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• Immigration Policies, Housing Decline Seen as Linked

  Published: October 5, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Immigration, Policies, Housing, Decline, Seen, Linked, Prince William County, Michael T Minnery, Rob Heltzel, Maryland, Texas, Prince William Association Of Realtors, Carlos Aragon, Covington, Mary Donaldson, Reston, W S Covington Iii, Woodbridge Virginia, Fairfax Count

  Prince William County's home prices and its Hispanic population rose in tandem during the first half of this decade, a result of a home-building frenzy that became a powerful magnet for immigrant laborers. They arrived by the thousands, sending housing values even higher.

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• Investors Critical of Sprint's Chief

  Published: October 5, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Investors, Critical, Sprint S, Chief, Sprint Nextel Corporation, Gary Forsee, Michael Nelson, Ralph Whitworth, The Wall Street Journal, Verizon Communications Inc, Len Lauer, Miami Beach, Patrick Comack, Reston

  Sprint Nextel chief executive Gary D. Forsee is facing intensifying pressure from shareholders to improve the company's financial health, causing several analysts to speculate that he may be forced to step down in the coming months.

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• Forsee: WiMaxed Out

  Published: October 9, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Forsee, Wimaxed, Out, Sprint Nextel Corporation, Gary Forsee, Jean Marie Messier, Philip Cusick, Vivendi Sa, Wall Street, At Amp T Inc, Bear Stearns Amp Co Inc, Verizon Communications Inc, Hollywood, Miami Beach, Mike Nelson, Patrick Comack, Reston, United States

  Perhaps someday, WiMax will be the key to turning around Sprint Nextel, the beleaguered Reston cellphone company. Perhaps someday, consumers will walk and drive across the country, enjoying uninterrupted, high-speed Internet service, watching video, e-mailing and talking on the phone over the Web...

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• Both Sides Ready for a Court Battle Over Sallie Mae's Soured Buyout

  Published: October 10, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Both, Sides, Ready, For, Court, Battle, Over, Sallie, Mae S, Soured, Buyout, Sallie Mae Inc, Bank Of America Corporation, Jp Morgan Chase Amp Co, Albert L Lord, George W Bush, J Christopher Flowers, Octavio Marenzi, Reston, Washington Dc

  The gloves have come off in the fight over one of the biggest buyouts in history.

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• Reston Builder's Cancellations Reflect Industry

  Published: October 13, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Reston, Builder S, Cancellations, Reflect, Industry, Centex Corporation, Atlanta, Christopher Clemente, North Carolina, Beazer Homes Usa Inc, Comstock Homebuilding Companies Inc, Fitch Inc, Hanley Wood Llc, Bob Curran, Dallas, Raleigh, United States, Washington Dc

  Comstock Homebuilding Cos. of Reston yesterday reported that even though it sold 81 houses in the third quarter, 78 sales were canceled, a net of just three sales in three months and a striking reminder of the building industry's deepening troubles.

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• Talk of Returning Headquarters to Kansas Ripples Through Sprint

  Published: October 13, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Talk, Returning, Headquarters, Kansas, Ripples, Through, Sprint, Sprint Nextel Corporation, Reston, Overland Park, Gary Forsee, Northern Virginia, Paul Saleh, Stifel Nicolaus Amp Co Inc, The Wall Street Journal, Baltimore, Christopher King, Kansas City Metropolitan

  For more than a year, leaders of Sprint Nextel have discussed the possibility of relocating the company's headquarters from Reston to Sprint's longtime home in Kansas, according to two former executives.

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• NVR Profit Falls by 30%, But New-Home Orders Up

  Published: October 20, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Nvr, Profit, Falls, But, New Home, Orders, Bank Of America Corporation, Daniel Oppenheim, Reston, National Association Of Home Builders, Washington Dc

  NVR, the region's biggest home builder, said yesterday third-quarter profit fell 30 percent, but reported that the new orders for homes increased, a contrast with other builders.

