Roanoke Times

& World-News

Business: WEDNESDAY, February 19, 1992

• MORE STORES OPEN DOWNTOWN, FEWER PEOPLE WORKING THERE
• MEMORY CHIPS HIT NEW HIGH IBM BEATS JAPAN IN MARKETING RACE
• BANKS' MONEY FREED UP FED ACTION EXPECTED TO PUT $8 BILLION INTO NEW LOANS
• TED TURNER TO LAUNCH ALL-CARTOON NETWORK
• IN BUSINESS
• REPORTED EARNINGS
• CONTEL SOLICITS BUYOUT OFFERS
• VA. TECH PROFESSORS TO SEE IF IDEA WILL FLY