Virginia company buys Maui's Akimeka LLC

Maui health service information technology consulting company Akimeka LLC has been acquired by VSE Corp. of Alexandria, Va. The company did not reveal the price, but Forbes.com reported it was $33 million. Akimeka had sales of $38 million in 2009 and... Information technology - United States - Information technology consulting - Virginia - Alexandria Virginia

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Local Unemployment Numbers

This Labor Day weekend, there's a heavy reality for U.S. labor: continued hard times. The latest national unemployment figures, 9.6 percent, up from 9.5 percent in July.

It's a grim time for Granges

The Alfalfa Grange, like many others, is on the cusp of extinction as members age and nobody steps in to replace them. Says one longtime member: ‘We need help.’

Business news in brief

Chief Oil & Gas L.L.C. became the latest operator in the Marcellus Shale to voluntarily disclose the additives it uses to hydraulically fracture natural gas wells. The Dallas company said it would disclose detailed information about the additives it uses in Pennsylvania and West Virginia.