
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: THURSDAY, December 23, 1993                   TAG: 9312230182
SECTION: BUSINESS                    PAGE: B-5   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE:                                 LENGTH: Short

TO OUR READERS

U.S. stock and financial markets will be closed Friday for the Christmas holiday.

Trading today will halt at 4 p.m.

The Roanoke Times & World-News will publish regular business pages and financial tables with today's trading reported on Friday and weekly summaries of trading in Saturday's paper.

The markets will operate on normal schedules Dec. 31, New Year's Eve.

by CNB