Douglas W. Domenech
April video interview with Virginia's secretary of natural resources.

The Big Ball - Out & About
The Big Ball - Out & About

The Big Ball - On the Red Carpet
The Big Ball Red Carpet photos

Roofing Supply Group adds second Hampton Roads location
Dallas-based Roofing Supply Group is expanding to Williamsburg.

Committee forms to help select Virginia Tech’s next president
Advisory committee will help board select the university’s 16th president.

Two new tenants sign on at Deep Run III in Henrico County
Essex Bank is relocating to the former headquarters building for Circuit City.

Advance Auto reports lower earnings
Company says warm weather last year, lower customer income affected earnings.

Sens. Warner & Kaine submit legislation to expand offshore energy leases
Proposal calls for revenue sharing of 37.5 percent to Virginia.

Roanoke College poll finds improving consumer sentiment
Virginia respondents say they are optimistic about the economy and household finances

NII Holdings Inc. announces changes to board of directors
Kevin Beebe, a director on the board, is now chairman of the board.

UVA Cancer Center appoints new director
Thomas P. Loughran Jr. starts Aug. 15.

Roanoke College names general counsel
G. Michael Pace Jr. was managing partner of Roanoke-based Gentry Locke Rakes & Moore.

Ken Campbell joins Colliers in Richmond as a director in corporate services.
He also will be part of office brokerage team.

Employee embezzlement on the rise — What business owners can do
Since the onset of the 2007 recession, there has been a significant rise in deviant employee behavior.

The real telecommuting challenge
The news has been filled with reaction to the announcement that CEO of Yahoo, Marissa Mayer, wanted employees in the office and not telecommuting. As with many news and business stories, the issue is more complex than what can be crammed into a few column inches. Whether allowing telecommuting is good or bad policy is not black and white. Here are some perspectives that might add some robustness to this discussion.

‘April Fools’ Week Massacre’ spares neither candidate
Inside View by the Editor, Robert Powell

Economist lowers Virginia sequestration job loss estimate
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