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Feb 5, 2025

MicroStrategy unveils new name and logo, emphasizing Bitcoin

The Tysons tech company formerly known as MicroStrategy has a new moniker: Strategy. In addition to announcing a new name, the Bitcoin behemoth chaired by Michael Saylor unveiled Wednesday a new logo and a new brand color. “The new logo includes a stylized “B,” signifying the company’s Bitcoin strategy, and its unique position as a […]

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Feb 4, 2025

Fairfax casino legislation passes in Va. Senate

A bill to allow Fairfax County residents to hold a casino referendum passed in a Virginia State Senate vote Tuesday. The measure will next go before the Virginia House of Delegates for consideration. Senate Bill 982, introduced by Sen. Scott Surovell, D-Fairfax, passed in a 24-16 vote in the Senate, along bipartisan lines, with some […]

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Jan 28, 2025

Fairfax casino bill moves forward in Va. Senate

A Virginia State Senate bill that could bring a casino to Tysons won a vote in the Senate Finance Committee on Tuesday, pushing it forward to a full Senate vote later in the Virginia General Assembly session. If passed by the state legislature and signed by Gov. Glenn Youngkin, Fairfax County voters would have the […]

Dec 5, 2024

As bitcoin breaches $100K, MicroStrategy holdings, Saylor’s wealth surge

MicroStrategy, the Tysons-based tech company chaired by bitcoin whale Michael Saylor, has pursued bitcoin as an investment strategy since 2020. Now, it appears to have paid off as bitcoin breached the $100,000 threshold. Bitcoin rose above $100,000 per coin Wednesday night, after previously breaching $99,000 on Nov. 21. At 11:45 a.m. Thursday, bitcoins were trading […]

Nov 11, 2024

MicroStrategy holdings surge in value as bitcoin breaches $87,000

Bitcoin whale Michael Saylor, the executive chairman of Tysons-based tech company MicroStrategy, has reason to gloat today.  Under Saylor’s laser-eyed guidance, MicroStrategy has pursued bitcoin as an investment strategy since 2020. The company announced its first bitcoin purchase in August 2020, making it one of the first public companies to convert its cash treasury reserves […]

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Nov 6, 2024

Work begins on phase 2 of McLean affordable housing development

Construction has started on the second phase of the two-phase Somos at McLean Metro, an affordable housing development backed by Amazon.com, SCG Development, a Tysons real estate developer, announced last week. Work on the 231-unit first phase began in April. Phase B will add 225 new units, a mix of studio and one-, two- and […]

JACQUELINE MARS
Oct 1, 2024

These six Va. billionaires made Forbes’ 2024 richest Americans list

Six Virginia billionaires are among the 400 richest Americans, according to Forbes’ annual ranking, which the media company released Tuesday. To make the Forbes 400 list, U.S. citizens had to have a minimum net worth of $3.3 billion — an increase of $400 million over 2023’s list. Collectively, the members of this elite club are […]

Jun 27, 2024

JULIE COONS

About 10 years ago, Julie Coons took up quilting, which, in addition to providing the necessary benefits of any hobby, also offered some surprising parallels to her professional life. “Quilting involves seeing patterns and requires problem-solving in putting the pieces together,” she says. “It draws on the same skills I bring to work.” Work for […]

Jun 27, 2024

LAKSHMI WILLIAMS

Lakshmi Williams’ 30-plus-year career as a lawyer has run the gamut in terms of industries she’s worked with, including software, nonprofit, energy, and transportation. But she finds her role as general counsel and corporate secretary at toll road operator Transurban North America in Tysons, which she’s held for nearly a dozen years, to be particularly […]

Jun 24, 2024

MicroStrategy buys $786M more bitcoin since late April

Tysons-based tech company MicroStrategy keeps growing its bitcoin holdings, most recently spending about $786 million to acquire almost 12,000 more of the cryptocurrency. From April 27 to June 19, the company, which is widely reported to be the world’s largest corporate bitcoin holder, acquired approximately 11,931 bitcoins for approximately $786 million in cash, according to […]

Mike Steib
Jun 17, 2024

Tegna announces new president and CEO

Michael Steib will succeed Tegna President and CEO David Lougee, who is retiring Aug. 12, Tysons-based broadcasting giant Tegna announced Monday. The 48-year-old Steib will also succeed Lougee as a member of the company’s board of directors. Lougee, age 65, will become a senior adviser. Lougee has been president and CEO and a director of […]

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Jun 6, 2024

KPMG names D.C. area managing partner

Patrick Ryan has been named managing partner of Big Four accounting firm KPMG’s Washington, D.C.-area office, the company announced Thursday. In the role, Ryan will oversee more than 3,000 employees and also will be the firm’s U.S. federal business leader and sector leader. He succeeds Tim Gillis, who is retiring Sept. 30 after 26 years […]

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