SolarWorld Group's decision to build a plant in Hillsboro has been ranked one of the top 10 site-selection deals in North America in 2007 by Site Selection magazine, a corporate real estate and economic development publication. more >
Oregon manufacturers hone their edge When Les de Asis shows a visitor the carbon dioxide lasers and computer-controlled machines in the factory of his Oregon City company, Benchmade Knife Co., he’s like a proud father showing off his kids.
Sauvie Island businesses survive bridge blues Sauvie Island businesses hunkered down to survive years of bridge restrictions that hammered their economy. What choice did they have?
Q&A with new state labor chief When Gov. Ted Kulongoski tapped Brad Avakian to be the state’s labor commissioner, the former Democratic senator and one-time civil rights lawyer says he had one thought.
Startups: The beat goes on in Portland The downturn, big or small, is here. The gloomy economic pronouncements are being made. And for a lot of tech startups in Silicon Forest, things couldn’t be better.
CH2M Hill wins $5.25 billion contract on Panama Canal An engineering firm that started as a collaboration between an Oregon State University professor and three of his former students has won the contract of a lifetime: to manage the $5.25 billion redevelopment of the Panama Canal.
Finding treasure in The Dalles What started out as a vast demolition project has turned into an impromptu treasure hunt. Not gold coins or lost royal jewels, but instead precious metals from what was considered mostly scrap and junk.
Using retreats to advance your team Collaboration is essential in the workplace, but the office isn’t always the best environment in which to develop rapport. Corporate team-building activities and retreats can help by getting employees to interact outside the cubicle to improve their performance on the job.
More executives turning to private jets So you’re on the brink of closing a lucrative deal, but while standing in line at the airport the terminal intercom announces that your flight has been delayed, again.
Next: The wood bike Remember the iconic scene in E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial where Elliott and his alien friend fly through the air on a bike, silhouetted by the moon?
