With planned ‘beer trail,’ Charlottesville area brew-ers hope emulate Virginia’s wine industry.

In 2003, the Goldman Sachs Global Economics Department predicted the economic and geopolitical influence of Brazil, Russia, India and China (the BRIC countries) would become increasingly visible in the developed world and even dominate it by 2050. These countries have averaged a total return on investment in their stock markets of 38.28 percent over the past five years, up 5.02 percent over the past year.

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Construction crews are putting the finishing touches on the Devil’s Backbone beer brewery located just down the mountain from the Wintergreen ski and golf resort in Nelson County.

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said Friday the financial crisis that has pounded the country — coupled with higher inflation — is taking a toll on the economy and poses a major challenge to Fed policymakers as they try to restore stability.

Circuit City says it’s still considering a sale of the Richmond consumer electronics retailer.

Wholesale inflation surged in July, leaving prices for the past year rising at the fastest pace in 27 years, according to government data released Tuesday.

Amish and Mennonite and even non-religious small-scale growers in Virginia, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Iowa, Tennessee, New York and other states are mindful of the money to be made from this emerging relationship with big distributors. And they are willing to engage in some horse trading to create business relationships.

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Financial information on the Internet is excessive and changes daily. This overload leads to excessive trading, which in turn results in lower returns. Studies suggest that analysts who depend on all this overwhelming advice make poorer decisions even though they feel more confident about them.

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Spencer Connerat, formerly of Collective Resources Corp. and a CPC stockholder, said the suit is an attempt to force the city to specify if and when it inked a confidentiality agreement with the CPC. Such an agreement would be needed to allow the city to bid on CPC’s assets.

Real estate agents say the cost of gas is putting a damper on home sales in some rural areas.

Even as consumers face soaring energy costs, rising food prices and higher mortgages or rent, it seems clear they’re not prepared to forgo many of life’s little treats — alcohol, cigarette and candy makers are all reporting healthy sales amid the gloom.

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Although the herd mentality may help you find greener pastures if you are a bison, it won’t help you find untrampled pastures. In investments, every bison ahead of you has already run the price up, and the only buyers of your investment are behind you. Straggling along at the back of the herd doesn’t stop you from reaching the watering hole, but being toward the end of a run-up in the markets can be as deadly as drinking from fouled water.

Clinical Data Inc., a global biotechnology firm based in Massachusetts, has agreed to buy a Charlottesville biotech company in a deal that could be ultimately worth up to $66 million.

“We definitely believe that that there is no more risk to the public at this point,” said Thomas Jefferson Health District pathologist Elizabeth Davies

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