Virginia Business - November 2001


Virginia Reacts
Business prepares for war after terrorist attacks.

When it comes down to "flight or fight"
Personal defense classes develop responses to threat.

How secure are your IT systems?
Cyber-terrorism is much more terrifying than Y2K.

Struggling through debt
Telecom can't come back until it straightens out its finances.


The city of the future?
Shenandoah Valley may hold clues to new trends in urban growth.

How computers can cut hospital costs
Owens & Minor leads the way by using info tech to track supplies.

From red to black ink - the "poor house" hospital turns around
Norfolk's Lake Taylor Hospital was losing $1 million. Now it's $1 million in the black.

Super CPAs
Virginia Business ranks the state's top CPAs as voted by their peers.

Leaders of the Super CPAs
We profile the top three overall winners:
Lawrence J. Martin, Hantzmon, Wiebel & Co.
L. Samuel Saunders, Harris, Harvey, Neal & Co.
Carl H. Wyatt, Frederick B. Hill & Co.

List of the Super CPAs

Minding Your Business
Hard times in the land of cotton
How to turn a milk jug into a collector's item
Filmmaking 101
Besting terror in the workplace

Editor's Corner
"Zinky Boys" and the ironies of history

Virginia Ideas
Is George Mason's bright star fading?

For the Record

Virginia Weekend
Books, bargains and bucolic B&Bs