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Exchange USA has announced phase three of its new product line expansion. Exchange USA now offers quality aftermarket car performance parts through their storefront location in the Phoebus section of Hampton, VA, and on their military finance website. Hampton, VA (PRWEB) June 12, 2013 Being an active duty service person carries with it a certain adrenaline rush that becomes part of our soldiers’ personalities. During leave or just during off hours, US military personnel often search for...

NORFOLK, Va., May 10, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Wick Moorman, chairman and CEO of Norfolk Southern Corporation (NYSE: NSC), today announced the appointment of James A. Squires as president, effective June 1. Squires currently is executive vice president administration. In his new role, he will be responsible for the corporation's administration, finance, law and corporate relations, and planning and information technology divisions. (Photo:...

NORFOLK, Va., April 9, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Norfolk Southern Corporation has earned the 2012 National Achievement Award from Transportation Community Awareness and Emergency Response (TRANSCAER®) for its efforts to help communities prepare for and respond to possible hazardous materials transportation incidents. This is the 13(th) time Norfolk Southern has received the award. NS was one of 10 transportation and chemical companies recognized. NS' Bill Oertly, hazardous materials...

An economic impact analysis was performed by the College of William and Mary Mason School of Business for Norfolk Redevelopment and Housing Authority- the first ever impact analysis for a housing and redevelopment authority. Norfolk, VA (PRWEB) April 02, 2013 An economic impact analysis performed by the College of William and Mary Mason School of Business for Norfolk Redevelopment and Housing Authority found the agency annually creates $121.5 million for the city’s economy in addition...

NORFOLK, Va., March 6, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- "Be not afeared"; Town Point Park will be full of "noises, sounds, and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not" when Norfolk Festevents and Virginia Stage Company (VSC) present Shakespeare's last known play, The Tempest, July 26 through July 28,( )2013. Presented along the banks of the Elizabeth River in downtown Norfolk, The Tempest will be the central attraction of a "Mid Summer's Fantasy Festival" an annual series of major outdoor...

CHICAGO, Feb. 13, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- James McHugh Construction Co., along with Norfolk Southern Corporation, will host a construction outreach fair February 15 for qualified individuals and subcontractors in union trades for potential job opportunities. Job candidates should bring their resume and copy of their union card. The fair will begin at 10:00 AM with an introduction of the project scope and team. The event will be held at the Taylor Park Field House, 39 West 47(th) Street,...

NORFOLK, Va., Feb. 6, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- WVEC-TV, a Belo Corp. (NYSE: BLC) station, announced today that Doug Wieder has been named Executive News Director, effective immediately. Wieder served as Interim News Director at WVEC since October, and prior to that he was Executive Producer at the station since 2007. "Doug had the ultimate 'on-the-job' interview, and passed with flying colors," said Brad Ramsey, President & General Manager of WVEC and wvec.com. "We have seen...

NORFOLK, Va., Jan. 4, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Norfolk Southern Corporation (NYSE: NSC) participated in the location of 64 new industries and the expansion of 30 existing industries along its rail lines in 2012. New plants and expansions announced in 2012 represented an investment of $2.1 billion by Norfolk Southern customers and are expected to create more than 6,100 jobs in the railroad's territory, in future years potentially generating more than 141,000 carloads of new rail traffic...

NORFOLK, Va., Sept. 28, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Trains hauling sand used in extracting natural gas from the Marcellus Shale formation soon will have the ability to unload five times faster thanks to a $20 million upgrade at the Horseheads (N.Y.) Sand & Transloading Terminal (HOST). Owned and operated by Carriage House Partners and RLB Holdings, HOST is in the final stages of constructing a 90,000-square-foot transloading building, scheduled to be completed by Oct. 8. HOST also broke...

NORFOLK, Va., Sept. 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Norfolk Southern Corporation (NYSE:NSC) announced that third quarter 2012 earnings are expected to be in the range of $1.18 to $1.25 per diluted share, primarily due to volume declines in certain markets and lower revenues from fuel surcharges. Decreased coal and merchandise shipments, offset in part by growth in intermodal volumes, are together expected to reduce revenues by approximately $120 million compared with third quarter 2011....