April 13: Local business executives optimistic in recent survey (Richmond Times Dispatch)

Richmond-area business executives are as optimistic now about sales and hiring as they have been in about six years, according to a recent survey.

A quarterly polling of 77 chief executive officers conducted jointly by the University of Richmond and the Virginia Council of CEOs showed that 72 percent expect their sales to increase in the next six months.

That was essentially the same as the 73 percent who expected to see a sales increase in the survey conducted during the fourth quarter of 2015.