Anheuser-Busch Cos. Inc., operator of theme
parks and a resort in the Williamsburg
area, plans to donate $2.25 million toward Jamestown
2007, Virginia's celebration of the 400th anniversary of the
founding of the colony. The company's donation includes
$1.75 million in cash and $500,000 worth of marketing
and in-kind services. (Richmond
Times-Dispatch)
Steve Case, co-founder of Internet services
provider America Online, joined forces with the husband-and-wife
tennis stars Andre Agassi and Steffi Graf for
development of high-end tennis facilities and additional
resort sites for Case's Exclusive Resorts, a
group of luxury vacation destinations with 38 worldwide
locations. (The Washington
Post)
BB&T Corp., a Winston-Salem, N.C.
banking company, plans to merge its banking subsidiaries BB&T
of Virginia and BB&T of South
Carolina into one unit, Branch Banking and Trust Co.,
to be headquartered in Winston-Salem.
The company expects the consolidation to lower operating
costs, improve efficiency and reduce regulatory burden
of operating three subsidiaries. (PRNewswire)
Northrop Grumman Information Technology, a
McLean-based provider of software solutions, received
a contract from the Department of Homeland Security
to provide engineering support in establishing quantitative
requirements for wireless communications among emergency
response organizations. (News release)
Owens & Minor Inc., a Richmond
distributor of medical and surgical supplies, signed
a new five-year agreement with Broadlane,
a Dallas-based provider of hospital services, to continue
providing Broadlane hospital
clients with medical and surgical distributions services. (News
release)
The Virginia Port Authority received $2.3 million
in port security grants from the Department of Homeland
Security for enhancements at its marine terminals in Norfolk, Portsmouth and Newport News. Another $1.3 million will go to
other entities in the Hampton Roads area, such as the
city of Norfolk and TransMontaigne
Product Services Inc. The funds are part of $168
million distributed to 51 ports nationwide. (The
Virginian-Pilot)
