Richmond Times-Dispatch (Richmond, VA) articles from May 2004

Richmond Times-Dispatch (Richmond, VA) archives from May 2004

Richmond Times-Dispatch, Va., Biz Buzz Column.
May 31, 2004... Byline: Gregory J. Gilligan May 31--Denton F. Kump took a pretty bold step nearly two years ago, opening a small shop in downtown Richmond to sell her hip-looking, cleverly shaped purses. Her first Poesis store took off. Now she hopes to...

Richmond Times-Dispatch, Va., American Trends Column.
May 31, 2004... Byline: Gary Robertson May 31--As summer nears, millions of Americans will be planning a road trip to a favorite vacation destination. Next, they must find somewhere to stay on the road. Hotels, motels and lodges beckon all along the...

Richmond Times-Dispatch, Va., Financial Planning Column.
May 31, 2004... Byline: Carol Hazard May 31--A Hopewell couple refinanced their mortgage and paid off a balloon payment on their original mortgage. Or so they thought. Brian and Elizabeth Cummings learned months after the $10,088 check was cut...

West Point, Va., Paper Mill Celebrates 90 Years of Operation.
May 30, 2004... Byline: John Reid Blackwell May 30--It's been 90 years since Chesapeake Pulp & Paper Co. opened a paper mill in the small town of West Point. On May 23, the West Point mill celebrated its birthday with an open house. More than a...

New York Business Transplants Relish Richmond, Va.'s, Calmer Lifestyle.
May 30, 2004... Byline: Carol Hazard May 30--Joyce Boy hopes she never slips and says "y'all." She'll lose a $1,000 bet. So far, so good. Then again, the administrative assistant for Wachovia Securities has been here less than a year. A...

Richmond, Va., Based GE Spin-Off Marks Independence with Public Stock Offering.
May 30, 2004... Byline: Bob Rayner May 30--NEW YORK -- The early evening sky is gray and the crowds have thinned in the narrow streets of Manhattan's financial district. New York city policemen armed with M-4 machine guns patrol the corner of Broad and...

Richmond Times-Dispatch, Va., Consumer Watch Column.
May 30, 2004... Byline: Iris Taylor May 30--TENANTS DO HAVE RIGHTS TO TIMELY REPAIRS: Old Buckingham Station at Midlothian Village looked pretty beneath Thursday's blue skies and puffs of white clouds. An elegant green-and-gold embossed sign at...

Richmond Times-Dispatch, Va., Bob Rayner Column.
May 30, 2004... Byline: Bob Rayner May 30--DARK VOICES ON ECONOMY SAVE US FROM FOOLISH HOPES: It seems clear now that the American economy will never recover. At least if you believe some folks. About this time last year, we heard endless...

Capitol One Financial Corp. Ad Has Perfect Pitchman.
May 29, 2004... Byline: Carol Hazard May 29--Randy Johnson is pitching for Capital One Financial Corp. The National League baseball player is featured in television commercials for Capital One credit cards. The timing couldn't have been better....

Hospital Company HCA Names President of Central Atlantic Division.
May 29, 2004... Byline: Bob Rayner May 29--Margaret G. Lewis, who began her career as a nursing assistant in Richmond 29 years ago, took over yesterday as president of an 18-hospital region that includes the facility where she took that first job. ...

Richmond, Va., Businesses, People Help Make Keepsakes for WWII Memorial Event.
May 28, 2004... Byline: Gail Kelley May 28--Call them troupers. Seven Richmond-area individuals and businesses conducted strategic maneuvers in support of tomorrow's dedication of the National World War II Memorial in Washington. They provided...

Richmond Times-Dispatch, Va., John Reid Blackwell Column.
May 28, 2004... Byline: John Reid Blackwell May 28--PROPOSAL TO REORGANIZE ETHYL OK'D: Ethyl Corp. shareholders have approved a plan to reorganize the Richmond-based company. At the company's annual meeting yesterday, shareholders endorsed a plan...

Capital One Aims to Cultivate More Foster Parents.
May 28, 2004... Byline: Carol Hazard May 28--A lot of people would be interested in becoming foster parents or helping children who need safe and loving homes. But they don't know how. Capital One Financial Corp., the largest employer in the...

Black Activist Joins Protest at DuPont for Confederate Symbols.
May 28, 2004... Byline: John Reid Blackwell May 28--H.K. Edgerton unfurled his Confederate battle flag on May 17 in Littleton, N.C., and started walking north. His journey ended this week at the Capitol in Richmond, where the 56-year-old black...

