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• Building Slowdown Turns Grand Visions Into Vapor

  Bustling streets around the Washington Nationals' ballpark. Thousands of new homes along the Potomac River in Virginia. A new community on what was once a rolling Gaithersburg dairy farm. Posted Dec 01 2008, 04:00 PM by washingtonpost.com - Business Filed under: Washington, DC, New York, Bethesda, Gaithersburg, Maryland, Montgomery County (Maryland), Prince George's County, Virginia, Florida, Washington Convention Center, National Public Radio Inc., U.S. Census Bureau, Lehman Brothers Inc., Citigroup Inc., Northeast (Washington, DC), U.S. Department of Justice, Union Station, Adrian Fenty, Julie Tate, National League (Baseball), Major League Baseball, Rockville, Nationals Park, Jacqueline Dupree, Washington Nationals, Russell Hines, Anacostia River, Starbucks Corporation, Monument Realty, NL East Division, Into, Potomac River, Prince William County, Fairfax County, Turns, Building, Bob Kettler, KFC Corporation, Hyattsville, Slowdown, Pentagon City, Archstone-Smith Inc., Trammell Crow Company, MRP Realty, Vapor, Fred Bramell, Samuel Simone, Greg Ossont, District of Columbia Housing Finance Agency, Grand, Jack Nicklaus, Willie Jenkins, William C. Smith, Harry Sewell, Lowe Enterprises Inc., Khalil Ghannam, Corcoran Museum of Art, Visions, Larry Dwyer, Fort Totten

• How Spas Manage Stress

  So you want to escape from the economic malaise and set your mind adrift with a 50- minute deep facial or a 50-minute deep massage for $95 each. Posted Nov 30 2008, 04:00 PM by washingtonpost.com - Business Filed under: Washington, DC, Wall Street, New York, United States, Bethesda, Dupont Circle, Pennsylvania, Texas, The Washington Post Company, Southwest Airlines Inc., West Virginia, How, London, Stanford University, Mount Pleasant, Spas, Craigslist Inc., Peru, Stress, University of Houston, Eyal Uzana, Carl Boger, International Spa Association, Erin Morris, National Cathedral School, Elizabeth Snowdon, Manage, Hilton College

• Marriott Executive to Stake Out His Own Place in Hotel World

  After 16 years at Marriott International, Norman Jenkins is walking away from what appears to be a secure corporate job and stepping out on his own at a time of high economic turbulence. Posted Nov 30 2008, 04:00 PM by washingtonpost.com - Business Filed under: Washington, DC, to, Baltimore, Bethesda, In, California, Own, World, Out, His, Marriott International Inc., Hotel, Stake, Marriott, Executive, Hilton Hotels Corporation, RLJ Development LLC, Place, The RLJ Companies, Robert L. Johnson, Marriott Jr., Washington Convention Center Authority, Ken Fearn, Norman Jenkins, Thomas J. Jr.

• The Condo Crunch

  Complaints about condominium living used to involve mainly squabbles about noise levels and pet policies and simmering resentment over a new paint color for the lobby. But the economic downturn is forcing condo owners to turn their attention to money matters that make one resident's budget crunch... Posted Nov 28 2008, 04:00 PM by washingtonpost.com - Business Filed under: Washington, DC, Baltimore, Bethesda, Gaithersburg, Maryland, Crunch, The, Dupont Circle, Virginia, RealtyTrac Inc., Columbia (Maryland), Silver Spring, Prince William County, Loudoun County, Anne Arundel, Jason Fisher, Community Associations Institute, Condo, McWilliams Ballard, William Rich, David I. Caplan, Condominium Ventures, Lisa Franklin, John Manougian, John Manougian Insurance Agency, John Sheehy, Andrea Evers, Stephen Bupp

• Circuit City's Hard Sell

  Circuit City's latest challenge strolled in to the company's Rockville Pike store yesterday about 10 a.m. His name: Glen Howard. His target: a 32-inch Samsung flat-screen television. The price he saw at Best Buy: $499. The Circuit City price: $499. Posted Nov 28 2008, 04:00 PM by washingtonpost.com - Business Filed under: Bethesda, University of Maryland, Costco Wholesale Corporation, Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Sell, Rockville, Hard, Best Buy Co. Inc., Circuit City Stores Inc., Kohl's Corporation, Circuit, The NPD Group Inc., David Morris, Samsung Corporation, Stephen Baker, Glen Howard, Dion V. Haynes, Herman Sykes, Syed Husain, Jim Babb, Brian Dunn, Kevin Lee, City's

