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Six months after striking a distribution deal with Anheuser-Busch, Crozet-based Starr Hill Brewery says its beer can be bought across Virginia, and plans for more Southeast distribution are in the works.

During the one-year period ending June 30, 2008, the S&P 500 index lost 13.12 percent. The MSCI EAFE Index of international developed markets lost 10.6 percent (in U.S. dollars). Significantly, 10 of the most economically free countries only lost 6.2 percent

Six months after striking a distribution deal with Anheuser-Busch, Crozet-based Starr Hill Brewery says its beer can be bought across Virginia, and plans for more Southeast distribution are in the works.

Apple Inc.‘s new iPhone went on sale Friday to eager buyers worldwide, but there were problems getting the phones to work.

Circuit City Stores Inc. plummeted to historic lows in trading Wednesday.

Since 1997 the government has stolen productivity gains from Social Security recipients and pushed middle-class taxpayers into alternative minimum tax rates. But you can learn how to hedge your assets against underreported inflation and protect your retirement goals.

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Feeling trapped in an unhappy work environment is sending many people in search of solace and advice. With the economy sputtering and unemployment on the rise, these workers are trying to make the best of a bad situation rather than not have a job at all.

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The fragile economy improved slightly at the beginning of the year and could grow a bit stronger in the current quarter as extra cash from tax rebates spurs people to buy more. Still, it’s not out of danger yet.

The Federal Reserve decided on Wednesday to leave a key interest rate unchanged and cited a heightened risk of inflation, which could lead to rate increases down the road. Private analysts said the Fed may delay the first rate hike until December.

RICHMOND — Several business, government and consumer groups that would be affected by Dominion Virginia Power’s proposed 18 percent rate increase endorsed the request at a State Corporation Commission hearing Tuesday.

In early America, the undisputed beverage of choice was hard apple cider — even more so than water.

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Since 1997 the Consumer Price Index has manipulated the raw data and significantly underreported inflation. This tactic has saved the government hundreds of billions of dollars. Entitlement program recipients find their benefits reduced every year. And middle-class taxpayers are pushed automatically into ever-higher tax brackets.

With a day’s worth of bottled water - the recommended 64 ounces - costing hundreds to thousands of dollars a year depending on the brand, more people are opting to slurp water that comes straight from the sink.

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NEW YORK (AP) _ Two former Bear Stearns managers have been arrested, federal authorities said Thursday, becoming the first executives to face criminal charges related to the collapse of the subprime mortgage market.

A steady whoosh of 1,300-degree flames engulfed the weathered drum and its contents, the ingredients for what the scientist called “super clean” coal.  “What we’re doing is taking the coal apart and putting it back better than it was naturally,“ Richard Wolfe told his audience of four coal industry insiders who met with him on a recent Saturday in a dusty barn in Lebanon, Va.

Recently I watched the 1997 movie “Conspiracy Theory” starring Mel Gibson and Julia Roberts. Before the opening credits have finished rolling, we understand that Gibson’s character is a crackpot cab driver who sees conspiracies everywhere. But our perception changes by the end of the film when we realize for ourselves that some of his theories are true

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Whole Foods’ plans for a massive new store with a three-level parking garage would remake the Hydraulic Road corridor in Charlottesville and potentially spur more development there.