Pain-Free Summer: 8 College Students, Graduates Go on Road to Promote Advil.
May 27, 2004... Byline: Jeffrey G. Kelley May 27--Take eight twentysomethings who've known each other for less than a week, pile them into SUVs, give them gadgets galore and a trailer-full of headache medicine, and send them off across the country. ...

Supervalu CEO Says Grocer Not to Blame for Demise of Richmond, Va., Chain.
May 27, 2004... Byline: Gregory J. Gilligan May 27--NORFOLK, Va. -- Grocery supplier Supervalu Inc.'s top executive said his company shouldn't be blamed for the financial problems and demise of Johnny Johnson's supermarket chain. Jeffrey Noddle,...

Closure of Richmond, Va., Freight Terminal Leaves 61 Workers Without Jobs.
May 27, 2004... Byline: Chip Jones May 27--The Richmond freight terminal of trucking company USF Red Star closed early this week, putting 61 people out of work in a dispute that started over union organizing efforts. Two other freight terminals in...

Richmond, Va., Airport Gets Low-Fare Flights to Fort Myers, Fla.
May 26, 2004... Byline: Chip Jones May 26--Virginia travelers can make cheap getaways to Florida's Gulf Coast this winter. Richmond International Airport yesterday announced new low-fare charter flights to Fort Myers, Fla., starting in late...

Richmond, Va.-Based Genworth Financial Begins Its Run as Public Company.
May 26, 2004... Byline: Bob Rayner May 26--NEW YORK -- When Michael Fraizer woke up yesterday morning in New York, he was the top manager at General Electric Co.'s insurance and retirement-products subsidiary. A few hours later, he was chairman,...

Richmond, Va., Grocer Withdraws Lawsuit against Supermarket Chain.
May 26, 2004... Byline: Michael Martz May 26--The owner of the failed Community Pride grocery chain in Richmond has dropped his suit against a company in the Hampton Roads area that he once tried to buy. Johnny Johnson's Marketplace Holdings Inc....

Mall Manager Talks Shop in Colonial Heights, Va.
May 25, 2004... Byline: Gregory J. Gilligan May 25--COLONIAL HEIGHTS, Va. -- Cathy Thomas loves malls. After graduating from high school in 1979, Thomas and her sister made it a weekly routine to shop at an area mall. She loved the atmosphere, the...

Richmond, Va.-Area Truckers Face Tough Road as Diesel Prices Soar.
May 25, 2004... Byline: Chip Jones May 25--Don Gayles had just pumped 223 gallons of diesel fuel into his truck and felt every penny of it. Even though the $1.65 per gallon he paid at an Ashland truck stop was below the national average, the...

Richmond Times-Dispatch, Va., Business Calendar Column.
May 24, 2004... May 24--MONDAY: Career-Prospectors, www.career-prospectors.com, a job search networking group, meets at 7:30 a.m., in the Conference Room at Long & Foster, 9321 Midlothian Turnpike. Jim Roman speaks on "Selling Yourself Through Networking."...

Richmond, Va., Leadership Forum Offers Orientation to Relocating Professionals.
May 24, 2004... Byline: John Blackwell May 24--When John and Jeannette McCarthy moved to Richmond early this year, the most they knew about the area was what they'd seen from I-95 on their occasional transits through the city. Originally from New...

Richmond Times-Dispatch, Va., Chip Jones Column.
May 24, 2004... Byline: Chip Jones May 24--The Marines have landed -- on the side of 1,000 trucks from Virginia to California. The American Trucking Associations recently announced the end of a joint recruiting mission with the Marine Corps. ...

Richmond Times-Dispatch, Va., Business Briefs Column.
May 24, 2004... May 24--BANKING, INVESTMENTS Bank of America reports the following promotions: --Austin Welder is senior vice president. He is a client manager in middle-market banking. --Ed Kivior and Caroline J. Aloi are vice presidents. ...

Richmond Times-Dispatch, Va., Biz Buzz Column.
May 24, 2004... Byline: Gregory J. Gilligan May 24--One of the Richmond area's oldest businesses, which traces its roots to before the Civil War, has been sold. J.W. Fergusson & Sons Inc., a label manufacturer that has been run by the same family...

