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Melissa Frederick
The 3-minute interview: Jean Janssen
- Jean Janssen just founded a group of farmers markets serving Northern Virginia. Smart Markets Inc. — in Fairfax City, Oakton and Reston — use produce from local farmers only.
Experts in mobile look to the future
- The mobile landscape of 2008 looks completely different than it did just two years ago, and experts predict the next few years will bring innovations that make communication through mobile devices even more pervasive.
Area firms ride surging mobile sector
- T he market for mobile technology is booming, fueled by the introduction of easier-to-use cell phones and flat-rate calling plans that encourage the use of phones and personal data assistants for Internet applications.
Independence Day, the Washington way
- Thousands of area residents and tourists are gearing up for the main event in the nation’s Independence Day celebrations.
Vienna, Fairfax make changes for safer celebrations
- The malfunction at last year’s Vienna Fourth of July celebration showed the dangers inherent in the use of fireworks and led to changes in the way some local communities approach the holiday.
Largest e-prescribing firms merge
- The two largest networks dedicated to e-prescribing medication are merging, the firms announced Tuesday. Alexandria-based SureScripts is merging with St. Paul, Minn.-based RxHub in a cashless transaction. The new company, tentatively called SureScripts-RxHub LLC, will have dual headquarters in both locations.
‘Top Chef’s’ burger joint is a family affair
- Chef Spike Mendelsohn is probably one of the few people to refer to D.C. as “laid-back.”
Core Capital invests $10 million in BridgeWave
- D.C.-based venture firm Core Capital Partners has invested $10 million in a company devoted to increasing the capacity of mobile phone networks.
PBS, Discovery Networks ink distribution deals
- Two local media companies announced partnerships Tuesday that would deliver their content to a larger audience.
TSA mulls advertisements on airport security bins
- Security bins at airports may be permanently equipped with advertising after next month, depending on what the Transportation Security Administration decides.
WorldSpace seeks cash for European expansion
- Though Silver Spring-based WorldSpace Inc. has met several key milestones over the past year, it still needs capital to successfully launch a satellite-based radio service in Europe in 2009.
Bethesda firm gets contract to build rural roads in India
- A Bethesda company devoted to assembling infrastructure in India has won a $103 million contract to build rural roads in the country.
Michael Marley
NY Boxing Examiner
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Krista Ranillo-Manny Pacquiao: It's only a movie
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Krista Ranillo-Manny Pacquiao: It's only a movie
