International Business News - Virginia http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif PVG GP LLC, the general partner of Penn Virginia GP Holdings LP, on Thursday declared a second-quarter distribution for the partnership of 36 cents per unit, an increase of 2 cents, or 5.9 percent, from the previous quarter. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080724/penn-virginia-gp-raises-quarterly-dividend.htm Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:34:03 EDT The announcement of Anheuser-Busch Cos. Inc.'s takeover by a giant Belgian brewer is raising questions over the fate of its Virginia properties, including the Busch Gardens theme park. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080714/questions-swirl-in-va-over-anheuser-busch-buyout.htm Mon, 14 Jul 2008 15:39:29 EDT Magnum Coal has agreed to give West Virginia $3.5 million and an enormous pile of love-seat-sized rocks to settle a Clean Water Act lawsuit over dumping selenium into a southern West Virginia river. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080711/w-va-settles-selenium-lawsuit-with-coal-mine.htm Fri, 11 Jul 2008 21:19:47 EDT A federal appeals court on Thursday upheld Virginia's method of executing inmates by lethal injection, ruling that it prevents them from experiencing excruciating pain. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080710/virginias-method-of-lethal-injection-upheld.htm Thu, 10 Jul 2008 21:41:02 EDT French biotechnology company Biomethodes has taken an option to license technologies developed by a Virginia Tech affiliate for converting biomass into ethanol and hydrogen. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080702/french-company-options-va-tech-biofuel-processes.htm Wed, 02 Jul 2008 16:36:49 EDT A suburban Virginia county ravaged by the mortgage crisis plans to buy up foreclosed properties and aid first-time homebuyers who want to purchase them as part of an effort to shore up the local housing market. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080701/va-county-plans-to-buy-foreclosed-properties.htm Tue, 01 Jul 2008 14:10:38 EDT A man who killed a store owner by sawing at his neck with a pocketknife during a 1997 robbery has been executed in Virginia. Robert Stacy Yarbrough was pronounced dead at 9:28 p.m. Wednesday at Greensville Correctional Center in Jarratt, Va. The 30-year-old was put to death by lethal injection for the slaying of 77-year-old Cyril Hugh Hamby. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080625/man-who-killed-virginia-store-owner-executed.htm Wed, 25 Jun 2008 21:54:24 EDT Last year's lockdown of some Virginia Tech offices before all students and faculty were alerted about a rampaging gunman did not surprise the chairman of a state panel that investigated the mass shootings, he said Wednesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080618/some-va-tech-offices-got-1st-warning-on-gunman.htm Wed, 18 Jun 2008 18:46:44 EDT A judge on Tuesday approved an $11 million state settlement with families of most of the victims in last year's Virginia Tech slayings that will avoid a court battle over whether anyone but the gunman was to blame. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080618/judge-oks-11m-settlement-in-va-tech-shootings.htm Wed, 18 Jun 2008 08:19:36 EDT A judge on Tuesday approved an $11 million state settlement with families of most of the victims in last year's Virginia Tech slayings that will avoid a court battle over whether anyone but the gunman was to blame. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/73963-virginia-tech-settlement.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080617/judge-approves-11m-settlement-in-tech-shootings.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080617/judge-approves-11m-settlement-in-tech-shootings.htm Tue, 17 Jun 2008 19:46:40 EDT Shares of natural gas producer Penn Virginia Corp. soared nearly 19 percent after an East Texas well showed the ability to produce as much as 15 million cubic feet per day. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080530/penn-virginia-natural-gas-well-hits-big.htm Fri, 30 May 2008 16:22:06 EDT A man whose lawyers claimed he was mentally disabled has been executed for killing a convenience store owner in Virginia. Kevin Green was pronounced dead Tuesday at 10:05 p.m. EDT in the first execution in Virginia in nearly two years. The 31-year-old's execution by injection is also the third in the U.S. since the Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of lethal injection in April. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080528/va-executes-man-who-killed-convenience-store-owner.htm Wed, 28 May 2008 06:06:45 EDT A Virginia Tech professor who lost his wife in a mass shooting last year will head a new peace center in the classroom wing where she died, the university announced Tuesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080527/professor-to-head-new-peace-center-at-va-tech.htm Tue, 27 May 2008 13:17:51 EDT A man whose lawyers claimed he was mentally disabled has been executed for killing a convenience store owner in Virginia. Kevin Green was pronounced dead Tuesday at 10:05 p.m. EDT in the first execution in Virginia in nearly two years. The 31-year-old's execution by injection is also the third in the U.S. since the Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of lethal injection in April. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080527/virginia-set-to-execute-convicted-killer-tuesday.htm Tue, 27 May 2008 23:30:11 EDT A Las Vegas man was charged Thursday with sending e-mail threats to two Virginia Tech alumni on the eve of the one-year anniversary of the university's mass shootings. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080522/man-charged-with-e-mail-threats-to-va-tech-alumni.htm Thu, 22 May 2008 17:05:54 EDT The president and chief executive of oil and natural gas company Penn Virginia Corp. exercised options for 23,800 shares of common stock, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080522/penn-virginia-president-and-ceo-exercises-options.htm Thu, 22 May 2008 15:58:44 EDT Penn Virginia Resource Partners L.P., which manages coal and natural resource properties, said Tuesday a public offering of 4.8 million common units was priced at $28 each. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080513/penn-virginia-resource-partners-prices-unit-offering.htm Tue, 13 May 2008 18:56:07 EDT Energy company Penn Virginia Corp. said Wednesday its first-quarter profit fell 11 percent, as a jump in derivatives expense offset revenue growth. For the quarter ended March 31, Penn Virginia earned $3.9 million, or 9 cents per share, compared with $4.4 million, or 11 cents per share, for the same quarter in 2007. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080507/penn-virginia-1q-profit-falls-on-derivatives-expense.htm Wed, 07 May 2008 17:54:46 EDT West Virginia's primary next week offers Hillary Rodham Clinton some of the friendliest terrain yet in her drawn-out struggle with Barack Obama for the Democratic presidential nomination as she fights to keep her candidacy alive. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/44614-correction-clinton-2008.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080507/clinton-obama-encounter-a-bygone-america-in-west-virginia.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080507/clinton-obama-encounter-a-bygone-america-in-west-virginia.htm Wed, 07 May 2008 14:23:24 EDT A man fatally shot his girlfriend with an assault rifle and then used a handgun to kill their two young children and himself in a mobile home they shared, authorities said Tuesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080506/investigators-va-man-kills-girlfriend-2-children-himself.htm Tue, 06 May 2008 10:18:06 EDT