Roanoke Times

& World-News

Business: Tuesday, April 30, 1996

• HOBBYIST'S PEN COMPANY TURNING OUT WRITEFUL PROFIT
• REPORTED EARNINGS
• NEW CORPORATIONS
• ROANOKE REGIONAL ECONOMIC INDICATORS
• INTERNET SEMINAR DRAWS A CROWD GOVERNMENT, BUSINESS OFFICIALS INTERESTED IN GETTING ON LINE
• LAYOFF NEWS STILL BAD BUT NEW JOBS KEEP COMING
• IN BUSINESS
• MCI FINDS A WAY TO STUFF IT ALL IN ONE