Richmond Times-Dispatch, Va., American Trends Column.
May 24, 2004... Byline: Gary Robertson May 24--Though many Americans have never heard of it, much less tried it, Internet grocery shopping is on the rise. It's now a $2.4 billion industry, advancing one mouse click at a time. A number of...

Richmond Times-Dispatch, Va., Consumer Watch Column.
May 23, 2004... Byline: Iris Taylor May 23--READERS HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT FICO SCORES: Fair Isaac Corp., the California innovator of credit scoring, responded to questions Times-Dispatch readers raised after reading my April 18 column, "You can hurt your...

Richmond Times-Dispatch, Va., Bob Rayner Column.
May 23, 2004... Byline: Bob Rayner May 23--MARKEL'S UNUSUAL MEETINGS REVEAL A UNIQUE COMPANY: For all the talk of transparency and the recent flurry of regulatory meddling, big publicly traded companies often remain something of a mystery to their...

Richmond, Va., Companies Show American-Type Marketing to Russian Professionals.
May 23, 2004... Byline: Bob Rayner May 23--For a second, Jeffrey Wong can barely see his computer screen -- obscured by a flurry of frantic female hands, pointing one direction, then the next. "Down. Everything down!" Tatyana Shved instructs as she...

High Land Cost, Lower Profits Push More Virginia Apple Growers Out of Business.
May 23, 2004... Byline: Greg Edwards May 23--BERRYVILLE, Va. -- Harry F. Byrd III, at the controls of a John Deere earth-mover, plowed forward with deft finality to close out a family business started by his grandfather. Wearing ear protection...

Bank, Richmond, Va.-Area Depositor Disagree on Terms of CD Interest Rate.
May 22, 2004... Byline: Carol Hazard May 22--A lifetime guarantee may not mean what most people might think. A Chesterfield County resident found out the hard way. The certified public accountant put money into a certificate of deposit in 1988...

Dominion Resources CEO Sells $16 Million in Shares.
May 21, 2004... Byline: Greg Edwards May 21--Thomas E. Capps, chairman and CEO of Dominion Resources Inc., made $16.7 million during the past week by exercising Dominion stock options. Richmond-based Dominion, parent of Dominion Virginia Power,...

Richmond Inventor Uses Local Retailer to Help Sale Better Bug Trap.
May 21, 2004... Byline: Bob Rayner May 21--Bob Carver Sr. had a bright idea. Simple, but a good one. Almost by accident, he invented a better bug trap. Carver, a semi-retired master electrician, even built a model to see if his idea would...

Circuit City Acquires Canadian Consumer Electronics Chain.
May 21, 2004... May 21--A Canadian consumer electronics chain is now part of Richmond-based Circuit City Stores Inc. Circuit City announced yesterday that it had completed its acquisition of InterTAN Inc., which operates more than 980 stores and dealer...

Members of Defunct Richmond, Va., Fitness Club Can File for Refunds.
May 21, 2004... May 21--New Fitness for Ladies, at 10440 Ridgefield Parkway, closed May 7. Eligible members of the health spa have until Aug. 27 to file claims. The Office of Consumer Affairs of the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer...

Panel Issues $11.6 Million to Steer Virginia Counties Away from Tobacco.
May 21, 2004... Byline: John Reid Blackwell May 21--A commission that controls half of the state's tobacco settlement money gave more than $11.6 million yesterday for economic development and education in Southside and Southwest Virginia. The...

AT&T Giving Refunds to Virginia Customers for Mistaken Charges.
May 20, 2004... Byline: Greg Edwards May 20--AT&T is issuing refunds or credits to as many as 20,000 current and former customers in Virginia who were erroneously billed for a long-distance plan. According to the State Corporation Commission, AT&T...

Richmond, Va., Restaurant Supplier Gives Executive an Expanded Role.
May 20, 2004... Byline: Gregory J. Gilligan May 20--Restaurant supplier Performance Food Group Co. has its first vice chairman who has an expanded role as an independent director. John E. Stokely was named yesterday to the new position. He also was...

Attorney Tells Virginia Executives to Prepare for New Overtime Regulations.
May 20, 2004... Byline: John Reid Blackwell May 20--Businesses in Virginia -- and their employees -- should get ready for new federal overtime regulations expected to take effect in August, despite attempts in Congress to derail the changes, several...

Cheesecake Factory to Open in Richmond, Va., Town Center.
May 19, 2004... Byline: Gregory J. Gilligan May 19--The Cheesecake Factory restaurant, one of the most sought-after casual dining chains in the country, plans to open a location in Short Pump Town Center this fall. The upscale restaurant should be...

