Posted on Monday, 30th January 2012 by James Martin
Lower interest rates, an improved loan portfolio and a lower FDIC insurance premium led Valley Financial Corp., the Roanoke-based holding company of Valley Bank, to report a record profit in 2011. The bank reported this week that its net income for the year rose nearly 63 percent to $5.7 million, or $1 a share, from [...]
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Posted on Sunday, 22nd January 2012 by James Martin
Weve all seen the news lately and heard of lots of large and small businesses closing down. No doubt, youve also seen the impact on your high street with both large and smaller, independent retailers shutting up shop. However, its important to realise that despite uncertainty in the economic environment, high levels of competition and [...]
Posted on Wednesday, 4th January 2012 by James Martin
Store employees at the Abercrombie & Fitch clothing store at Valley View Mall are telling customers that the store is closing Dec. 26. Calls and emails to the company’s corporate offices in Ohio haven’t been returned. A store manager said she wasn’t allowed to talk with the media, and mall manager Louise Dudley said she [...]
Posted on Wednesday, 14th December 2011 by James Martin
Consumer and customer behaviour is changing in front of our eyes. As a result, there is a lot of talk about how our marketplaces are changing, the influence of digital channels, the importance of word of mouth, how social media channels are allowing customers to find and share us with their friends and networks and [...]
Posted on Thursday, 8th December 2011 by James Martin
You can see the image below of a scam message sent in the name of the Better Business Bureau. Its another phishing scam but one that slipped through many spam filters. It purports to be from the Better Business Bureau website but has a non specific reply address manager@bbb.org. It arrives unsolicited to businesses who [...]
Tags: Better Business, Better Business Bureau, Bureau, Business Bureau
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Posted on Tuesday, 29th November 2011 by James Martin
20 groups receive $254,000 of grants The Shasta Regional Community Foundation has approved more than $254,000 of donations from its McConnell Fund. The money went to 20 organizations in Shasta, Siskiyou, Tehama and Modoc counties. The groups that got money were American Trails ($3,664), FaithWORKS Community Coalition ($10,000), Junction Elementary School ($10,000), Shasta College Foundation [...]
Posted on Tuesday, 15th November 2011 by James Martin
I don’t know how many of you have seen the film The Truman Show? But we’ve all wished we could live in a perfect world sometimes, where every traffic light is green and every decision goes your way. Working without effective feedback can sometimes seem like that – you complete a task or project, send [...]
Posted on Monday, 7th November 2011 by James Martin
Just scan the web and you can find autoblogging sites and formula article built sites Theyre mostly trash. Obviously written to serve the search engine and keyword instead of the human reader. I think they are actually designed to drive you nuts so you look for a link to click. Is it every possible to [...]
Posted on Tuesday, 1st November 2011 by James Martin
This year’s Shop Hop Redding event will sport the theme: support your local shops, promote the 3/50 project and have a great time shopping. The event will take place at all Shop Hop Redding stores from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Nov. 12. “The biggest gist is that shopping locally helps strengthen the community for [...]
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Posted on Tuesday, 25th October 2011 by James Martin
For about a half-century, ITT has been a familiar corporate presence to Roanoke Valley residents.But as of this weekend, the company will have a new look and a new name, if not a new mission.ITT Night Vision, on Plantation Road near Interstate 81, will become part of ITT Exelis, one of three new ITT divisions [...]