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	<pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2008 23:25:10 PST</pubDate>
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  	  <title>Financial firm puts up office building in Eugene</title>
	  <pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 09:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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  	  <title>New mortgage deluge: 'liar loans'</title>
	  <pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2008 12:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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  	  <title>Bogus bank guards tell depositors, 'We'll take care of that'</title>
	  <pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2008 08:00:00 PST</pubDate>
	  <link>http://www.oregonbusiness.com/.docs/story_id/33916/pg/453</link>
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  	  <title>Reader survey shows impact of credit market squeeze</title>
	  <pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 07:00:00 PST</pubDate>
	  <link>http://www.oregonbusiness.com/.docs/action/detail/rid/33275/folder/10011/pg/10002</link>
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  	  <title>Oregon financial planners &amp; money managers</title>
	  <pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 07:00:00 PST</pubDate>
	  <link>http://www.oregonbusiness.com/.docs/action/detail/rid/33364/folder/10011/pg/10002</link>
	  <description>Ranked by Oregon assets under management</description>
	
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  	  <title>Deal Watch: Troubled TRM gets loan, buys company</title>
	  <pubDate>Sun, 01 Jun 2008 07:00:00 PST</pubDate>
	  <link>http://www.oregonbusiness.com/.docs/action/detail/rid/32993/folder/10011/pg/10002</link>
	  <description>IN LATE APRIL Portland-based ATM network operator TRM Corp. created one of the largest nonbank ATM networks in the nation when it purchased New Jersey-based LJR Consulting, which does business as Access To Money, for $15 million.</description>
	
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  	  <title>Repos rise as auto loans sink</title>
	  <pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2008 07:00:00 PST</pubDate>
	  <link>http://www.oregonbusiness.com/.docs/action/detail/rid/32966/folder/10011/pg/10002</link>
	  <description>Bobby Sylvester has a front-row seat to the repo show. Sylvester is the fleet manager for Brasher’s Cascade Auto Auction in Troutdale, one of Oregon’s largest auction lots.</description>
	
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  	  <title>Banks ranked by Oregon deposits</title>
	  <pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2008 07:00:00 PST</pubDate>
	  <link>http://www.oregonbusiness.com/.docs/action/detail/rid/32991/folder/10011/pg/10002</link>
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  	  <title>Oregon credit unions ranked by total shares and deposits</title>
	  <pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2008 07:00:00 PST</pubDate>
	  <link>http://www.oregonbusiness.com/.docs/action/detail/rid/32992/folder/10011/pg/10002</link>
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  	  <title>Five tips for tough times</title>
	  <pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2008 07:00:00 PST</pubDate>
	  <link>http://www.oregonbusiness.com/.docs/action/detail/rid/32123/folder/10011/pg/10002</link>
	  <description>Even though the economy is sputtering, the last thing small-business owners should do is panic.</description>
	
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  	  <title>Oregon commercial insurance firms</title>
	  <pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2008 07:00:00 PST</pubDate>
	  <link>http://www.oregonbusiness.com/.docs/action/detail/rid/32165/folder/10011/pg/10002</link>
	  <description>Ranked by number of licensed agents.</description>
	
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  	  <title>Lithia Motors hit with loss of $5.1 million</title>
	  <pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2008 07:00:00 PST</pubDate>
	  <link>http://www.oregonbusiness.com/.docs/action/detail/rid/32167/folder/10011/pg/10002</link>
	  <description>Lithia Motors will slow acquisitions but push on with plans to build a new headquarters despite reporting a preliminary $5.1 million net loss for the fourth quarter of 2007.</description>
	
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  	  <title>Cascades’ stock plummets</title>
	  <pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2008 07:00:00 PST</pubDate>
	  <link>http://www.oregonbusiness.com/.docs/action/detail/rid/32181/folder/10011/pg/10002</link>
	  <description>Bank of the Cascades, the third-largest bank headquartered in Oregon, saw its stock price drop to its lowest level in five years in March after more than doubling its forecast for fourth-quarter 2007 credit losses from $7.5 million to $15.6 million.</description>
	
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  	  <title>Economix: Tom Potiowsky examines the doom and gloom</title>
	  <pubDate>Sat, 01 Mar 2008 08:00:00 PST</pubDate>
	  <link>http://www.oregonbusiness.com/.docs/action/detail/rid/31740/folder/10011/pg/10002</link>
	  <description>We love a bad news story. Crime and scandal sell newspapers and capture TV viewership.</description>
	
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  	  <title>Banks scramble for solid ground</title>
	  <pubDate>Sat, 01 Mar 2008 08:00:00 PST</pubDate>
	  <link>http://www.oregonbusiness.com/.docs/action/detail/rid/31742/folder/10011/pg/10002</link>
	  <description>The recent fortunes of Oregon’s banks brings to mind that Beatles song where Paul pipes, “I have to admit it’s getting better,” and John responds, “It can’t get much worse.”</description>
	
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