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May 28, 2025

Antitrust lawsuit against General Dynamics, HII revived in appeals court

Two former naval engineers who claimed that General Dynamics, Huntington Ingalls Industries and more than a dozen other government contractors and shipbuilders illegally agreed to not poach each other's employees will receive a rehearing, a federal appeals court panel ruled this month.

A street view of Met Park, the first phase of Amazon's HQ2. Photo courtesy Amazon.com Inc.
Apr 28, 2025

Amazon’s HQ2 hiring falls short of 2024 target

Amazon's HQ2 in Arlington has hired 7,232 workers — below its 2024 goal. Since 2018, Amazon has made more than $2.5 billion in capital investment at HQ2.

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Feb 27, 2025

CoStar eliminates some jobs, but plans to add about 1,000 jobs

Arlington County-based real estate data and analytics company CoStar Group on Thursday announced several substantial changes to its Virginia workforce, including the elimination of some jobs and the addition of others. The company said it plans to fill more than 1,000 new positions predominantly in Richmond, including 500 new Homes.com sales professionals. CoStar said that […]

Introducing Movers and Shakers
Nov 4, 2024

Introducing Movers and Shakers

Virginia Business is pleased to introduce our new Movers and Shakers feature that will allow Virginia businesses and organizations to announce your new employees, promotions, board positions, community notes and leaders to our influential audience. Our editorial team will continue to report on the Virginia business community as we always have, but we are not […]

NNS aims to grow workforce
Jun 27, 2024

NNS aims to grow workforce

Virginia‘s largest industrial employer, Newport News Shipbuilding, hopes to grow its 26,000-person workforce by 3,000 this year to tackle its backlog of projects. NNS, a division of Huntington Ingalls Industries, is building modular components for 12 Columbia-class subs and then handing them off to partner General Dynamics‘ Connecticut-based Electric Boat, and the two companies have [&[...]

Feb 28, 2024

Leadership: On the move

Patrick Bain, president and CEO, The Long & Foster Cos., Chantilly In March 2023, Bain was promoted to lead the real estate giant after joining Long & Foster in 2010 as president of its insurance and home warranty businesses. Along the way, he took the reins of the property management and rental service center branches, […]

Work is underway on Metropolitan Park, the first phase of Amazon.com Inc.’s HQ2 headquarters in Arlington. Photo courtesy Clark Construction Group LLC
Jan 5, 2024

Construction firms expect mixed bag for 2024, survey says

Construction firms are expecting a mixed bag for 2024, according to results of a survey conducted by the Associated General Contractors of America and Sage Construction and Real Estate, released Thursday. Challenges facing the construction industry include labor shortages, higher interest rates and input costs and a still-struggling supply chain. In Virginia, about 31 firms […]

Woods Rogers Vandeventer Black Chairman Victor Cardwell oversaw the 2022 merger that resulted in Virginia’s fifth largest law firm. Photo by Don Petersen
Feb 27, 2023

Resetting the bar

Two venerable Virginia law firms — Roanoke’s Woods Rogers PLC and Norfolk’s Vandeventer Black LLP — combined forces in July 2022, creating the state’s fifth largest firm, Woods Rogers Vandeventer Black PLC, based in Roanoke. It’s a true statewide firm, with branch offices in Norfolk, Richmond, Lynchburg and Charlottesville, in addition to locations in Kitty […]

Lego to build $1B factory in Chesterfield
Feb 20, 2023

Lego to hire 500 Chesterfield employees by year’s end

The Lego Group plans to hire approximately 500 people for its $1 billion Chesterfield County manufacturing facility by the end of this year, according to the Danish toymaker’s head of talent operations in the Americas, Karra McCormack. Lego expects to create more than 1,760 jobs over 10 years. The company and Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced […]

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Nov 7, 2022

Arlington hires new economic development director

Arlington Economic Development’s new director is Ryan Touhill, Arlington County Manager Mark Schwartz announced Monday. Touhill will assume the role on Nov. 28. He succeeds Shannon Flanagan-Watson, who has been serving as interim director since Telly Tucker announced he was leaving to return to Danville, where he became president of the Institute for Advanced Learning […]

Stihl names finance VP
Oct 25, 2022

Stihl names finance VP

Virginia Beach-based chainsaw and outdoor power equipment manufacturer Stihl Inc. has named Uwe Hirsch its vice president of finance, effective Nov. 7. Hirsch will plan, direct and control the company’s financial plans and will support IT operations and system implementations. He was most recently global vice president of finance, controlling and purchasing in the automotive […]

Gov. Glenn Youngkin signs a hood as Carvana General Manager Robert Sheets steadies it at Carvana's inspection facility in Chesterfield County. Del. Carrie Coyner and Chesterfield Supervisor James Holland stand to the governor's right.
Aug 31, 2022

Chesterfield Carvana facility opens with 240 employees

Fortune 500 used car online retailer Carvana Co. is more than halfway to its 400-employee hiring goal for its $25 million, 191,000-square-foot Chesterfield County inspection center, General Manager Robert Sheets said Wednesday at the center’s ribbon cutting. Carvana has hired 240 employees and expects to reach 400 workers when it begins full production later this […]

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