Virginia Tourism Official Enjoys Chance to Merge Passions: State, Literature.
May 18, 2004... Byline: Linda Dunham May 18--When the director of public relations for the Virginia Tourism Corp. talks about literature, she may not be speaking about travel brochures. Martha Steger is a poet. And Virginia and literature are her...

Richmond Times-Dispatch, Va., Business Briefs Column.
May 17, 2004... May 17--ADVERTISING: At The Martin Agency: Lori Baker is media planning supervisor. She had been with McKinney & Silver in Raleigh, N.C. Erin Glenn and Megan Talty are media verification clerks. Glenn had been with Hometown Rental. Talty...

Richmond Times-Dispatch, Va., Biz Buzz Column.
May 17, 2004... Byline: Gregory J. Gilligan May 17--CLOVERLEAF'S SEARS BUILDINGS BOUGHT: A local investor has bought the former Sears, Roebuck and Co. store at Cloverleaf Mall. A marketing plan is being developed to come up with potential tenants and...

Richmond Times-Dispatch, Va., Business Calendar Column.
May 17, 2004... May 17--MONDAY: Career-Prospectors, www.career-prospectors.com, a job search networking group, meets at 7:30 a.m., in the Conference Room at Long & Foster, 9321 Midlothian Turnpike. Dave Saunders with the Richmond-Times Dispatch talks on "The...

Richmond Times-Dispatch, Va., Trade Names Column.
May 17, 2004... Byline: Heidi Mulik May 17--GROWTH CONTINUES FOR OLD DOMINION SECURITY: To whom much is given, much is expected. At Old Dominion Security Co. Inc., that means employees can expect ample training opportunities, praise for their...

Richmond Times-Dispatch, Va., John Reid Blackwell Column.
May 17, 2004... Byline: John Reid Blackwell May 17--As economic developers and planners such as Glen "Skip" Skinner know, finding up-to-date information on a particular county or region's economic situation often can be a major problem. "It is just...

Richmond Times-Dispatch, Va., Company News Column.
May 17, 2004... May 17--NEW BUSINESS/OPENINGS: Manchester Garden & Gift Gallery has opened at 1212 Hull St. The store offers annuals, perennials, fresh-cut flowers, garden tools and accessories and custom-gift baskets and potted plants. NAME CHANGE:...

Richmond Times-Dispatch, Va., Decision Makers Column.
May 17, 2004... May 17--TRIPP CLARK --New position: acute-care clinical consultant, Kimberly-Clark Health Care --Old position: senior acute-care clinical specialist, Kimberly-Clark Health Care --Birthplace: Richmond --Education: bachelor's...

Richmond Times-Dispatch, Va., Business Honors Column.
May 17, 2004... May 17--HONORS: Victor Yanchick has been named chairman of the Council of Deans of the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy. He is a professor and dean at Virginia Commonwealth University. --Gina M. Maset has been named to the...

Richmond Times-Dispatch, Va., Stu Neal Column.
May 17, 2004... Byline: Stu Neal May 17--The advent of e-mail has created a revolution in the world of business and our personal lives -- much to the disdain of our postal service that can't (yet) charge for the lost revenues they enjoyed when we used...

Richmond Times-Dispatch, Va., Start-Up Spotlight Column.
May 17, 2004... Byline: Jeffrey G. Kelley May 17--Paul Koder has a taste for the finer things in life: classical music, exotic cars, fine wine and stinky cheese. "The stinkier the better," he says, before eating a spoonful of foul-smelling Chabichou...

Richmond Times-Dispatch, Va., American Trends Column.
May 17, 2004... Byline: Gary Robertson May 17--Want to know what's cooking? Just ask a cooking school. Enrollments are rising, the number of cooking schools are increasing, and celebrity chefsare developing rock-star followings. The number of...

Richmond Times-Dispatch, Va., Virginia's Economy Column.
May 17, 2004... Byline: Christine Chmura May 17--STATE ENJOYS STRONG YEAR OF EMPLOYMENT GROWTH: The grass always looks greener on the other side, and apparently so do economies. Oftentimes, I "check" the soundness of the employment reports the...

Richmond Times-Dispatch, Va., Speaking of Work Column.
May 17, 2004... Byline: Wallace Johnston May 17--Almost every time I am asked to give a speech or conduct a seminar, I am asked about my equipment needs. You might be amazed how many people assume that you can't give a talk without using PowerPoint...