• As Loan Rates Fall, Borrowers Seek 'Taste of the Bailout Pie'

  Would-be mortgage borrowers have rushed to refinance their loans and even weighed plans to buy homes following the government's move this week to loosen consumer lending. Posted Nov 26 2008, 04:00 PM by washingtonpost.com - Business Filed under: U.S. Federal Reserve, Bethesda, Alexandria, The, of, As, Winchester, Bailout, Freddie Mac Holdings, Fannie Mae, Northern Virginia, Mike Larson, Loan, Fairfax County, Loudoun County, Borrowers, Seek, Leesburg, Vienna, Rates, OlympiaWest Mortgage Group, 'Taste, Intuit Quicken, Bob Walters, Fall,, Presidential Bank, Quicken Loans Inc., Bob Walker, Jennifer Du Plessis, Tom Powell, Pie', Brian Bonnet, Vivianne Couts

• Baltimore Firm Delays IPO to Wait Out Risk

  When Grand Canyon Education of Phoenix went public Thursday, it was the first U.S. company to have an initial stock offering since Aug. 8. On that day, Rackspace Hosting of San Antonio broke the longest IPO dry spell since 1975. Posted Nov 23 2008, 04:00 PM by washingtonpost.com - Business Filed under: Washington, DC, United States, to, Baltimore, Bethesda, Phoenix, Columbia (Maryland), Dow Jones & Co. Inc., Out, Risk, Firm, Wait, Delays, San Antonio, CapitalSource Finance LLC, IPO, Grand Canyon National Park, Rackspace Ltd., Metastorm Inc., Grand Canyon Education Inc., Laura Mooney, Renaissance Capital LLC, Jessica Canning

• Housing Futures Let Investors, or Homeowners, Hedge Their Bets, but They Attract Little Action

  Your house may be special to you, but to a futures trader dealing in housing contracts, it's just another data point. Posted Nov 21 2008, 04:00 PM by washingtonpost.com - Business Filed under: Washington, DC, New York, Action, Bethesda, Housing, Miami, San Francisco, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Las Vegas, Boston, but, Los Angeles, Chicago, or, Denver, San Diego, Reston, Their, Futures, Manassas, They, Little, Hedge, CME Group Inc., Let, Investors,, Xerox Corporation, IndexUniverse.com, Bets,, Attract, Marjorie Fox, Matt Hougan, Homeowners,, Michael Shore, Fritz Siebel

• Citigroup to Eliminate 50,000 Jobs After Posting Steep Mortgage Losses

  Citigroup will reduce its global workforce by about 50,000 jobs, or about 15 percent, as the financial services giant tries to steady itself after recording losses of more than $20 billion over the past year, executives said yesterday. Posted Nov 17 2008, 04:00 PM by washingtonpost.com - Business Filed under: New York, United States, to, Bethesda, After, Wells Fargo & Company, Citigroup Inc., U.S. Department of the Treasury, India, The Associated Press, London, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Wachovia Corporation, Jobs, Losses, Mortgage, steep, Citigroup, Vikram Pandit, Chevy Chase Bank FSB, 50,000, Posting, Eliminate, Win Bischoff

• The High-Stakes Game of Raffling Off Your House

  In the casino of the housing market, Tom Walters is holding the wrong cards. He's a mortgage broker, so business has been slow, and on his own house, payments have risen to about $6,200 -- too much to handle. Posted Nov 16 2008, 04:00 PM by washingtonpost.com - Business Filed under: Bethesda, Maryland, The, Wisconsin, of, Your, Meg Smith, Game, Internal Revenue Service, Off, House, Annapolis (Maryland), High-Stakes, Hagerstown, Jimmy Howard, Walter Deyhle, Raffling, Karen Crawford, Boonsboro, Tom Walters

