brThe deal to merge Carilion Clinic's subsidiary laboratory business with a larger North Carolina lab company was finalized Friday. pThe merger with Spectrum Laboratory Network of Greensboro, N.C., creates one of the 10 largest laboratory companies in the U.S. The business initially will be focused regionally,…

Access Advertising racked up more than a dozen ADDYs.brpA Roanoke advertising and public relations firm had a strong showing at the Western Virginia ADDY awards, held Saturday at Center in the Square in downtown Roanoke./p pAccess Advertising amp; Public Relations took home 14 awards, the highest total…

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EL CAJON, Calif. (AP) #8212; A Toyota Prius that sped out of control on a California freeway was towed to a dealership Tuesday while federal and company inspectors converged on the car to determine whether a stuck gas pedal was to blame. pa href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/xnNqWGiuDnSVRIxGP41GCUf03QM/0/da"img…

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The Daily Press in Newport News will eliminate most of its positions for copy editors and designers and move their functions to The Chicago Tribune, the newspaperrsquo;s publisher, Digby Solomon, said today. The Chicago Tribune is the flagship newspaper of the Tribune Co., the parent company of the Daily…

CINCINNATI (AP) #8212; The Kroger Co. is sacrificing some profits to court financially strapped shoppers who are buying more groceries at lower prices, counting on them to keep coming back when better economic days finally arrive. pa href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/u5gu7ufXrQ1l9dRL3ifCkz0HYOU/0/da"img…

CNNMoney.com is reporting today that the number of American workers with nearly no retirement savings has gone up for the third straight year.

A locally based designer and importer of floor mats, decorative pillows and other items for major retailers has bought a Norfolk Industrial Park warehouse previously occupied by hardware-and-tool distributor Watters and Martin Inc.