VOLUME 12                                DECEMBER 1997                                        NO. 12


THE PAPER CHASE

By Paula Peters Chambers

Landmark Communications and Media General subscribe to vastly different corporate strategies that are changing the way Virginians get their news.



HIRE EDUCATION

By Mike Ashley

Companies want employees who know how to solve problems, so Virginia universities are creating interdisciplinary programs that emphasize applied science and leadership.

ON THE RISE

By Bill Edwards

Suburban developers are beginning to build speculative office space into their projects.



CENTRAL SHENANDOAH VALLEY

By Courtney E. Miller

Thoreau would have loved doing business here.



STORMY WEATHER

By Kathleen F. Phalen

Natural disasters and soft premiums are forcing property and casualty agencies to consolidate. Insiders predict only the biggest and strongest will stay independent.

LIFE'S LITTLE PROBLEMS

By Kathleen F. Phalen

National financial services giants have swallowed the last of Virginia's major life insurance companies.

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