An inside source at Circuit City’s Short Pump-area corporate headquarters told us around 9:00 a.m. Friday morning that employees were leaving the company’s buildings in droves. We broke the story on our Twitter account at 9:05 a.m. Our source reported that between 500 and 800 employees at the corporate headquarters off Mayland Drive were let [...]

LandAmerica, the struggling Glen-Allen-based title insurance company has agreed to sell itself to Fidelity National Financial in a stock deal valued at about $128.4 million. The deal will need to be approved by regulators and shareholders, according to a statement issued by LandAmerica. Aaron Kremer Aaron Kremer is Editor of Richmond BizSense, a Downtown Short [...]

The 2008 election will no doubt go down in the history books. This was an incredibly historic election with many firsts, including a female candidate for president early in the race,  Hillary Clinton, and  though there have been a few before, one for vice president, Sarah Palin. The American people have also made history by [...]

Republican Congressman Eric Cantor will serve his fifth term in Washington, after breezing past Democratic candidate Anita Hartke with more than a 25% lead at press time with 91% of precincts reporting in District 7. Cantor, who some political analysts pegged early on as a likely pick for John McCain’s running mate, introduced vice-presidential candidate [...]

Special Note: Follow our live Short Pump area election coverage and photos all day from polling stations on our Twitter account. Reports are coming into us from all over the Short Pump area that polling places are experiencing major problems. The most recent report was that only 1 out of 7 touch screen voting machines [...]

As if getting out to vote for your chosen candidate wasn’t reason enough, area establishments are offering an extra incentive: free food and drinks. The roundup in the Short Pump area is pretty well-rounded. Starbucks is offering a free tall coffee just for saying “I voted.” Ben & Jerry’s is serving up a free scoop [...]

LandAmerica Financial Group, headquartered in the Innsbrook Corporate Center, handed out pink slips to 120 workers this morning. The company, which specializes in title insurance and real estate services, has been struggling because of the recent housing downtown. LandAmerica once employed 850 workers at its headquarters after coming here in 2006. There’s no word on [...]

Struggling Short Pump area-based Circuit City announced plans via a press release Monday morning to close 155, or 20 percent, of its retail stores. The consumer electronics giant will also exit 12 U.S. markets. Consequently, 17 percent of its workforce will be given pink slips. As of the most recent released report, Circuit City had [...]

In what was the first time a presidential or vice-presidential candidate has visited Short Pump, Alaska governor Sarah Palin spoke to a crowd of approximately 8,000 area residents Saturday night at Deep Run High School. The rally, put together somewhat last minute, on Thursday, was very well orchestrated by Henrico County and other officials. We [...]

It’s not every day that a vice-presidential candidate comes to Short Pump. We are pleased to provide live coverage of Sarah Palin’s Deep Run High School rally starting at 6:00 p.m. this evening. Click here to view the page. We’ll have live text and photo updates from the event throughout the evening. We’ll also have [...]