Roanoke Times Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc. DATE: TUESDAY, February 19, 1991 TAG: 9102190090 SECTION: BUSINESS PAGE: B4 EDITION: METRO SOURCE: DATELINE: LENGTH: Medium
\ DuPont Corp. said it has offered a stock option to more than 136,000 employees at $38.25 a share, the average market price last Friday. The stock closed at $37.625 per share on Friday. The program provides for purchase of up to 100 shares and the option may be held for up to 10 years, the company said.
\ Eastern Waste Oil Inc. of Roanoke said it has added anti-freeze to the items it will pick up for disposal. The company charges $40 per pickup from businesses, regardless of the amount collected, and sells drums for anti-freeze storage.
\ Frantz-Chappelear Associates, architects for institutional, commercial and residential projects, has moved its offices to the former Mountcastle estate near the Roanoke Country Club.
\ The Woman's Missionary Union of Virginia will hold its annual meeting March 12 and 13 at the Roanoke Civic Center and the Sheraton Airport Inn. The Roanoke Valley Convention and Visitors Bureau said the session's 2,200 delegates are expected to add $97,500 to the local economy.
\ The Virginia Employment Commission said it has initiated a telephone information line carrying recorded messages about its services. The number, (800) 242-4654, connects callers to 15 messages about unemployment benefits, employment laws, unemployment taxes and how to file some job-related reports. Callers must use touch-tone telephones.
by CNB