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	<pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2008 02:08:30 PST</pubDate>
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  	  <title>Portland metro area is billions of dollars behind on infrastructure</title>
	  <pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 12:00:00 PST</pubDate>
	  <link>http://www.oregonbusiness.com/.docs/story_id/34117/pg/453</link>
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  	  <title>Panel ponders Portland’s future development</title>
	  <pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 08:00:00 PST</pubDate>
	  <link>http://www.oregonbusiness.com/.docs/story_id/34125/pg/453</link>
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  	  <title>Economist Eric Fruits discusses baby boomers</title>
	  <pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2008 07:00:00 PST</pubDate>
	  <link>http://www.oregonbusiness.com/.docs/action/detail/rid/34048/folder/10013/pg/10002</link>
	  <description>Baby boomers are big news. Last year, the first boomer collected her first Social Security check.</description>
	
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  	  <title>State economist thinks economy will sour less in Oregon</title>
	  <pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2008 07:00:00 PST</pubDate>
	  <link>http://www.oregonbusiness.com/.docs/action/detail/rid/33688/folder/10013/pg/10002</link>
	  <description>Let’s say you hit a stretch of bad luck a year ago. You lost your job. Your spouse took the kids and left.</description>
	
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  	  <title>With timber payments gone, counties struggle</title>
	  <pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2008 07:00:00 PST</pubDate>
	  <link>http://www.oregonbusiness.com/.docs/action/detail/rid/33708/folder/10013/pg/10002</link>
	  <description>Josephine County already has lost almost half its county employees and all its libraries, and county commission chairman Dave Toler is worried that public safety could be next.</description>
	
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  	  <title>Economist Tim Duy uses the &quot;R&quot; word</title>
	  <pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 07:00:00 PST</pubDate>
	  <link>http://www.oregonbusiness.com/.docs/action/detail/rid/33276/folder/10013/pg/10002</link>
	  <description>Is Oregon in recession? I have been startled by the unwillingness of many to accept the obvious fact that the Oregon economy has shifted gears markedly.</description>
	
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  	  <title>Rosy forecast sees 100,000 jobs on the horizon</title>
	  <pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 07:00:00 PST</pubDate>
	  <link>http://www.oregonbusiness.com/.docs/action/detail/rid/33330/folder/10013/pg/10002</link>
	  <description>PORTLAND The current economy might be sinking, sucking down jobs and incomes with it, but at least one group is bullish on future employment growth.</description>
	
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  	  <title>Sauvie Island businesses survive bridge blues</title>
	  <pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 07:00:00 PST</pubDate>
	  <link>http://www.oregonbusiness.com/.docs/action/detail/rid/32604/folder/10013/pg/10002</link>
	  <description>Sauvie Island businesses hunkered down to survive years of bridge restrictions that hammered their economy. What choice did they have?</description>
	
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  	  <title>Finding treasure in The Dalles</title>
	  <pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 07:00:00 PST</pubDate>
	  <link>http://www.oregonbusiness.com/.docs/action/detail/rid/32668/folder/10013/pg/10002</link>
	  <description>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.</description>
	
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  	  <title>Greenlight’s cluster focus</title>
	  <pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 07:00:00 PST</pubDate>
	  <link>http://www.oregonbusiness.com/.docs/action/detail/rid/32682/folder/10013/pg/10002</link>
	  <description>Greenlight Greater Portland, a recently formed, privately funded economic development group, has released its first analysis of greater Portland’s industry clusters, venture capital trends and workforce.</description>
	
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  	  <title>Governor plans break up of economic development department</title>
	  <pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2008 19:00:00 PST</pubDate>
	  <link>http://www.oregonbusiness.com/.docs/action/detail/rid/32116/folder/10013/pg/10002</link>
	  <description>It’s a surprising move. It may be a risky move. It’s a move that, if successful, should change how Oregon’s economic department does business with the world and with the state itself.</description>
	
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  	  <title>Office of Rural Policy felled by state budget ax</title>
	  <pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2008 07:00:00 PST</pubDate>
	  <link>http://www.oregonbusiness.com/.docs/action/detail/rid/32115/folder/10013/pg/10002</link>
	  <description>With hope and fanfare, the Office of Rural Policy was created in 2004 by executive order of Gov. Ted Kulongoski. It died last month with no fanfare and dashed hopes after the Legislature refused to fund it.</description>
	
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  	  <title>New projects could help boost Oakridge</title>
	  <pubDate>Sat, 01 Mar 2008 08:00:00 PST</pubDate>
	  <link>http://www.oregonbusiness.com/.docs/action/detail/rid/31767/folder/10013/pg/10002</link>
	  <description>Boom times are coming to Oakridge — boom being a relative term, mind you.</description>
	
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  	  <title>Lake County modernizes economic base</title>
	  <pubDate>Tue, 01 Jan 2008 08:00:00 PST</pubDate>
	  <link>http://www.oregonbusiness.com/.docs/action/detail/rid/30909/folder/10013/pg/10002</link>
	  <description>“Adapting” might best describe Oregon’s outback, Lake County. The rugged county in south-central Oregon had the same number of jobs in mid-2007 as it did in 1990.</description>
	
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  	  <title>Economix: Tom Potiowsky on economic clusters...</title>
	  <pubDate>Sat, 01 Dec 2007 08:00:00 PST</pubDate>
	  <link>http://www.oregonbusiness.com/.docs/action/detail/rid/29764/folder/10013/pg/10002</link>
	  <description>With the holidays rapidly upon us, my wife and I are reviewing recipes. We have our favorite standbys for turkey, stuffing, appetizers and desserts. We are always on the prowl for new dishes to try out on unsuspecting guests.</description>
	
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