Young Employees Unable to Imagine Working without Instant Messaging.
May 17, 2004... Byline: Jeffrey G. Kelley May 17--Instant messaging isn't just for the kids anymore. Teens made the Internet communications tool popular as a forum for gossip. Now businesses see the usefulness of instant messaging. Many local...

Richmond Times-Dispatch, Va., Chip Jones Column.
May 17, 2004... Byline: Chip Jones May 17--Trucker Bill Adams was driving along Interstate 81 north of Roanoke, talking on a cell phone, when a car cut him off. "Woah!" he exclaimed into his headset. "Someone's in a real big hurry here. Someone...

Richmond Times-Dispatch, Va., Minding Your Business Column.
May 16, 2004... Byline: Iris Taylor May 16--A BAD WEB HOST CAN DAMAGE YOUR BUSINESS: A good Web host -- the service that links your Web site to customers and clients -- can keep your pages up and running fast and efficiently through good times and bad....

Young Graduates Realize Initiative, Networking Required to Land A Job.
May 16, 2004... Byline: Jeffrey G. Kelley May 16--Ahh, the joys of college: late-night study sessions, no parents and the gut-wrenching, downright humiliating, search for jobs after graduation. But for the first time since 2001, the forecast for...

Richmond Times-Dispatch, Va., Bob Rayner Column.
May 16, 2004... Byline: Bob Rayner May 16--POLITICS, ECONOMICS, BASEBALL AND COLUMNISTS: It's one of the great blessings -- and curses -- of modern life in a free society: the tsunami of information that washes over us every day. Thank heaven it...

CSX Requires Trains to Reduce Speeds Based on Weather Forecasts.
May 15, 2004... Byline: Chip Jones May 15--The heat is on CSX Corp. for imposing temperature-related slowdowns this week for passenger and commuter trains between Richmond and Washington despite relatively mild temperatures. The Virginia Railway...

Richmond, Va., Human Resources Group Recognizes Several Area Firms.
May 14, 2004... Byline: Gregory J. Gilligan May 14--Several businesses were recognized yesterday for achievements and contributions to employee development. The annual All Star Awards were presented by the Richmond Human Resources Management...

Nextel Drives New Race Fans to NASCAR.
May 14, 2004... Byline: John Reid Blackwell May 14--Even a white-collar, coat-and-tie type of person can learn to love NASCAR. Take, for example, the guys at the Richmond investment banking office of Ferris, Baker Watts Inc. They figured --...

Virginia Technology Council Hands Out Awards at Annual Ceremony.
May 13, 2004... Byline: John Reid Blackwell May 13--A lawyer who has devoted his career to fostering the growth of technology companies won the Greater Richmond Technology Council's top leadership award. S. Brian Farmer received the award at the...

CarMax Stock Price Skids on Weaker Sales, Earnings Outlook.
May 13, 2004... Byline: Gregory J. Gilligan May 13--Used-car giant CarMax Inc. cut its fiscal first-quarter earnings and sales forecast because fewer consumers are buying automobiles. Shares in CarMax tumbled 13.2 percent, or $3.30, in heavy trading...

Circuit City's Purchase of Canadian Chain to Be Completed This Month.
May 13, 2004... Byline: Gregory J. Gilligan May 13--Circuit City Stores Inc.'s acquisition of a Canadian consumer electronics chain should be completed by the end of the month. The Richmond-based retailer completed its tender offer for InterTAN Inc....

May-Owned Department Store Not Free of Obligations to Richmond, Va.-Area Mall.
May 13, 2004... Byline: Gregory J. Gilligan May 13--Lord & Taylor is not off the hook just yet. The upscale department-store chain has officially told Henrico County that it does not plan to build a store at Short Pump Town Center. The chain backed...

Richmond, Va., Financial-Services Provider Posts $5.4 Million Quarterly Loss.
May 13, 2004... Byline: Bob Rayner May 13--Dynex Capital Inc., a Richmond financial-services company, posted a first-quarter net loss of $5.4 million, compared with net income of $2.0 million a year before. After adjusting for charges and benefits...

Henrico County, Va., Semiconductor Plant Inundated with Job Seekers.
May 12, 2004... Byline: Greg Edwards May 12--At the Infineon Technologies semiconductor plant in Henrico County, phones have been ringing continuously with job applicants since the company announced an expansion last month, spokesman Saswato Das said....

