Roanoke Times

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Business: SATURDAY, March 9, 1991

• UNEMPLOYMENT SURGES
• GTE PRODUCTS AWARDED $5.3 MILLION IN PATENT SUIT
• BLUES FESTER IN UNEMPLOYMENT LINE
• MEDECO TO TRIM 35 FROM WORK FORCE
• COX PURCHASE LACKED FEDERAL OK, U.S. SAYS
• BANKRUPTCY PETITIONS FILED IN ROANOKE
• ECONOMISTS DISAGREE ON WHEN RECESSION WILL END IN VIRGINIA
• SKILLS SURVEY TO INCLUDE WESTERN VA. COMPANIES
• A MEEK, BUT EFFECTIVE, PITCHMAN