Roanoke Times
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DATE: WEDNESDAY, November 17, 1993                   TAG: 9311170039
SECTION: BUSINESS                    PAGE: B-6   EDITION: METRO 
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IN BUSINESS

R. Frazier Inc., a Salem company that recycles discarded computers and telecommunications equipment, said Tuesday it has opened an office in the People's Republic of China. The office, part of an international push the company announced in July, is in Hangzhou, Zhejiang. It is expected to employ 20 people in the next year, said Chairman Randy Frazier.

Frazier earlier this year started an operation in Scotland and has said it also expected to branch to Costa Rica.

The Chinese are the world's largest consumers of electronic scrap, which Frazier supplies, the company said. It expects its market there to grow by as much as $5 million over the next two years.

- Staff report

This Thanksgiving, gas will cost less

Motorists will pay an average 4.1 cents less for a gallon of self-serve regular unleaded gasoline this Thanksgiving holiday than they did a year ago, the American Automobile Association said Tuesday.

The motor club's monthly survey shows the nationwide price of self-serve regular unleaded averaging $1.116, compared to $1.157 last year at this time. Last month's average gas price was $1.134.

Gasoline prices are down in all regions of the country with the exception of the mid-Atlantic states, where the average price increased 0.2 cent per gallon to $1.112. - Staff report