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Money June 30, 2026

Uncle Sam wants you to save for retirement

Virginia financial advisers assess federal retirement savings initiatives including the new saver’s match and TrumpIRA.gov to boost IRA access.

Long Nguyen and Kimmy Duong, Fairfax County business leaders, are longtime philanthropists, including at George Mason University. Photo by Will Schermerhorn
Money June 1, 2026

Philanthropist gives half her fortune to George Mason

Kimmy Duong donated $20 million to George Mason University, supporting scholarships and student success in northern Virginia.

Choosing AI tools for accounting is about balancing security with accuracy, says Gary Wallace, managing partner at Keiter. Photo courtesy Keiter
Money March 31, 2026

Accounting firms increasingly embrace AI tools

Accounting firms in Virginia have quadrupled AI adoption to 41% in 2025, with plans to increase investments as they balance efficiency and data security.

General Dynamics’ contracts reported last year included the full construction of two Virginia-class submarines. Photo courtesy General Dynamics
Industries March 2, 2026

Virginia’s publicly traded companies defy economic slowdown

Virginia’s top publicly traded companies like Freddie Mac, Boeing, and RTX posted significant revenue gains in 2025 despite the state’s slow economic growth.

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Wealth Management November 30, 2025

Investment advising in the AI era

When wealth advisers and clients meet these days, it’s likely an AI tool will join in some capacity. As seems true of every industry right now, artificial intelligence is transforming wealth management and, by virtue, the adviser-client relationship. It might be tempting to predict — as some analysts have — that AI could put advisers […]

“Greed and fear will undermine your future more than any market correction,” says Joe Montgomery, managing director of investments at The Optimal Service Group of Wells Fargo Advisors in Williamsburg. Photo by Matthew R.O. Brown
Wealth Management November 30, 2025

Virginia advisers outline 2026 investing strategies

One of the great ironies of investing is that even as the stock market notches record highs as it has this year, investors know the good times inevitably cannot last. If 2025 overpromised on uncertainty stemming from a new presidential administration, it also underdelivered on volatility. Aside from a steep — albeit short-lived — stock […]

Law firms integrate AI into daily practices
Industries September 1, 2025

Law firms integrate AI into daily practices

Virginia attorneys say AI is changing law for the better, boosting efficiency and reshaping law schools, billing, ethics and client access.

Milestones: Virginia companies celebrating big anniversaries in 2025
Top Stories July 30, 2025

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 […]

Reimagining regulations
Money July 29, 2025

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 […]

Law firms advise businesses on Trump 2.0 policies
Top Stories May 7, 2025

Law firms advise businesses on Trump 2.0 policies

Virginia law firms see surge in client questions as Trump’s 2025 executive orders spark regulatory, immigration, and DEI compliance concerns.

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2026 Top Projects & Real Estate Deals

2026 Top Projects & Real Estate Deals

Virginia’s commercial real estate developers, contractors and dealmakers delivered an impressive a[...]

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Tract planning 872-acre data center campus in Goochland

Denver-based data center developer Tract has proposed a 900-megawatt data center campus in eastern G[...]

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Rocket Lab to acquire McLean-based Iridium in $8B deal

Rocket Lab will acquire McLean-based Iridium Communications in an $8 billion deal, expanding its sat[...]

An aerial view of the property Buc-ee's purchased in Stafford County to pave the way for a travel center. Image courtesy S.L. Nusbaum Realty Co.

Buc-ee’s purchases Stafford site for planned travel center

Buc-ee's has purchased more than 35 acres in Stafford County near Interstate 95's Exit 140, paving t[...]

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Digital Realty to buy Alexandria VC firm founded by Warner

Digital Realty plans to acquire Alexandria venture capital firm Columbia Capital in a deal that coul[...]

Pictured in 2021, George Mason University President Gregory Washington. Photo courtesy George Mason University

GMU president’s contract extended through 2031

Washington's job appeared to be in jeopardy less than a year ago, as the Trump administration launch[...]

People

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CGI Federal names SVP of defense, intelligence, space

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Omni Homestead taps new managing director

23/6/2026

CACI International announced that David Young has joined the company as executive vice president and chief operating officer. Photo courtesy CACI

CACI appoints new COO

22/6/2026

Regions

Newport News, Virginia Tech and state officials on April 22 hold a ribbon cutting to celebrate SEFC’s opening. Photo by Josh Janney/Virginia Business

Energy tech hub opens in Newport News

The Secure Energy Future Center backed by Virginia Tech opens in Newport News with $2.7 million fund[...]

The new Volvo VNR 300 was introduced in February. Photo courtesy Volvo Trucks North America

Volvo Trucks’ Dublin plant rolls out regional hauler

Volvo Trucks North America’s Dublin plant has begun production of the new VNR regional hauler, boo[...]

Tenaska, a Nebraska energy company, hopes to build a battery energy storage project near Leesburg. Photo by Alamy

$750M battery storage project eyed in Loudoun

Energy company Tenaska is seeking approval for a $750 million, 425-megawatt battery energy storage p[...]

A rendering of Virginia Technology Park, a data center campus proposed in Frederick County Image courtesy Frederick County

Valley communities prepare for data centers

As interest in data centers grows across Virginia, Shenandoah Valley communities are debating how to[...]


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