Shopping centers aim to be holiday destination
(Jeffrey MacMillan / Jeffrey MacMillan)
Union Market, Mosaic District and the Tanger Outlets at National Harbor are all vying for a piece of holiday sales.
Editor’s Note: Tricks to shopping the outlets
As Tanger Outlets opens in nearby Prince George’s, my wife might be dragging me on outlet shopping excursions more often.
Sl8z brings crowdsourcing to talent recruitment
A Reston startup aims to make it easier for employers to fill high-level jobs by leveraging the power of not just one headhunter, but a whole network of them.
Virginia Tech victim among creators of campus safety app
Kristina Anderson was shot three times during a French class in 2007. LiveSafe aims to prevent such crime.
Walker & Dunlop braces for Fannie, Freddie wind down
The Bethesda firm announced a new venture that is expected to result in $1B in loan originations in 2014.
Billy Martin: Washington’s celebrity lawyer
Billy Martin is known as the defender of celebrities in trouble. (Think Michael Vick and Larry Craig.) Now he’s making a play for corporate clients.
For the first time in 20 years, Georgetown may get new bar
The neighborhood can only have six operating taverns at any given time, according to District rules.
MicroStrategy’s vice chairman gives up his day job
CAPITAL BUZZ | Sanju K. Bansal resigned as an employee, but there was no change in HIS status as vice chairman of the board.
SUSPEND Act troubles contractors
Contracting advocates say a more rigid suspension and debarment process would hurt companies.
After a tough year, Patton Boggs maps out its future
After months of cuts and losses, Washington’s premier lobby shop says things are turning around.
GSA seeks 50 acres for FBI headquarters
Agency says it needs 50 acres within two miles of a Metro station and two-and-a-half miles of Capital Beltway.
In the age of Amazon, retailers reinvent themselves locally
Make-your-own everything, blow-dry bars and luxury cinemas flood Washington neighborhoods.
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Deltek: Three contracting vehicles worth billions to be available
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CoStar: Capitol Riverfront, Tysons Corner seeing plenty of retail interest
In addition to high-growth zones in the District, retail developers are also looking to capitalize on the extension of the Silver Line and have begun to build along its path.
On Leadership
The personal philosophy of Sallie Krawcheck
The Wall Street veteran on her vision for 85 Broads and squeezing ‘everything you can out of this time when you’re alive.’
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Career Coach: Dealing with a shared office
The career coach offers advice on what to do when you go from a solo office set-up to a shared one.
Life At Work: A monthly charity drawing at Neustar
Employees can submit the name of their favorite nonprofit and win $1,000 for that group.
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An office built with millennials in mind
Accenture’s Arlington office has a heavy emphasis on flexibility, mobility and connectivity.
Not your grandmother’s milkman
How one local company is using technology that may be the best hope for the farm-to-table movement.
It’Sugar opens in Chinatown
The co-founder of Dylan’s Candy Bar brings a sweet shop, and mega-size treats, to the D.C. area.
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