Chamber Day Presentation
Chamber Day presentation by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation. The Growth Imperative– How Slow Growth Threatens Our Future and the American Dream.
Clean Power Plan
In June 2015, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its proposed Carbon Pollution Emission Guidelines for Existing Stationary Sources: Electric Utility Generating Units (known as the “Clean Power Plan”), citing Section 111(d) of the Clean Air Act. The Clean Power Plan sets carbon dioxide emission guidelines for states to follow in developing plans to address greenhouse […]
Ellen Bergren Joins Norfolk’s Vandeventer Black LLP
Norfolk, VA. (January 20, 2015) – Vandeventer Black LLP is pleased to announce the addition of accomplished commercial litigator Ellen F. Bergren to the firm. She will be based in Norfolk, VA where the law offices are headquartered. Bergren’s primary practice will focus on complex commercial litigation and general commercial litigation, as well as creditors’ […]
VA Chamber Lobbyist Keith Martin Testifies Against Minimum Wage Hike Proposal
Several equal rights bills will not move forward this session in Virginia’s state legislature. Monday, legislators on the Senate Commerce and Labor Subcommittee killed a bill that would have raised the minimum wage. With an 11 to 3 vote late Monday afternoon Republican lawmakers shot down a bill that would have raised Virginia’s mandatory minimum […]
Keel Point and BlueCreek Investment Partners Announce Merger
Keel Point and BlueCreek Investment Partners Announce Merger Boutique Investment Advisors Combine to Meet Growing Client Needs Huntsville, Alabama; Kansas City, Missouri; Vienna, Virginia— January 5, 2015 Keel Point, LLC (www.KeelPoint.com) and BlueCreek Investment Partners, LLC (www.BlueCreekIP.com) today announce the merger of their boutique, relational-model wealth management firms to provide family and institutional clients a […]
PBMARES NAMES THREE NEW PARTNERS
NEWPORT NEWS, VA (1/6/15) – PBMares, LLP – a regional consulting firm serving clients throughout the Mid-Atlantic – has elected three new partners. David J. Damiani, J.D., CPA, a Senior Tax Manager in the firm’s Williamsburg, VA office, Harvey L. Johnson, CPA, CGMA, a Senior Assurance Manager based in PBMares’ Norfolk office, and Nicholas Perrine, […]
Gas Prices Could Rise After Failure of Sales Tax Legislation (Richmond Times Dispatch)
“Virginia drivers are likely to see gasoline prices increase… Instead, drivers will pay more at the pump because of a political bargain struck by Virginia’s General Assembly in early 2013, and because of the failure of a similar bargain in the U.S. House of Representatives. At the heart of the dispute are sales taxes for online purchases, […]
U.S. Slides Again As Denmark Tops Forbes’ Best Countries For Business
What’s the Best Country for Business? Forbes recently released its list of the best countries for business, and the United States has dropped to 18th place. It was second on the list in 2009, but has declined every year since. Why the decline? Forbes attributes the decline mainly to regulatory burdens and the U.S. high […]
