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NRV Economy: Sunday, January 28, 1996

• MOVING ON OUT ... SOME WORKERS NOWADAYS COMMUTE IN THEIR SLIPPERS
• WHAT THEY DID ...
• THE INSIDE STORY
• INTERVIEWS START NEXT MONTH FOR ALLIANCE DIRECTOR'S JOB
• FUTURE EMPLOYMENT DEMAND
• TAXABLE SALES
• MINIMUM EXPECTATIONS... LOW WAGES BITE BACK
• THE JOBS OF THE FUTURE EXPERIENCE AND A HOME PAGE GET YOU THERE
• THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN AVERAGE INCOME AND AVERAGE EXPENSES IN MIDDLE AND OLD AGE: AGE INCOME EXPENSES DIFFERENCES 45-54 $48,413 $38,137 27% 55-64 $38,285 $31,945 20% 65-74 $22,723 $22,564 1% 75 AND OLDER $16,247 $15,782 3% - 1995 REPORT ON AGING IN THE 21ST CENTURY FROM THE SECRETARY OF HEALTH AN HUMAN RESOURCES TO THE GOVERNOR AND THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF VIRGINIA
• THE DAYS WE'VE BEEN PREDICTING? RIGHT HERE, RIGHT NOW
• LARGEST EMPLOYERS IN THE NEW RIVER VALLEY
• BACK TO BASICS MAKER OF WEALTH ... GENERATOR OF JOBS FROM GOAL POSTS TO BATTERIES, HERE'S A COMPANY THAT REBUILDS THE OLD, THE DAMAGED AND THE BROKEN-DOWN - IT'S JUST ONE OF YOUR BASIC INDUSTRIES THAT KEEPS AN ECONOMY MOVING
• SOME WORKERS NOWADAYS COMMUTE IN THEIR SLIPPERS
• CAN YOU AFFORD TO RETIRE?