• Facing Tough Times, Local Car Dealerships Kick Into Higher Gears

  When I was growing up in Syracuse, N.Y., in the 1960s and '70s, car dealers were local celebrities. These guys lived in nice houses, sent their kids to private schools, gave away money and were known about town. I was envious. Posted Nov 16 2008, 04:00 PM by washingtonpost.com - Business Filed under: Washington, DC, United States, Bethesda, General Motors Corporation, Chicago, Toyota Motor Corporation, Detroit, Thomas Heath, Into, Chrysler Holding LLC, Chantilly (Virginia), Local, Tough, Nissan Motor Co. Ltd., Chrysler Financial Services LLC, National Automobile Dealers Association, Ford Motor Company, AB Volvo, higher, Lexus Motor Company, Darcars Automotive Group, Tammy Darvish, Car, Kia Motors Corporation, Facing, Volkswagen AG, Kendra Marr, Toyota Financial, Sam Weaver, Plymouth, Times,, Syracuse, Dealerships, Andrew D. Koblenz, Gears, Bill Rapp, Frank S. Pohanka, Geoff Pohanka, Kick, Pohanka Automotive Group, Acura Motors, John Darvish

• Chevy Chase Bank Attracts Suitors

  Chevy Chase Bank, part of the fabric of the Washington business community for nearly four decades, is in discussions with potential buyers, according to people familiar with the situation. Posted Nov 13 2008, 04:00 PM by washingtonpost.com - Business Filed under: Washington, DC, Bethesda, University of Maryland, Florida, Texas, California, Giant Food LLC, Citigroup Inc., The Wall Street Journal, Wachovia Corporation, Verizon Center, Chase, Bank, Fairfax County, Bert Ely, Chevy, Suitors, Chevy Chase Bank FSB, Thomas H. McCormick, Frank Saul, Lewis Sosnowik, Byrd Stadium, Attracts, Koonce Securities Inc.

• Role of Federal Tech Czar to Be Defined by Obama

  The most talked-about tech job in government is one that never before existed. Posted Nov 13 2008, 04:00 PM by washingtonpost.com - Business Filed under: Washington, DC, United States, to, Bethesda, Google Inc., The White House, Seattle, of, by, Be, Barack Obama, Obama, U.S. Federal Communications Commission, Federal, Role, Hewlett-Packard Company, Eric Schmidt, Stan Soloway, Professional Services Council, Czar, Tech, Julius Genachowski, San Jose, Vint Cerf, Sunlight Foundation, Arlen Communications Inc., Enderle Group, Rob Enderle, Defined, Shane Robison, Gary Arlen, Ellen Miller

• Office Leasing Retracts

  Leasing of commercial office space in the Washington area had its biggest quarterly drop in more than a year as financial markets slid into crisis and economists predicted a deep national recession. Posted Nov 09 2008, 04:00 PM by washingtonpost.com - Business Filed under: Washington, DC, Wall Street, New York, Bethesda, Maryland, Montgomery County (Maryland), Prince George's County, Time Warner Inc., Washington Dulles International Airport, Lehman Brothers Inc., Office, Northern Virginia, Reston, Monument Realty, CB Richard Ellis Group Inc., Rosslyn, Ballston, Leasing, Sigrid Zialcita, Real Capital Analytics Inc., Retracts, Seyfarth Shaw LLP, Jones Lang LaSalle Inc., John Sikaitis, Brandywine Realty Trust, Radnor Township

• Bailout Raises Demand For Square Feet in D.C.

  No matter what the economic climate, greater Washington has long been able to rely on at least one major tenant to lease up space: the federal government. The coming year will likely be no different as federal rescue efforts add to the demand for new office space. Posted Nov 09 2008, 04:00 PM by washingtonpost.com - Business Filed under: Washington, DC, United States, Bethesda, Prince George's County, In, for, The White House, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, U.S. Department of the Treasury, Bailout, Union Station, U.S. General Services Administration, Square, Federal Bureau of Investigation, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Montgomery, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Rockville, National Institutes of Health, Raises, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Netherlands, D.C., CB Richard Ellis Group Inc., Rosslyn, Demand, Brookly McLaughlin, Resolution Trust Corporation, Jones Lang LaSalle Inc., Feet, Tim Hutchens, David Silver, Greg Leisch, Bobby Schwartz, Richard Bradley