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• The return of king ag
  Spiking prices and insatiable demand produce a record-breaking season for Oregon’s farmers.  MORE >
  
  
• Q&A with the candidates for state treasurer What would these men do if they got their hands on the state’s billions?
• 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.
• Economist Eric Fruits discusses baby boomers Baby boomers are big news. Last year, the first boomer collected her first Social Security check.
• 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.

Around the State

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.

Graphic: Timber harvest drops in most Oregon counties

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Biz Life

Tactics: Brian McMenamin of McMenamins
McMenamins is an Oregon-style empire — getting big but still working hard to be quaint.

Office policy: Keep politics in its place
As the nation enters the boxing ring of presidential campaigning this fall, it’s not unusual for the jabs of political convictions to enter the workplace, too.

Tuition programs are good investments
In the ups and downs of the economic cycle retaining skilled workers remains a constant concern for businesses.

Next: Labeling food with lasers
Admit it. Peeling those little stickers off fruits and veggies is annoying.

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Lists

Deal Watch: Portland video processor raises $5.5M

Top-paid CEOs in Oregon

Oregon staffing firms

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From The Editor

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.

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Feedback

Most readers have made business changes to address climate change

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