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Virginia
Business - November 2004
COVER
STORY
 New
path for pork giant
Facing limits to expansion at home, Smithfield
Foods looks to Eastern Europe
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Rising
from the ashes
Telecommunications leaders have high ambitions
but are more pragmatic
SUPER CPAs
Back
to basics
Our fourth annual list of Virginia's best CPAs
as voted by their peers
HOSPITALS
Rural
hospitals face birthing center pains
Hospital
investment roundup
A look at projects at 15 hospitals around
the state
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VIRGINIA STAT |
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$50,805
Virginia’s 2003
median household income -7th
in the U.S., up from $48,986 in 2002, when state
ranked 11th.
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SPECIAL
REPORT: MANUFACTURING
Factories
shift gears
While manufacturing’s position has been
overtaken by the gradual shift to a service economy,
in Virginia the story is different
Brett
Vassey interview
President of the Virginia Manufacturers Association
Go fish
A new refinery is keeping an old industry afloat
Philip
Morris’ Richmond plant goes high-tech
Company invests in $300 million expansion
In search
of perfection
General Motors wants zero rejection of its
parts
Publisher’s
Profile
Philip Morris’ John “Jack”
H. Holleran
Career
development program launched
Valley project to provide skilled workers
IDEAS
More fraud,
more efforts at prevention
A recent survey reveals reported fraud is on
the rise but so are new detection and preventive measures.
DEPARTMENTS
Editor's Corner
- It’s good
to meet you
Around the
Old Dominion
- Fine won’t
slow Infineon expansion in Richmond
- Staunton’s presidential
campaign
- Valley farmers gobble up
processing plant
- Reston-based REIT on hotel
buying spree
- VA Stat
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