Buzzing with the latest jargon
For University of Oregon professor and Economist’s View blog founder Mark Thoma the term “stagflation” is old news. more >
Membranes, medicines – and more to come for Bend Research
Founded as one of Bend's original technology companies in 1975, Bend Research is approaching the end of what company officials call "The Pfizer Era," named after the 14-year period since 1994 that the Bend company has had an exclusive partnership with the world's largest research-based biomedical and pharmaceutical company. more >
CEO Strategies: Work the system before it works you
IN 2000, AT THE NADIR of his career — and possibly his life — Sam Carpenter found himself depressed, medicated, logging 100-hour workweeks and just days away from missing a payroll for his Bend telephone answering service, Centratel. more >
Next: a workout wheelchair
Twenty years ago Jerry Schaeffer, an engineer from Beaverton, fashioned the idea for a different kind of wheelchair built on the concept that wheelchairs should help, not harm, the user. more >
University enrollment projected to increase
This fall, the Oregon University System expects another increase in enrollment, even though lenders of federally backed student loans are becoming more selective with their money in the ongoing credit crisis. more >
Feds fund job-training programs
Oregon education and job-training programs are getting money from the federal Department of Labor, including $1.6 million for the renewable wind energy program at Columbia Gorge Community College in Hood River County. more >
Season fuels fire business It was tragic but not surprising that the nine people who died in a helicopter crash in Northern California Aug. 5 were working for a company based in Oregon.
Walker attacks ethanol law Just weeks before Eastern Oregon gas stations will be required to sell fuel blended with ethanol, one lawmaker is already reconsidering the state’s year-old renewable fuel mandate.
Buzzing with the latest jargon For University of Oregon professor and Economist’s View blog founder Mark Thoma the term “stagflation” is old news.
Nurses remain recession-proof While many employees throughout Oregon are losing their jobs or worried about keeping employed, nurses are proving to be immune to the sick economy.
Lions, tigers, bear markets It’s been a difficult spring and summer: The economy cyclone flattened the house; the yellow brick road expansion has run out of funds.
