Business http://hamptonroads.com/taxonomy/term/30 Category: Business en-us Copyright 2008 PilotOnline.com / HamptonRoads.com. Tue, 13 May 2008 01:30:29 -0400 230 sue Smithfield, allege labor violations NORFOLK Two hundred and thirty current and former workers have sued Smithfield Foods Inc., saying they weren't paid for 30 to 45 minutes of daily o ... http://hamptonroads.com/2008/05/230-sue-smithfield-allege-labor-violations Mon, 12 May 2008 22:32:13 -0400 Hearing on Dominion rate increase June 24 Dominion Virginia Power customers and others who want to comment on the company's proposed fuel rate increase may do so during a public hearing sched ... http://hamptonroads.com/2008/05/hearing-dominion-rate-increase-june-24 Mon, 12 May 2008 22:00:19 -0400 Hearing scheduled on Dominion Virginia Power fuel rate increase Dominion Virginia Power customers and others who want to comment on the companyandrsquo;s proposed fuel rate increase may do so during a public hea ... http://hamptonroads.com/2008/05/hearing-scheduled-dominion-virginia-power-fuel-rate-increase Mon, 12 May 2008 12:09:14 -0400 Energy price spike leads economic warning signs Last week, Dominion Virginia Power announced it would seek a rate increase that would boost the average bill for residential customers locally by abo ... http://hamptonroads.com/2008/05/energy-price-spike-leads-economic-warning-signs Sat, 10 May 2008 19:24:14 -0400 Strawberry pickers expected in fields when not shopping for mom VIRGINIA BEACH With a couple of toddlers and an infant in tow, two Virginia Beach moms entered a Pungo strawberry field at 8 a.m. Thursday Dark c ... http://hamptonroads.com/2008/05/strawberry-pickers-expected-fields-when-not-shopping-mom Fri, 09 May 2008 21:12:39 -0400 Regent’s MBAs, rich in diversity, buck national trend When Regent University awards masterandrsquo;s degrees in business administration today, more than one in five recipients will be black. That 22 ... http://hamptonroads.com/2008/05/regent%E2%80%99s-mbas-rich-diversity-buck-national-trend Fri, 09 May 2008 21:04:57 -0400 Dollar Tree's sales up 7.8 percent in first quarter Dollar Tree Inc. announced that sales for the first quarter of 2008 topped $1 billion, up 7.8 percent from the same period last year and exceeding th ... http://hamptonroads.com/2008/05/dollar-trees-sales-78-percent-first-quarter Thu, 08 May 2008 22:14:37 -0400 Longshoremen still essential to APM, union leader says NORFOLK The $450 million APM Terminals cargo facility that opened last July in Portsmouth does not pose a threat to the International Longshoremen' ... http://hamptonroads.com/2008/05/longshoremen-still-essential-apm-union-leader-says Thu, 08 May 2008 22:05:44 -0400 Norfolk Southern set to fight EPA lawsuit, CEO tells shareholders NORFOLK Norfolk Southern Corp. will go to trial if necessary to fight a federal environmental lawsuit filed against it because of a deadly January ... http://hamptonroads.com/2008/05/norfolk-southern-set-fight-epa-lawsuit-ceo-tells-shareholders Thu, 08 May 2008 21:59:55 -0400 Amerigroup looks to new markets for an expanded focus VIRGINIA BEACH Amerigroup Corp., whose growth was driven by serving low-income mothers and children without health insurance, will devote greater a ... http://hamptonroads.com/2008/05/amerigroup-looks-new-markets-expanded-focus Thu, 08 May 2008 21:56:46 -0400