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• Contracting, Tech Help Lower N.Va. Jobless Rate

  Published: October 27, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Contracting, Tech, Help, Lower, N Va, Jobless, Rate, Aol Llc, Northern Virginia, William F Mezger, Virginia, Maryland, Loudoun County, The Motley Fool Inc, Alexandria, Kevin Smith, Montgomery, Prince George S County, Reston, Silver Spring, Toby Murdock, Washington Dulles Inte

  Unemployment in Northern Virginia fell to 2.1 percent in September from 2.3 percent in the corresponding period last year as strong employment growth in high-tech and government contracting businesses continued to fuel one of the nation's strongest job markets.

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• On a Break, and Working Better for It

  Published: November 11, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Break, And, Working, Better, For, Pamela Wolf, Sarah Heitkemper, Merritt Group Inc, Patty Groce, Reston, Rockville

  Employees at Merritt Group in Reston take multi-hour lunch breaks, leave work early the Friday before a holiday and work shorter hours during the summer.

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• Dulles Slows Down

  Published: November 12, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Dulles, Slows, Down, Another Herndon, Michael Vardell, Reston, Washington Dulles International Airport, Sara Grootwassink, Booz Allen Hamilton Inc, Volkswagen Ag, Christopher B Leinberger, Claude Andersen, Danny Vargas, Gary Lance, Northern Virginia, Tysons Corner, Calif

  Few places have epitomized the recent boom in commercial real estate better than the busy arteries that connect Dulles International Airport with the rest of the Washington region.

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• Foreign Firms Feel Right At Home in N. Virginia

  Published: November 12, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Foreign, Firms, Feel, Right, Home, Virginia, Washington Dulles International Airport, United States, Bae Systems Plc, Israel, London, Reston, Europe, Wisconsin, Accenture Corporation, Biovail Technologies, Nice Systems Ltd, Oberthur Card Systems Sa, Rolls Royce Plc

  Mention the Dulles corridor to Fairfax and Loudoun counties' economic development gurus, and they'll wax eloquent about the region's 179 foreign-owned firms from 28 countries.

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• No Cultural Merger At Sprint Nextel

  Published: November 24, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Cultural, Merger, Sprint, Nextel, Sprint Nextel Corporation, Gary Forsee, Kansas, Mci Inc, Overland Park, Paul Saleh, Reston, Tim Donahue, Microsoft Powerpoint, Aol Llc, Hsbc Holdings Plc, Kansas City, Kendra Marr, Reston Town Center, Richard Dineen, Time Warner Inc

  More than two years after a $35 billion merger creating the nation's third-largest wireless company, Sprint Nextel remains a house divided.

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• Buyout Firm Rejects Overture From Sallie Mae

  Published: December 13, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Buyout, Firm, Rejects, Overture, From, Sallie, Mae, Sallie Mae Inc, Delaware Flowers, Bank Of America Corporation, J C Flowers Amp Co Llc, Jp Morgan Chase Amp Co, Albert L Lord, Capitol Hill, J Christopher Flowers, Reston

  Sallie Mae's chairman yesterday said the student loan giant had offered to consider a new bid from buyout firm J.C. Flowers & Co., only to be rebuffed.

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• Emergency Alert System Uses Cellphones in Specific Areas

  Published: January 7, 2008, 12:00 am

  Tags: Emergency, Alert, System, Uses, Cellphones, Specific, Areas, Richmond, Tom Stroup, Arlington, Sprint Nextel Corporation, Washington Dc, Capital One Financial Corporation, Cooper Industries Ltd, Bruce Lee, Houston, Leesburg, Nigel Morris, Raul Fernandez, Reston, Contra Cos

  A year ago, a fire broke out in one of the five oil refineries in Contra Costa County in Northern California, spewing fumes into the air in Richmond.

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• Sprint To Shed 125 Shops, 4,000 Jobs

  Published: January 19, 2008, 12:00 am

  Tags: Sprint, Shed, 125, Shops, 4 000, Jobs, Sprint Nextel Corporation, Daniel Hesse, Verizon Communications Inc, Patrick Comack, Reston, Kansas, At Amp T Inc, Stifel Nicolaus Amp Co Inc, Christopher King, Gary Forsee, Miami Beach, Michael Thelander, Overland Park, St Louis

  Sprint Nextel, suffering from a steady erosion of customers, said yesterday it is cutting about 7 percent of its workforce and closing 125 retail stores. The company's stock fell sharply, losing a quarter of its value.

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