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• Pollution for sale
  Ready or not, The carbon market is coming to Oregon. Expect big winners — and big losers. more >
• The Adams doctrine
  Portland's mayor-to-be offers a sneak preview of his economic plan, short on strategy but long on hope. more >
• City U
  PSU gets a new president who’s an expert in urban development, right as its community is making big plans. more >
• Economist Joe Cortright: "Fasten your seatbelts"
  YOU REMEMBER THE FEELING from when you were a kid: Just past the top of the highest point of the track, the roller-coaster car falls away, taking the pit of your stomach with it. more >
• Outlets upswing
  Despite their far-flung locations, outlet malls are thriving in a down retail market. more >
• The comeback
  How Flir came back from the brink of bankruptcy to become a $4.3 billion company that has left its competition in the dust. more >
• Economist John Mitchell: The end of the way we were
  The past few months have been marked by surging gas and food prices, plummeting auto sales, a continued housing implosion and Russia acting like the old days. more >
• Q&A with the candidates for state treasurer
  What would these men do if they got their hands on the state’s billions? more >
• Costs and delays imperil Portland’s South Waterfront
  As development in Portland’s South Waterfront sags under the weight of the economy, the final design of the project grows increasingly uncertain. more >
• Economist Eric Fruits discusses baby boomers
  Baby boomers are big news. Last year, the first boomer collected her first Social Security check. more >
• Top-paid CEOs in Oregon
  While many Oregon workers have resigned themselves to stagnant wages over the last few years in an uncertain economy, Oregon’s public company CEOs saw no income dip during the last fiscal year. more >
• Smoking ban pressures bars and restaurants
  With the statewide smoke-free workplace law looming, some businesses have decided to ditch their ashtrays early. more >
• The $4.2 billion question
  Answers are few and the clock is ticking as the project to replace the I-5 bridge over the Columbia starts looking for billions of dollars in funding. more >
• Public companies vanish while profits rise
  Publicly traded companies are becoming an endangered species in Oregon. Some have opted to move headquarters. Others have been acquired by out-of-state companies. more >
• State economist thinks economy will sour less in Oregon
  Let’s say you hit a stretch of bad luck a year ago. You lost your job. Your spouse took the kids and left. more >