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 Virginia
Business - November 2006
COVER STORY
Stoking
the furnace for factories
Manufacturers says taxes, traffic and labor shortages
could stifle growth.
Brewery
expansions reflect global focus
Anheuser-Busch, Coors revamp Virginia operatins to meet heady competition.
Little
Debbie finds a home in the Valley
McKee Foods expands Stuarts Draft plant but is wary
of toll proposals.
Smithfield
Foods hasn't lost its appetite
Under a new CEO, the pork giant continues its string
of acqusitions.
REGIONAL REPORT:
FRANKLIN-SOUTHAMPTON COUNTY
Deja
vu for Franklin
Franklin survives a second
flood and looks to new marketing and businesses
to help area bounce back.
Hercules
Inc. celebrates 50 years in
Southampton County
Growth
and Development
TELECOMUNICATIONS
Bristol's broadband push
Expansion strategy helps attract
major employers to Southwest Virginia
For sale: 700 Megahertz Expressway
Wireless service providers gear
up for bandwidth formally reserved for broadcasters
SPECIAL REPORT: SUPER
CPAs
The
'Gen X' effect on a booming profession
Young CPAs are setting their
own rules in a tight market.
Plus: Profiles and the Super
CPA list
HOSPITALS
Planning for disaster
Can Virginia's hospital emergency
rooms handle a catastrophe?
No more long
waits?
At Bon Secours hospitals, ER patients
are guaranteed speedy service or free movie tickets
Does your hospital
have safe practices?
Hospital
growth & development
DEPARTMENTS
 Editor's
Corner
- Counting
troubles and blessings
Looking Back
- Tobacco saved Jamestown
from becoming a lost colony
Follow-ups
- An update on past stories
from Virginia Business
Around the Old Dominion
- New residents beginning
to make their mark
- Click and Pledge enables
nonprofits to conduct 21st-century fund raising
- Furniture factory expected
to boost efforts to revive Southside's economy
- Preparing for the next phase
of the Internet
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