Stay-at-Home Parents Seek Jobs at Richmond, Va.-Based Trucking Company.
May 12, 2004... Byline: Chip Jones May 12--Richmond trucking is taking a high-tech turn. Overnite Corp. officials said yesterday that they have gotten an "overwhelming response" to a pilot program designed to match stay-at-home parents with...

Executive Helps McLean, Va.-Based Financial Firm Succeed.
May 11, 2004... Byline: Carol Hazard May 11--A corporate career never crossed her mind. Marge M. Connelly wanted to become a rock star. Connelly was lead singer and keyboard player. She and her all-female band tried for 10 years to make it big....

SunTrust, National Commerce Financial Merger Won't Harm Richmond, Va., Jobs.
May 11, 2004... Byline: Bob Rayner May 11--A big Southeastern bank merger should, for once, have little effect on Richmond customers and employees. But the proposed deal has created an awkward situation for a fast-growing local bank. "There...

Baseball Athlete to Speak at Richmond, Va., Golf Group Social Event.
May 11, 2004... Byline: Gail Kelley May 11--Tee anyone? Business and golf are part of the fare for the local chapter of the Executive Women's Golf Association's inaugural "Tee Off" social event at 6:30 p.m. May 25 at The Virginia Center Crossings...

Federal Court to Hear Case of High-Voltage Line in Virginia National Forest.
May 11, 2004... Byline: Greg Edwards May 11--The Sierra Club goes to federal court in Washington today to contest a permit for a high-voltage transmission line to cross the Jefferson National Forest. The 765,000-volt line will run from Oceana,...

Some Businesses Use Wireless Internet Service to Gain a Competitive Edge.
May 11, 2004... Byline: John Reid Blackwell May 11--Peter Winters, a business consultant, normally works out of his home office on Church Hill. But what qualifies as an office for Winters has changed dramatically in the past year. When he goes out...

Richmond Times-Dispatch, Va., Biz Buzz Column.
May 10, 2004... Byline: Gregory J. Gilligan May 10--Don Caffery faced a problem. He had found a large number of low-carbohydrate products that he wanted to sell in his Good Foods Grocery natural-food stores. But many of the products didn't meet the...

Richmond Times-Dispatch, Va., American Trends Column.
May 10, 2004... Byline: Gary Robertson May 10--The presidential election of 2000 will be remembered, as much as anything, for a term that came into the lexicon: hanging chads. Those were the result of punch-card voting, in which it was not always...

Forbes Report Ranks Richmond, Va., in Top 10 Best Places for Doing Business.
May 8, 2004... Byline: Bob Rayner May 8--And the top 10 best places for doing business are: No. 10: Richmond, Va. No. 9:... Well, who really cares? Forbes magazine released its annual ranking of America's most business-friendly...

Owner of Popular Richmond Bath, Beauty Boutique Seeks to Relocate in Area.
May 8, 2004... Byline: Gregory J. Gilligan May 8--Bubbles will soon stop floating from the rooftop at the Soak! store in Carytown. That signature feature will end when the trendy bath and beauty boutique shuts down in late June because a lease...

Colonial Height, Va., Mall to Impose Limits on Unaccompanied Teenagers.
May 8, 2004... Byline: Gregory J. Gilligan May 8--A warning to teenagers wanting to go to Southpark Mall on Friday and Saturday nights: Soon, you must be accompanied by a parent or guardian. To crack down on an increasing number of fights,...

Virginia's Capped Electricity Rates Should Mean Higher Profits for Dominion.
May 7, 2004... Byline: Greg Edwards May 7--Virginia's extended capped electricity rates should mean higher profit for Dominion Resources Inc., executives of the Richmond-based utility told Wall Street analysts yesterday. The governor, attorney...

Ernst & Young Names Virginia Finalists for Entrepreneurial Award.
May 7, 2004... Byline: Bob Rayner May 7--This year's Virginia finalists for the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year award represent growing businesses of all sizes. The contenders include executives at a multibillion-dollar Richmond insurer...

Richmond Times-Dispatch, Va., Business Briefs Column.
May 6, 2004... May 6--A subsidiary of Richmond-based Dominion Resources Inc. announced yesterday it has started production from a deep-water oil and natural gas well in the Gulf of Mexico. The Devil's Tower field in the Mississippi Canyon, 140 miles...