. unemployment rate for May was
Va. General Assembly to convene special session on Aug. 2
Legislators to allocate $4.3B in federal stimulus funding
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The Virginia General Assembly will convene in Richmond on Aug. 2 for a special session to allocate more than $4.3 billion in federal relief funding, Gov. Ralph Northam announced Wednesday in a proclamation. In May, Northam and Democratic leaders from the Virginia State Senate and the House of Delegates outlined their priorities for the special
Chantilly-based CTSI acquires N.C. A/V company
Collaborative Technology Solutions provides audiovisual, security and cabling services
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Chantilly-based technology firm Corbett Technology Solutions Inc. (CTSI) announced Tuesday that it has acquired Morrisville, North Carolina-based Collaborative Technology Solutions LLC (CTS), a provider of audiovisual, security, structured cabling and sound-masking services. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed. CTSI is a portfolio company of Chicago-based private equity firm Wind Point Partners. The transaction
Va. hotel revenues increased by 178% in May
Lodging industry says "long road ahead" for recovery, however
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Virginia hotel revenues for May 2021 increased by 178% compared with May 2020, according to data released Tuesday by STR Inc., a CoStar Group division that provides market data on the U.S. hospitality industry. During the same period, rooms sold went up by 96%. The average daily rate (ADR) paid for hotel rooms rose 42%
Reston’s LookingGlass Cyber Solutions acquires Texas tech firm
AlphaWave Inc. specializes in cloud-based attack surface management
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Reston-based cybersecurity contractor LookingGlass Cyber Solutions Inc. has acquired Austin, Texas-based AlphaWave Inc., a cloud-native tech company that provides attack surface management services. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed. In a news release, LookingGlass said the transaction will complement the Reston company’s existing cybersecurity services for federal and state government customers by “enabling
HII names new CIO for Newport News Shipbuilding
Jason Sutton joined HII in 2018
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Jason K. Sutton has been promoted to chief information officer for Newport News Shipbuilding, parent company Huntington Ingalls Industries announced last week. Sutton, who joined the company in 2018 as director of operations integration and is currently program director for steel fabrication and assembly, will be responsible for all aspects of information technology and lead
Va. Beach industrial property sells for $3M
Eimskip Logistics located in facility
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A 38,600-square-foot industrial building on 4.34 acres in Virginia Beach has been sold for $3,015,000, Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer announced last week. The property at 1424 Baker Road was sold by Baker & Associates LLC to B&D Acquisitions as an investment. Geoffrey W. Poston of Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer handled negotiations on the