Posted on 6/20/16
Carilion's Profits Continue To Rise
Carilion Clinic maintained a healthy profit margin in fiscal year 2015 despite taking substantial hits to its investment and pension funds. Carilion released financial statements showing . . .
Posted on 6/20/16
Condo Project In Richmond's West End Enters Chapter 11 Bankruptcy
The Tiber, a stalled luxury condo development at Libbie and Guthrie avenues in Richmond’s West End, has shifted from Chapter 7 bankruptcy to Chapter 11 bankruptcy . . .
Posted on 6/20/16
VTTI To Use Public Roads To Test Self-Driving Cars
The Virginia Tech Transportation Institute plans to expand its use of public roads to test some new functions tied to self-driving cars. The transportation lab’s upcoming . . .
Posted on 6/20/16
Bristol Hotel Reconstruction To Begin This Month; 2017 Opening Planned
Work is expected to begin later this month to transform the former Executive Plaza into a downtown boutique hotel. Once dark, dank and lifeless, the seven-story, . . .
Posted on 6/20/16
He Built A $24 Million Mansion Along The Potomac. Then He Lost It To Foreclosure
The enormous mansion in Northern Virginia was built as a monument to Rodney P. Hunt’s success, a trophy estate along the Potomac River to mark his . . .
Posted on 6/20/16
Virginia’s Unemployment Rate Dips Again
Virginia’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate fell 0.1 percent in May to 3.8 percent, the lowest in eight years, according to the Virginia Employment Commission.Virginia’s unemployment rate . . .
Posted on 6/20/16
AIR Worldwide Significantly Expands Its Model Coverage for Southeast Asia
BOSTON, June 20, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Catastrophe risk modeling firm AIR Worldwide (AIR) today announced that it has significantly expanded and enhanced its earthquake and . . .
Posted on 6/20/16
Constellation Brands Inc. Prepares to Shift Focus From Wine to Beer
Constellation Brands (NYSE:STZ) is well-known among investors and followers of the alcohol industry as the company that rocketed up over 600% in the last five years.In . . .
Posted on 6/20/16
Better Buy: Cisco Systems, Inc. vs. IBM
Tech bellwethers Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CSCO) and International Business Machines Corporation (NYSE:IBM) have much in common. Both are superficially very cheap stocks, but as usual in . . .
Posted on 6/20/16
Better Buy: Philip Morris International, Inc. vs. British American Tobacco
IMAGE SOURCE: PHILIP MORRIS INTERNATIONAL.Tobacco is a global industry, and many companies fight for market share in key regions around the world. Philip Morris International (NYSE:PM) . . .
Posted on 6/20/16
Can Lumber Liquidators Keep Going After Last Week's 17% Pop?
IMAGE SOURCE: LUMBER LIQUIDATORS. It hasn't happened often since early last year, but Lumber Liquidators (NYSE:LL) shareholders caught a break last week. Shares of the leading . . .
Posted on 6/20/16
Lumber Liquidators Holdings Inc. Stock Up 23% After Clearing Major Hurdle: Here's What Investors Need to Know
LUMBER LIQUIDATORS HAS CLEARED SOME MAJOR HURDLES RECENTLY, BUT THERE ARE STILL MORE AHEAD. IMAGE SOURCE: LUMBER LIQUIDATORS HOLDINGS.What: Shares of flooring retailer Lumber Liquidators Holdings . . .
Posted on 6/20/16
Should Altria Fear Higher Minimum Ages for Tobacco?
IMAGE SOURCE: ALTRIA GROUP.Tobacco giant Altria Group (NYSE:MO) is familiar with being at the center of controversy. Consumer advocates have long fought against Altria, Reynolds American . . .
Posted on 6/20/16
CarMax Looks to Get Back on Track
IMAGE SOURCE: CARMAX.The car-shopping experience is something that millions of Americans hate, and one of the key aspects of CarMax's (NYSE:KMX) business model is to offer . . .
Posted on 6/20/16
3 Tech Stocks Warren Buffett Would Love
IMAGE SOURCE: FOOL FLICKR. Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE:BRK-A) (NYSE:BRK-B) founder and CEO and Warren Buffett's aversion to tech stocks is well known. The Oracle of Omaha has . . .
Posted on 6/20/16
Why Gunmakers Smith & Wesson and Sturm Ruger Rallied This Week
The recent rash of shootings in Orlando and Oakland have once again reignited the gun control debate across America. But those tragic events also caused shares . . .
Posted on 6/20/16
Don't Believe the Hype. Craft Beer Isn't Dying
DESPITE APPEARANCES TO THE CONTRARY, THE SMALLEST BREWERIES ARE STILL EXPERIENCING HEADY GROWTH. IMAGE SOURCE: GETTY IMAGES.Is craft beer dying? There's no denying the industry is . . .
Posted on 6/20/16
Smith & Wesson Holding Corp. Just Shot Out the Lights
IMAGE SOURCE: SMITH & WESSON HOLDING CORP.Smith & Wesson Holding Corp. (NASDAQ:SWHC) just released surprisingly strong fiscal fourth-quarter 2016 results Thursday after the market close, and . . .
Posted on 6/20/16
State Roundup, June 17, 2016
RENEWED PUSH ON GUNS: In the wake of the Orlando, Fla., massacre, topMaryland Democrats plan to renew a push to ban people on terrorist watch lists . . .
Posted on 6/20/16
Rocks, Water, Fire: A 4,000 Mile, 3-Week Journey Through 7 National Parks Out West
Rocks, water and fire and how they interact over millions of years. That’s the theme I came away with after a wonderful, arduous three-week vacation in . . .
Posted on 6/20/16
Rascovar: Hogan Burdened With Trump Baggage
Poor Gov. Larry Hogan, Jr. He’s tried like the dickens to separate himself from controversial Republican presidential contender Donald Trump.
Posted on 6/20/16
"All-Terrain Team" 1950 - A. Aubrey Bodine
Photograph by A. Aubrey Bodine • © Copyright Jennifer B. Bodine • Courtesy of www.aaubreybodine.com All-Terrain Team (1950) - Oxen are Guernsey-Jersey mix. Oxen are good . . .
Posted on 6/20/16
Baltimore Community Foundation Raises More Than $100M in Latest Campaign
A foundation focused on supporting neighborhood-level and public education investments in Baltimore reached its lofty fundraising goal.In three years, the Baltimore Community Foundation completed its campaign . . .
Posted on 6/20/16
Maryland Public Television To Honor Vietnam Veterans
Maryland’s economic development community is proud to claim several Vietnam veterans among its ranks. Among them are two Marines – Mike Hayes, managing director of military . . .
Posted on 6/20/16
What’s Driving the Infrastructure Cost Overruns at Harbor Point?
In the summer of 2013, the City Council was given a report by the Baltimore Development Corp. detailing how much infrastructure (roads, sewers, parks, etc.) would cost . . .
