Kate Andrews

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Arlington entrepreneur prepares for Blue Origin space flight

1 week ago | virginiabusiness.com | Kate Andrews

Arlington entrepreneur and former NASA engineer Aisha Bowe will be a member of the first all-woman crew set to fly to the edge of space next week as passengers on a commercial rocket. Along with singer Katy Perry and CBS Mornings co-host Gayle King, Bowe is scheduled to take an 11-minute flight April 14 on the self-flying New Shepard rocket from Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin aerospace company.
U.Va. med school faculty, clinical leaders defend those who backed CEO's resignation

1 week ago | virginiabusiness.com | Kate Andrews

More than a month after Dr. K. Craig Kent resigned as UVA Health‘s CEO following an independent investigation and an emergency meeting of the University of Virginia Board of Visitors, drama is still roiling at the university.
U.Va. hires AstroZeneca exec to lead Manning biotech institute

2 weeks ago | virginiabusiness.com | Kate Andrews

Mark T. Esser, vice president for vaccines and immune therapies at pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca, will be the inaugural chief scientific officer and leader of the Paul and Diane Manning Institute of Biotechnology at the University of Virginia, U.Va. announced Thursday. Esser, who will join U.Va. May 1, earned a Ph.D. in microbiology in 1998 from U.Va.’s medical school, and has worked in translational medicine at AstraZeneca, MedImmune (which was acquired by AstraZeneca) and Merck.
Reston Limousine sold to Texas company

3 weeks ago | virginiabusiness.com | Kate Andrews

Dallas-based TBL Group, a transportation and logistics management acquisition company, has purchased Reston Limousine & Travel Service, a Sterling-based transportation company started in 1990. According to TBL’s website, the company will be known as Reston Transportation. Financial terms were not disclosed. Since its founding, Reston Limo has grown from five vehicles to a fleet of 250 vehicles, including cars, vans, buses and limousines, as well as 375 employees.
If Trump tariffs linger, Va. maritime industry will feel pain, experts say

3 weeks ago | virginiabusiness.com | Kate Andrews

With President Donald Trump‘s self-branded “Liberation Day” anticipated to bring a rollout of new tariffs April 2 that Trump says will free the United States of dependence on foreign-made goods, many businesses and citizens are wondering what will happen next, with skyrocketing consumer prices and supply costs among their worries. On Monday, the president said he had settled on a plan for his latest group of tariffs but did not offer specifics.
Henrico to rebid arena project at former Best Products campus

4 weeks ago | virginiabusiness.com | Kate Andrews

Henrico County announced Thursday it is rebidding the development rights for the former Best Products headquarters campus, the site where the failed $2.3 billion GreenCity development had been planned. GreenCity officially met its demise after developers failed to make more than $5 million in overdue payments by a March 13 deadline, and the county said in a statement that it would rebid the project.
Merrick leaving as state commerce secretary

4 weeks ago | virginiabusiness.com | Kate Andrews

Caren Merrick, Virginia’s commerce and trade secretary, said in a LinkedIn post that she is leaving Gov. Glenn Youngkin‘s administration. According to a Washington Post story Thursday, Merrick turned down the job of state secretary of natural resources. The Post reported that Youngkin offered Merrick the natural resources job in order to name her chief deputy commerce secretary, Juan Pablo Segura, to the top job.
Virginia Beach-based Groundworks names new president, COO

1 month ago | virginiabusiness.com | Kate Andrews

Groundworks, a Virginia Beach-based foundation and water management solutions company, has promoted two senior executives to president and chief operating officer. Michael Mullican, who joined Groundworks over a year ago as chief financial officer, has been named president and retains his CFO title, and Jeffrey Martin, most recently Groundworks’ chief revenue officer, is now COO, the company announced Thursday. “Last year was transformational for Groundworks.
Power outage at Virginia International Gateway leads to port backup

1 month ago | virginiabusiness.com | Kate Andrews

Power was out early morning Friday at the Virginia International Gateway, the privately owned Portsmouth container terminal leased by the Port of Virginia, leading to a several-hour halt in service while electricity was restored and the terminal’s systems were restarted.
Americans increased spending tepidly last month as anxiety over the economy takes hold

1 month ago | virginiabusiness.com | Christopher Rugaber |Kate Andrews

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. shoppers stepped up their spending just a bit in February after a sharp pullback the previous month, signaling that Americans are shopping more cautiously as concerns about the direction of the economy mount. Retail sales rose just 0.2% in February, a small rebound after a sharp drop of 1.2% in January, the Commerce Department said Monday. Sales rose at grocery stores, home and garden stores, and online retailers.