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

DATE: FRIDAY, February 25, 1994                   TAG: 9402250167
SECTION: BUSINESS                    PAGE: A-7   EDITION: METRO 
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IN BUSINESS

CSX Corp., the Richmond-based transportation and real estate development company with operations in Western Virginia, said it will put a new division in Huntington, W.Va.

The C&O Business Unit, with as many as 20 management-level jobs, will serve CSX's biggest coal shippers. Included are the principal coal-hauling lines of the old Chesapeake & Ohio Railway, a predecessor of CSX subsidiary CSX Transportation Inc., said Michael J. Ward, who will head the unit.

Ward was CSX Transportation's vice president for coal. - Associated Press

Lots of companies have hiring plans

One-third of Roanoke Valley employers surveyed expect to hire this spring, a new report says.

Manpower Inc., a temporary employment agency, said regional results included in a national survey being released Monday show 33 percent of Roanoke Valley companies responding "will initiate hiring activity this spring, while 7 percent indicate employment reductions are intended." The remaining 60 percent expect no change in job levels, the company said.

Manpower asked companies about their employment plans for this year's second quarter. The results compare to three months ago, when 20 percent said they expected to hire workers during the current quarter and 7 percent projected staff cuts.

The best job prospects for the April-June quarter are in construction; wholesale and retail trade; and financial, real estate and insurance services. Job cuts were expected from transportation companies and utilities, Manpower said.

- Staff report

Briefly . . .

Georgia-Pacific Corp., Atlanta-based forest-products company with operations in Bedford County and a distribution center in Roanoke, said Thursday it has completed a $115 million sale of the assets of its envelope manufacturing business to a company sponsored by the Sterling Group Inc., a Houston-based private financial group. The transaction includes 15 envelope manufacturing plants and assets of another plant, operated as Mail-Well Envelopes and Wisco Envelopes.

Getting To Know You International Ltd., a new homeowner-welcoming advertising program based in Westbury, N.Y., said it has begun a central and Western Virginia operation including the Roanoke Valley. Barbara Rakes of Martinsville is local sales manager for the service, which sends new residents personal address and telephone directories that include listings for advertisers. The company also operates PinPoint Mailing, a direct-mail advertising program using post cards sent to targeted market lists.