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LL Flooring files for bankruptcy
LL Flooring, the Henrico County flooring company previously known as Lumber Liquidators, announced Sunday it has entered Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings and is pursuing a sale of its business. Also, according to documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the company has received a nonbinding letter of intent to sell its Henrico County distribution […]
Boeing names Ortberg as new president and CEO
Updated Aug. 1 Boeing’s board of directors announced Wednesday that Robert K. “Kelly” Ortberg will be its next president and CEO effective Aug. 8, succeeding Dave Calhoun, who previously announced his intention to step down after a turbulent, nearly four-year tenure as the Arlington County Fortune 500 aerospace and defense giant’s chief executive. According to […]
Va. lands back on top in CNBC survey
After downplaying his Democratic predecessor’s consecutive wins in CNBC’s America’s Top States for Business study, Gov. Glenn Youngkin found himself as Virginia’s top cheerleader on CNBC July 11, playing the commonwealth regained its crown as No. 1. With this year’s win, the state has been named the nation’s top state for business a record six […]
Appeals court reverses $2B judgment for Appian
The corporate espionage civil case between rivals Appian and Pegasystems is heading back to court, the Virginia Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday. The three-judge panel ordered a new trial, saying that Appian was improperly relieved of the burden of proving that Pega financially benefited from misappropriating Appian’s trade secrets. In May 2022, McLean cloud computing […]
Liberty, Falwell Jr. reach global settlement
Liberty University and Jerry Falwell Jr. have reached a global resolution agreement that settles all three lawsuits between the Lynchburg private Christian university and Falwell, Liberty’s former president and chancellor who was forced to resign in 2020 in disgrace. In a joint statement released Friday afternoon, Liberty and Falwell said that Liberty’s board of trustees […]
Connecticut firm sues former Diamond District partners for $40M
A Connecticut-based developer, Republic Projects, has filed a $40 million lawsuit against its former partners in Richmond‘s $2.44 billion Diamond District project, a city-backed mixed-use development that includes a replacement for the 40-year-old Diamond baseball stadium. Republic Projects, the plaintiff in the lawsuit filed July 19 in Richmond Circuit Court, claims that Richmond-based Thal[...]
Batten donates $100M to expand W&M marine, coastal research
Jane Batten, the matriarch of a Hampton Roads family known for its philanthropy, has pledged $100 million to William & Mary to boost coastal and marine science research towards finding global solutions for flooding and sea-level rise, the Williamsburg university announced Wednesday. The newly named Batten School of Coastal & Marine Sciences will expand the […]
Reports: Novo Nordisk in talks to buy Petersburg Ampac plant
Two South Korean media outlets have reported that the South Korean owner of Ampac Fine Chemicals may sell its manufacturing plant in Petersburg to Novo Nordisk, the Danish global pharmaceutical company. Sources told The Korea Economic Daily that the Seoul-based manufacturing conglomerate SK Group, which purchased Ampac in 2018 for a reported $576 million, is […]
Framatome Inc. taps new CEO and president
Starting Aug. 8, Anthony “Tony” Robinson will take over as the next CEO and president of Framatome Inc., the North American subsidiary of the French nuclear equipment, services and fuel producer. A former executive for Framatome and BWX Technologies, Robinson replaces Katherine Williams, who retired after 20 years working for the Lynchburg-based nuclear reactor and […]
SCC names next chief administrative officer
Joseph F. Damico has been named the Virginia State Corporation Commission‘s next chief administrative officer, replacing Samuel A. Nixon Jr., who is retiring this month. A longtime public servant, Damico was most recently deputy director of the Richmond Department of Public Works and was director of the state Department of General Services, according to the […]
