Charlotte-based First Union Corp. is poised to become the biggest bank in Virginia and second largest in the Fifth District's Virginia, Maryland and Washington, D.C., region. The First Union deal followed Wachovia's acquisition of two Virginia banks, Central Fidelity of Richmond and Jefferson Bankshares of Charlottesville in June. Those acquisitions put Wachovia briefly on top in Virginia in the number of dollars on deposit. First Union's merger with Signet moved Wachovia to the No. 2 spot. Mark Colliton Incubators Hatch Success Incubators these days do much more than hatch chicks.
Small businesses use incubators to hatch themselves to success.
These incubators are facilities that provide young firms with office space, support services and professional advice they might otherwise be unable to afford or obtain. About 4,500 graduate firms have moved on to commercial space within their own communities. New incubator programs continue to open at the rate of one per week. Photo - Md. Dept. of Agriculture Feeding the Masses Tilapia, a fish with Biblical roots, has found its way from the waters of Galilee to Maryland and Virginia. Legends have it that the Pharaohs raised tilapia before 2500 B.C. and that Jesus later fed the masses with tilapia and loaves of bread.