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The VirginiaBusiness.com Top Five
The top trending stories on VirginiaBusiness.com from Jan. 16 to Feb. 15 included the news that Herndon-based national security contractor Peraton was following up its $3.4 billion cash acquisition of Northrop Grumman’s federal IT and mission support services business by purchasing Perspecta. Perspecta to be acquired for $7.1B in all-cash deal: Following sale rumors, the […]
The Mailroom: Day of reckoning
In December, Virginia Business kindly published my letter calling for bipartisan cooperation to seek solutions to key issues facing the commonwealth — COVID, preparing our future workforce, universal broadband and providing better public safety services. I also said business leaders must demand that those seeking political office in 2021 should articulate how they will rise […]
FOR THE RECORD February 2021
Central Virginia Stockholders of CarLotz Inc., the Chesterfield County-based consignment dealer of used cars, gave the requisite approval to complete a proposed merger with Miami-based special purpose acquisition company Acamar Partners Acquisition Corp. that was scheduled to close in late January. Upon the consummation of the merger, CarLotz, which is valued at $827 million, is […]
11th Annual Best Places to Work list
This is the 11th year that Virginia Business has compiled the Best Places to Work in Virginia list in collaboration with Pennsylvania-based Best Companies Group. More than 200 companies applied for inclusion in the 2021 Best Places to Work in Virginia cohort. A hundred companies were chosen, divided into three categories: small (15-99 U.S. employees); […]
The VirginiaBusiness.com Top Five
The top trending stories on VirginiaBusiness.com from Dec. 16 to Jan. 15 included the news that Facebook suspended the account of Sen. Amanda Chase, R-Chesterfield County, as Democrats called for her to resign 1. Sen. Chase ‘will absolutely not resign’ Chase rejected resignation demands from Virginia Senate Democrats who were angry that she spoke at […]
The VirginiaBusiness.com Top Five
The top trending stories on VirginiaBusiness.com from Nov. 16 to Dec. 15 included the news that Gov. Ralph Northam was ordering new restrictions based on post-Thanksgiving surges in coronavirus cases. Wise County is first to receive Starlink internet in Va. The pilot program from Elon Musk’s SpaceX will provide broadband via low-orbit satellites. (Dec. 14) […]
For the Record January 2021
Roanoke/New River Valley “Dopesick,” an eight-episode limited Hulu series, will film in Central Virginia, the Shenandoah Valley and the Roanoke region through the spring, Gov. Ralph Northam announced in November 2020. Based on the bestselling nonfiction book “Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company that Addicted America,” by Roanoke journalist Beth Macy, the series will […]
