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

DATE: TUESDAY, March 21, 1995                   TAG: 9503210146
SECTION: BUSINESS                    PAGE: B-8   EDITION: METRO 
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IN BUSINESS

Negotiators for Caterpillar Inc. and the United Auto Workers have agreed to meet again, after two days of talks last week in Indianapolis, a federal mediator said Monday. The company, manufacturer of heavy industrial machinery, and the labor union have been at odds for several years. Caterpillar is parent of Carter Machinery Co. Inc. of Salem.

"These latest meetings were businesslike and candid, and provided for a good discussion of the key non-economic issues which separate the parties," said John Calhoun Wells, director of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service.

- Staff report

Briefly ...

Little Espresso, a coffee shop, has opened in the Grand Pavilion shopping mall at 4235 Electric Road in Roanoke County. The restaurant, operated by Michael McDaniel, features gourmet coffees and teas, pastries and a lunch menu of sandwiches and soups.

Owens & Co., a real estate brokerage, is marketing properties on the Internet, a computer online service. Prospective buyers can use the Owens On-Line service to search the company's listings by entering the location, price range and other features and see pictures of properties that match those criteria.

F&W Management Corp. of Roanoke has been awarded management of the Bernard's Landing Resort and Conference Center at Smith Mountain Lake. Pepper Henderson will oversee the operation.

Webb's Oil Corp., a Roanoke wholesaler and retailer of petroleum products, has been awarded a contract to provide gasoline and diesel fuel to the southern region of Virginia Power.