West Virginia opens one stop office for business
Harleson AP reports a new Office of Business Registration in West Virginia streamlines filings by centralizing registration. Tax and Revenue Secretary Jim Paige says the office acts as a single visit for businesses, replacing multiple agency stops. The bill creating the office passed in 1994 and opened last week.
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Harleston
Tax and Revenue
Jim Paige
Paige
Retail sales rise in November across Bluefield area stores
Teresa Cutlip reports that U S department stores and retailers in Four Seasons Country show higher business after a nationwide 0.8 percent November gain. Wal Mart and Kmart cite heavy traffic and 24 hour hours while Stone & Thomas foresees peak season sales in final holiday days amid a $197.9 billion nationwide total.
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Bluefield
U.S. Commerce Department
Kmart
Cumberland Road
Ron Lindamood
Stone & Thomas
Mercer Mall
Lindamood
Livestock Sale Reports From Alderson and Tazewell Markets
Alderson Livestock Market sold 125 head on December 8 totaling 26362.20 dollars with varied prices for steers, heifers, bull calves, and cows. Farmers Livestock Market report for December 7 lists prices across hogs, lambs, goats, and cattle, noting a stock cow and bred heifer sale on December 13.
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Alderson Livestock Market
Alderson
Tazewell
Farmers Livestock Market
Princeton Community Hospital Charter Aids Local Care Mission
Since 1970 Princeton Community Hospital has served all in need, maintaining not for profit status. In fiscal 1995 it provided nearly $3 million in charity care and pledges ongoing access to medical technology and services for Southern West Virginia and Southwest Virginia communities.
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Princeton Community Hospital
Princeton Community
West Virginia
Virginia
Stocks hit record highs ahead of triple expiration
Stocks climbed to new records led by blue chips as program trading boosted prices on Wednesday. The Dow rose 41.55 to 5216.47, with advancers outpacing decliners 3 to 2 amid heavy volume of about 414.7 million shares. Boeing, AT&T, Allied Signal, Merck and Philip Morris led gains as investors eyed a Boeing strike resolution.
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RON Campbell Investment Planning
Robert Thomas Securities, Inc
Abbott Labs
Allegheny Power
Ue AM. Family Corp
Ameritech
At&t Corp
AM. Water Works
Anheuser-Busch
Apple Computer
Ashland Coal Inc
Ashland Oil Inc
Atlantic Richfield
Baker-Hughes Inc
Baltimore Gas & EL
Bearings Inc
Bell Atlantic
Bellsouth Corp
Bethlehem Steel
Boeing CO
Carolina Power Cabot Oil & Gas
My Chevron Corp
Chrysler Corp
Chubb Corp
Citizens Utilities
Coca-Cola CO
Columbia Gas Sys
Columbia Healthcare
CON. Nat'l Gas
MJ Corning Inc
Crestar Financial
MI Csx Corp
Detroit Edison
Dominion Res
DOW Chemical
Dupont
Eastern Ent
Eastman Kodak
Emerson Electric
Ethyl Corp
Exxon Corp
First Union Corp
Virginia Bank
Flowers Industries
FMC Corp
Food Lion Inc
Ford Motor CO
GEN. Electric CO
GEN. Motors Corp
GTE Corp
Georgia Pacific
Gillette CO
K-Mart Corp
Kroger CO
Lowe's CO
Mapco Inc
McDonald's Corp
MCI Communications
Merck & CO. Inc
Mobil Corp
Monsanto CO
Mylan Labs
Nash Finch CO
Nationsbank Corp
Navistar Int'l
Nike, Inc
Norfolk Southern
Occidental Pete
ONE Valley Bank
Pacific Telesis
Phila. Electric
Philip Morris Cos
Ws Phillips Petroleum
Pittston Minerals
Pittston Services
Potomac Elec
PWR
Praxair, Inc
Premier Bankshares
Pulaski Furniture
Rite Aid Corp
RJR Nabisco Hldg
Rockwell Int'l
Sara Lee Corp
Sears Roebuck
Sherwin Williams
Tenneco Inc
Texaco Inc
Union Carbide
Union Pacific
Unisys Corp
Universal Corp
Usair Group
USX
Marathon Oil
U.S. Steel
Wal-Mart
Walt Disney CO
Wendy's Int'l
Westinghouse EL
Westmoreland Coal
Westwaco Corp
Ao Xerox Corp
DOW Jones
New York
Don Hays
Wheat First Butcher Singer, Inc
Richmond
Treasury
New York Stock Exchange
Dow
Boeing
At&t
Allied Signal
Merck
Philip Morris
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