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Centauri acquires two Ohio companies
Chantilly-based Centauri has acquired two companies in Dayton, Ohio. Centauri, which describes itself as a provider of high-end space, intelligence, directed energy and cyber solutions, did not disclose how much it paid for Design Knowledge Co. (TDKC) and PreTalen Ltd. TDKC’s business involves microelectronics trust and assurance, space domain awareness and advanced visualization for enhanced situational awareness. PreTalen’s [&h[...]
Truist names three Virginia regional bank presidents
Truist Financial Corp., the Charlotte, North Carolina-based mega bank created in December following the merger of BB&T and SunTrust, announced Tuesday it has named 24 regional presidents, three of whom will oversee the Virginia market. “Our ability to leverage our unique community model with its decentralized, regional str[...]
Danville Community College hosts advanced fiber optic training
Danville Community College hosted a fusion splicing training and networking event on Dec. 9 and Dec. 10 with Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Sumitomo Electric Lightwave for approximately 30 people, Gov. Ralph Northam announced Tuesday. Fusion splicing is the joining of two optical fibers to create a continuous light path, carrying data to phones, internet […]
Oral arguments set for Virginia Credit Union, bank dispute
Oral arguments are set for Jan. 6 in a dispute between the Virginia Credit Union and seven small community banks and the Virginia Bankers Association (VBA) over the credit union’s offer to include the Medical Society of Virginia’s 10,000 members. A. Ann Berkebile, a senior hearing examiner at the State Corporation Commission, scheduled oral arguments […]
Canadian company to acquire County Waste of Virginia
West Point-based County Waste of Virginia LLC and its subsidiaries will be acquired by Canadian waste management company GFL Environmental Inc, GFL announced Tuesday. The acquisition is subject to approval under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act, which requires parties to notify the Federal Trade Commission and Department of Justice of large mergers and acquisitions. The companies will […]
Unionized GMU workers report wage increase
More than 200 Sodexo food service workers at Fairfax-based George Mason University will see an average 12% wage increase as a result of the workers’ first ratified union contract with New York-based labor union Service Employees International Union, Local 32BJ, the union announced Monday. Under the agreement that expires June 2024 for food service workers […]
Virginia rises in national health rankings
United Health Foundation’s most recent America’s Health Rankings annual report ranks Virginia as one of the most improved states in health metrics, hospital alliance Virginia Hospital and Healthcare Association announced Monday. Virginia was one of three states that “made the largest improvements in the rankings since 2018.” Virginia improved in health outcomes and behaviors, according […][...]
Another Arlington economic development official leaves for Fairfax
Longtime Northern Virginia economic development professional Alex Iams has been selected as executive vice president of the Fairfax County Economic Development Authority (FCEDA), the agency’s president and CEO Victor Hoskins announced Monday. Iams was part of the team that worked under Hoskins at Arlington Economic Development to help secure Amazon.com Inc.’s HQ2 East Coast headquarters. […][...]
Owens & Minor names new board member
Mechanicsville-based Owens & Minor Inc. has named Michael C. Riordan, a former co-chief executive officer of Prisma Health, to its board of directors. Owens & Minor is a Fortune 500 medical distribution company with 17,000 employees in 90 countries. Riordan, 61, served as chief executive for the Greenville Health System from 2006 to 2016, when […]
Virginia improves health ranking in national report
Virginia ranks as one of the most improved states in health metrics, according to United Health Foundation’s annual report “America’s Health Rankings” released Monday. The commonwealth ranked 15th in the 2019 report, which conducts a state-by-state analysis of national health by evaluating health, environmental and socioeconomic data. Scoring is based on 35 measures across five […]
Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation executive director announces retirement
Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation Executive Director Philip G. Emerson will retire at the end of December after serving in a leadership role there for 33 years, the foundation announced Monday. Emerson was named executive director in May 1991, making him the third executive director in the agency’s 62-year history. The Jamestown-Y[...]
Atlantic Union Bank donates building to Bowling Green
Richmond-based Atlantic Union Bank has donated a 480-square-foot building to the Town of Bowling Green, which will use it as the town’s new economic development office, the bank announced Monday. Atlantic Union Bank traces its origins back to the Caroline County Bank, which opened in Bowling Green in 1902 and later became know[...]
