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RealMatch offers another Web job search option
- RealMatch.com is the second D.C.-area competitor in a month to emerge in the job search market.
WidePoint receives $2.2 million more from DHS
- Washington-based IT company WidePoint has received a $2.2 million add-on to a contract it has with the Department of Homeland Security. The firm is working on mobile telecommunications expense management systems for DHS. The additional money is for work being performed this year by WidePoint’s subsidiary, iSYS.
16 local companies to share in $12 billion contract deal
- Sixteen of the 26 companies sharing a more than $12 billion government contract are based in the D.C. area.
Sprint Nextel loses $505M, may sell assets to stop fall
- Sprint Nextel lost $505 million, or 18 cents per share, during the fourth quarter, and company executives said the firm may shed assets in order to deal with its financial troubles.
- Sprint Nextel lost $505 million, or 18 cents per share, during the fourth quarter, and company executives said the firm may shed assets in order to deal with its financial troubles.
Source Festival tradition reborn in the District
- The Washington Theater Festival, an annual tradition in D.C. that ended abruptly in 2004 when the theater that hosted it began having financial woes, is being reignited this year as the Source Festival.
Art event expected to bring 50,000 visitors to NoMa
- Fire-dancing troupes and purses made out of encyclopedias are among the visual and performing arts exhibits expected to draw 50,000 visitors to the burgeoning "NoMa" neighborhood over the next five weeks for Artomatic.
Wall Street welcomes WiMAX deal
- Analysts were cautiously optimistic about the future of WiMAX broadband service and Sprint Nextel’s stake in it after the company announced a renewed partnership that brings with it $3.2 billion from five new industry partners.
Verizon gets go-ahead for FiOS with service extended to Manassas
- Verizon received approval from the city of Manassas on Monday evening to offer its fiber optic television service.
The 3-minute interview: George Newstrom
- Formerly the director of technology for the state of Virginia, George Newstrom is now the president and CEO of Fairfax-based Lee Technologies.
Maracas, margaritas come out early for Cinco de Mayo
- This weekend, margaritas will flow and mariachis will play as D.C. gets into the spirit of Cinco de Mayo a bit ahead of the Monday holiday.
Local candy firms join after combining for success
- Two local chocolate retailers have decided to permanently combine forces after finding success with a joint-venture “cocoa bar”.
Elevator company hangs hopes on Baltimore-area expansion
- A D.C.-based elevator company, started on the belief there was a high-service niche for a small firm among the Otises and Kones of the industry, is now expanding into Baltimore.