VIRGINIA BUSINESS

VOLUME 13                              SEPTEMBER 1998                                         NO. 9

                                         COVER STORY

IRS ABUSE

By Maura Singleton

Owners and managers of the Jewish Mother restaurants in Virginia Beach endured false accusations, gun-wielding IRS agents and Easter-weekend raids. Could the same thing happen to you?

                                 NEWS AND FEATURES

PECKING OUT PORTFOLIOS

By Charles Gerena

The Masked Investor turns to an avian source to compete with this year's group of levelheaded stock pickers.

REINVENTING SUBURBIA

By Robert Burke

Stafford County has attracted big name corporations, a satellite graduate campus and a promising reliever airport, all of which mean well-paying career jobs for residents.

                                    INDUSTRY TRENDS

LOCAL LEVERAGE

By John Rubino

Giant, Virginia-based banks may be a
thing of the past, but the commonwealth's community banks stand ready to fill the void.

BUILDING VIRGINIA

By Kathleen F. Phalen

High-tech projects mix with the bread-and-butter of roads, schools, jails and prisons in the commonwealth's top construction projects.

TOP 20 NEW CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS

Virginia Business lists the biggest projects in the Old Dominion based on dollar value.

                                     SPECIAL SECTIONS

How Much Is Too Much?

HEALTH CARE

Variations in medical
practice patterns around the state.

DEPARTMENTS


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