Virginia Business News

Va. — The bluish haze that has hung over the Third Street Diner's bar and booths for decades finally lifts next month as a new anti-smoking law takes hold in Virginia, a huge shift for a state whose tobacco habit...

You know that political bumper sticker that goes, "If you're not outraged, you're not paying attention"? It might as well have applied to the market last year and at the start of this one. Until the recent rally, 2008-09 was...

Ensuring coverage of 94% of eligible Americans will cost a trillion dollars over the next decade, give or take a few billion depending on which chamber the bill is coming out of. The short answer to who is going to...

Mr Corbett was the deputy chairman and replaces Ron Walker, who will stand aside at the company's annual general meeting. Ron Walker's chairmanship of Fairfax ended in acrimony, after a public stoush with members of the Fairfax family, notably major...

Gannett Co., the largest newspaper publisher in the U.S., said Tuesday it expects third-quarter earnings to far outpace expectations, as layoffs and falling newsprint costs help offset weak advertising sales. Shares jumped $1.80, or 18 percent, to $11.78 in premarket...

Top Federal Reserve officials on Tuesday struck differing notes on the likely pace of the U.S. economic recovery and one warned that pockets of weakness must not deter the central bank from withdrawing its extraordinary economic support. Jeffrey Lacker, the...

And that's before you take Brocade's smart acquisition strategy into account. After today's 16% pop, Brocade's share price has more than tripled in 2009. Even so, the stock does not look expensive by traditional metrics like price to forward earnings,...

Every year, you get a chance to make a decision that will have a big impact on your paycheck. The right choice can mean saving hundreds or even thousands of dollars...If you have health insurance at work, November is typically...