In a Flat Market, Can This Beer Catch Fire- June 23, 2008 Staff writer Thomas Heath's Value Added column appears Tuesdays on the WashBiz blog. Most weeks, it profiles local entrepreneurs, discussing how they make money and what they do with it.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/business/localbusiness/index_xml/~3/31802951... Despite Economic Dip, Giving Rose in 2007- June 23, 2008 Americans donated $306 billion to charities in 2007, as U.S. philanthropic giving rose to a record level despite a downturn in the national economy, a survey being released today has found.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/business/localbusiness/index_xml/~3/31802950... Regional Economy Has a Split Personality- June 23, 2008 The big defense company Lockheed Martin of Bethesda has nary a concern about the national economic downturn. It is hiring -- not laying off -- employees.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/business/localbusiness/index_xml/~3/31802950... Rebuilding AOL's Online Advertising On the Fly- June 23, 2008 Tech Post, which looks at people and ideas driving the local technology industry, is back. It runs Friday on the WashBiz Blog, at washingtonpost.comwashbizblog.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/business/localbusiness/index_xml/~3/31802951... Bills by Prince George's Lawmaker Arouse Tempers in China- June 22, 2008 Del. James W. Hubbard seems to have started a trade dispute with China -- and he's loving every minute of it.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/business/localbusiness/index_xml/~3/31732430... Corporate Espionage Detailed in Documents- June 22, 2008 They scavenged through trash and tailed people for hours. They used undercover operatives to infiltrate private meetings. The targets were not agents of foreign powers but advocacy groups that had been critical of corporations.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/business/localbusiness/index_xml/~3/31732430... Fear Not, Fireworks Fans: The Shows Will Go On- June 22, 2008 Things were looking grim for the traditional bang, snap and crackle of Fourth of July fireworks this year.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/business/localbusiness/index_xml/~3/31732430... Housing rescue is final chance for bargaining- June 21, 2008 WASHINGTON -- President Bush and Congress have settled their differences on terrorist surveillance and Iraq war money. Now attention turns to a potential housing rescue, probably the last major initiative with any chance of passing before lawmakers scatter to campaign for re-election.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/business/localbusiness/index_xml/~3/31695060... Lessons of Arlington's Urban Development Needn't Be Just History- June 21, 2008 The phenomenal metamorphosis of Arlington County's Rosslyn-Ballston corridor, among the region's most dramatic real estate transformations, teaches a timely lesson: Successful urban revitalization requires long-range planning and long-range public investment that sparks private investment.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/business/localbusiness/index_xml/~3/31648239... Salvadorans See Promise in Candidate- June 21, 2008 For most of his life, Luis Reyes has had a dread of public speaking and a distrust of left-wing politicians from his native El Salvador.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/business/localbusiness/index_xml/~3/31685178... |