The 178,000 square-foot building is located in city's Central Business District.

High Liner Foods expansion will create 57 new jobs.

NORFOLK The jury deliberating in the Bank of the Commonwealth fraud conspiracy case ended its second full day of deliberations without reaching a verdict. The jury asked no questions throughout the day.

Virginia Economic Development Partnership developed report to aid companies hit by federal government cutbacks.

The city of Hampton has named Leonard Sledge, an executive at the College of William and Mary, as its next economic development director. Sledge, whose title at W&M is director of economic development, will start his new job in Hampton on June 17. He will succeed former Hampton Mayor James Eason, who retired as the city’s economic development director in June.

NEWPORT NEWS High Liner Foods, a seafood processor and marketer, will expand its operation in Newport News, adding 57 jobs, Gov. Bob McDonnell announced Tuesday. High Liner currently employs more than 400 people in the city, McDonnell said in a statement.

RICHMOND AMF Bowling Worldwide Inc. is proposing a merger with New York-based bowling center operator Bowlmor. Virginia-based AMF filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in November. The company proposed the merger in a new plan to emerge from bankruptcy protection.

After starting two Florida offices in the past six months, brokerage plans to open office near Baltimore later this year and is considering sites in three other states.

Officials couldn’t say if quarterback Robert Griffin III will be able to play.

ODU's forecasting team is looking for growth in employment, retail sales, housing and the port during the second quarter in Hampton Roads. The Economic Forecasting Project, in a report to be issued today, said it expects the region's civilian nonfarm employment to top 754,000 jobs in the second quarter, up 1.2 percent from the year-earlier quarter.