Google bringing economic opportunity initiative to Virginia
Today, Google announced that it is coming to Herndon, Richmond and Roanoke as part of its Grow with Google initiative to help create economic opportunity…
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FairfaxNews acquired by Rx411 LLC
FairfaxNews, a local news site serving the Fairfax, Va./Washington, D.C., market has been acquired by Rx411 LLC and will continue to provide news coverage using…
Boeing’s Manassas test flight of passenger-carrying drone a success, company says
Boeing this week completed the first test flight from a Manassas airfield of a prototype drone that can carry passengers. It’s not calling it that…
Business Briefs: Verizon, OBXtek
A new Verizon Wireless opened in Chantilly this week. The store is off of Westfields Blvd., next to the Field at Commonwealth, and is owned and operated…
Stone Springs Hospital wins accreditation
StoneSprings Hospital Center has earned The Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval for Hospital Accreditation by demonstrating continuous compliance with its performance standards. The Gold Seal of…
Business Briefs: OBXtek, Club Pilates
OBXtek Inc. was awarded a contract to provide training exercise support services to the National Guard Bureau (NGB). The five-year, $3.8 million contract was awarded…
McLean-based Gannett becomes a takeover target
Gannett, publisher of USA Today and hundreds of other daily newspapers, is facing a hostile takeover bid from MNG Enterprises, a cost-cutting publisher better known…
Business Briefs: OBXtek, Dolan Swim School
OBXtek Inc. was awarded a $15.9M contract with the Marine Corps Logistics Command (MARCORLOGCOM) Audit Readiness Augmentation (ARA). OBXtek will provide advisory and project management…
Blackboard moving its HQ from DC to Reston
Blackboard Inc. is moving its headquarters to Reston in 2019, abandoning its downtown DC location. “We are excited to bring our Metro D.C. area workforce…
Digital augmented identity firm picks Reston for North American HQ
IDEMIA, a global leader in Augmented IdentityTM for an increasingly digital world, will relocate its North American Identity & Security headquarters from Billerica, Massachusetts, to Reston,…