Roanoke Times

& World-News

Business: Sunday, January 7, 1996

• ROOM TO GROWIF THE ECONOMY COOPERATES, THE POTENTIAL FOR BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT APPEARS GOOD FOR '96
• COUNTING ON HIGHER SALES IN 1996
• PRODUCERS IN VA. MAY NEED HELP
• BUSINESS LEADERS ARE 'GUARDEDLY OPTIMISTIC'
• AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAMS ALLAY PARENTS' CONCERNS ABOUT KIDS
• TRUCKING, AIRLINE, RAIL INDUSTRIES HOPING FOR IMPROVEMENT
• OUTLOOK IS MOSTLY BRIGHT FOR FARMERS
• FAVORABLE FACTORS IN PLACE FOR GAS, ELECTRIC COMPANIES
• A TIME OF CHANGE FOR HOSPITALS
• MORE BUSINESSES STARTING TO LOOK TO THE INTERNET
• GROWTH BUT SOME PROBLEMS FOR BANKS
• UNIONS PLANNING TO BE MORE ACTIVE
• TV INDUSTRY'S BIG PLANS WILL COST CONSUMERS $200 BILLION
• RECYCLING TO REMAIN BIG BUSINESS
• OPTIMISTIC OUTLOOK TIED TO EXPECTED INTEREST-RATE DROP
• NAMES & CHANGES
• WAL-MART WILL BE GIGANTIC FORCE
• ENCOURAGING SIGNS FOR LODGING INDUSTRY
• CONTRACTORS DON'T FORESEE SIGNIFICANT CHANGE OVER 1995
• GROWTH SIGNS NOT SO POSITIVE THIS YEAR
• PARTNERSHIPS THE NEXT STEP IN MANAGEMENT
• COMPETITION IS STIFF, BUT POOL OF LAWYERS CONTINUES TO EXPAND
• NEW LEGISLATION WILL HAVE IMPACT ON BROADCAST MEDIA