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Va. companies aid Ukraine, pull business from Russia
Mars, Hilton and CMA CGM Group among those taking action
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McLean-based Mars Inc. and other companies with major Virginia presences are responding to the war between Russia and Ukraine, chiefly by helping employees who live in the Eastern European nation
Thomas O. Ryder joins Focused Ultrasound Foundation board
Ryder was CEO and Chairman of Reader's Digest
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Thomas O. Ryder, former CEO and chairman of White Plains, New York-based Reader’s Digest Association Inc., has been elected to the board of the Charlottesville-based Focused Ultrasound Foundation. Ryder has
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Amazon to partner with 5 Va. schools for employee education
E-tailer will pay tuition at VCU, community colleges
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Amazon.com Inc. will partner with more than 140 colleges and universities, including five in Virginia, to provide fully-funded college tuition for its hourly employees, the company announced Thursday. In the
Amazon to open Augusta County distribution facility
New center to create 500 jobs
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Amazon.com Inc. will open a 1 million-square-foot, nonsortable fulfillment center in Augusta County, creating 500 jobs, Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced Wednesday. The facility at 32 Trader Road in Fishersville will
Arlington’s The Millennium apartment building sells for $200.5M
UIP and Churchill Living bought the 300-unit property near Amazon's HQ2
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An affiliate of Washington, D.C.-based The UIP Companies Inc., in partnership with New Jersey-based furnished housing company Churchill Living, purchased The Millennium apartment building in Arlington for $200.5 million on
Looking back
A Q&A with exiting Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam
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In November 2021, Gov. Ralph Northam sat down for an interview with Virginia Business, looking back at his eventful four-year term. This is a transcript of the full interview, part
A dramatic shift
Gov. Ralph Northam’s tenure was progressive, eventful
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Four years ago, no one would have guessed Gov. Ralph Northam would lead the most progressive Virginia administration in modern memory. A native of Onancock on Virginia’s Eastern Shore, as
Amazon provides $21M to create real estate developers of color program
Capital Impact Partners used grant to make Housing Equity Accelerator Fellowship
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Amazon.com Inc. announced Wednesday a $21 million grant to create a professional training, mentorship and capital funding program for real estate developers of color focused on affordable housing. “With this
Pentagon City plan aims for higher density
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A major study that will shape the future of Pentagon City is entering its final stages. The Arlington County urban village has grown from empty fields and warehouses in the
Amazon has hired 3,500 HQ2 workers
Construction on two towers more than half finished
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Amazon.com Inc. has hired 3,500 of its 25,000 planned workers for HQ2, the tech behemoth’s $2.5 billion East Coast headquarters in Arlington. Meanwhile, construction on the two office towers for