DATE: Monday, July 23, 1990 TAG: 9002030349
PAGE: A-8 EDITION: City
SECTION: Business LENGTH: 104 lines
TYPE: COLUMN
SOURCE: Compiled by Mollie Rorrer
Times-Dispatch staff writer
MEMO: (ljb) Column

THIS WEEK

Events and announcements that are expected to have an impact on business this week.

MONDAY

* ValCom Computer Center, International Business Machines Corp. and Calyx Corp. are holding a seminar for medical office administrators, offering a chance to try out an automated medical management system. The seminar is from 4 to 6 p.m. at the Hyatt Richmond. For details, call Kevin Smyth at 273-9200.
* In Geneva, negotiators from 105 countries discuss economic bottlenecks in world trade liberalization talks, through Friday.

TUESDAY

* Jon Woronoff, publisher of International Fund Monitor and director of Research International Inc., offers his assessment of the global investment scene. Woronoff addresses the Richmond chapter of the American Association of Individual Investors, at 7 p.m. at the Howard Johnson motel on North Boulevard. For details, call Michael Olah at 360-2935.
* The State Corporation Commission holds a public hearing on a rate increase request by Virginia American Water Co., which seeks $1.95 million in additional revenue. The company serves more than 40,000 customers in Alexandria, Hopewell and Prince William County. Hopewell has hired lawyers to protest the increase. The hearing begins at 10 a.m. in the commission's 13th floor courtroom of the Jefferson Building.
* Lawrence H. Framme III, state secretary of economic development, will be the keynote speaker at the Virginia Education Association's summer leadership conference in Farmville. The conference, which ends Friday, is expected
to attract 500 participants to the Reggie Smith Leadership Development Academy.
* In Bedford County, supervisors have scheduled a public hearing on a developer's plans to build a hotel complex, including a shopping center and a fast-food restaurant, near Smith Mountain Lake. Some lake property owners are opposed to the project, which is planned by Resort Properties of Huddleston.
* Alan Greenspan, chairman of the Federal Reserve, appears before the House Banking Committee in Washington to discuss monetary policy.
* In Washington, the Bureau of Labor Statistics releases its employment cost index.
* In Chicago, Amoco Corp. faces a final judgment for a huge oil spill off northern France 12 years ago.

WEDNESDAY

* The National Association of Industrial and Office Parks takes to the river, climbing aboard the Annabel Lee for the July meeting. Gathering time is 6:45 p.m. The cost is $25. For details, call 346-5672.
* The State Lottery Board holds a public hearing and monthly meeting at 10 a.m. at the lottery headquarters, 2201 W. Broad St. The public hearing is on ticket regulations for the lottery's computerized games.
* The Italian Business and Professional Society holds its third-quarter dinner meeting, at 6:30 p.m. at Franco's Restaurant, 9301 W. Broad St. The meeting features a talk by Paul Di Pasquale, a Richmond artist. For details, call Bea Sykes at 323-1555.
* In Chesterfield County, C.F. Currin Jr., chairman of the Board of Supervisors, is scheduled to cast a vote that could break a tie on a zoning case that would benefit a business partner. The case involves a historic house in Centralia, owned by James T. Waddill IV. Waddill seeks a zoning change to allow a catering business to operate out of Circle Oaks, a house built in 1889. Waddill and Currin are partners in a construction company and a development project, but Currin has no financial stake in the Circle Oaks plan.
* The Department of Commerce is scheduled to release a report detailing durable goods sales for June at 8:30 a.m. in Washington.
* Also in Washington, the National Association of Realtors has said it will release existing-home sales for June at 9 a.m.
* The Coast Guard holds a relicensing hearing for the former captain of the Exxon Valdez, Joseph Hazelwood, in Long Beach, Calif.

THURSDAY

* The San Francisco chapter of the National Investor Relations Institute holds a half-day seminar in San Francisco on "How Wall Street Really Works."
* In Geneva, the midyear ministerial meeting of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Nations begins.

FRIDAY

* The Lifestyles for a Healthy Heart trade show begins a two-day run at the Richmond Centre. Vendors include health food retailers, health organizations and the Mars candy empire. (Story, at left.)
* In Detroit, Ford Motor Co. and General Motors Corp. are scheduled to report their earnings.
* The "World's Largest Garage Sale" begins in Evanston, Ill. The event lasts through Sunday.
* Bugs Bunny turns 50. He'll be treated to a party at Astroworld in Houston, Texas, complete with an 8-foot, carrot-shaped cake and 300 children wearing rabbit ears.