ROANOKE TIMES 
                      Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times

DATE: Tuesday, March 19, 1996                TAG: 9603190084
SECTION: BUSINESS                 PAGE: B-5  EDITION: METRO 

REPORTED EARNINGS

Rowe Furniture Corp.

1st qtr. ended 3-3 1996 1995

Revenues $34.8 million $28.7 million

Net Income $830,000 $4.1 million

Share earnings 6 cents 30 cents

Arlington-based Rowe Furniture operates manufacturing facilities in Salem. First-quarter 1995 earnings included an after-tax gain of $3 million, equal to 22 cents per share, from the sales of investment property.

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