This file is an RSS 2.0 file, please see: http://www.alpineinternet.com/rss for more info. Stories from Oregon Business Magazine /.docs/action/subscribe/master/_xml_/folder/10019/pg/10002/f/subscribe.rss en-us (c)2008, Oregon Business Magazine, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Sat, 30 Aug 2008 13:45:19 PST 15 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 13:00:00 PST http://www.oregonbusiness.com/.docs/story_id/34022/pg/453 Students started returning to class this week as Oregon colleges gear up for brimming fall enrollments - primarily at the community college level - fueled in part by a sluggish economy. Thu, 28 Aug 2008 07:00:00 PST http://www.oregonbusiness.com/.docs/action/detail/rid/34036/folder/10019/pg/10002 For University of Oregon professor and Economist’s View blog founder Mark Thoma the term “stagflation” is old news. Thu, 28 Aug 2008 07:00:00 PST http://www.oregonbusiness.com/.docs/action/detail/rid/34054/folder/10019/pg/10002 In the ups and downs of the economic cycle retaining skilled workers remains a constant concern for businesses. Tue, 26 Aug 2008 13:00:00 PST http://www.oregonbusiness.com/.docs/story_id/33990/pg/453 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. Tue, 26 Aug 2008 09:00:00 PST http://www.oregonbusiness.com/.docs/story_id/33994/pg/453 Tue, 26 Aug 2008 08:01:00 PST http://www.oregonbusiness.com/.docs/story_id/33998/pg/453 Tue, 26 Aug 2008 08:00:00 PST http://www.oregonbusiness.com/.docs/story_id/33996/pg/453 Wed, 30 Jul 2008 07:00:00 PST http://www.oregonbusiness.com/.docs/action/detail/rid/33687/folder/10019/pg/10002 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. Wed, 30 Jul 2008 07:00:00 PST http://www.oregonbusiness.com/.docs/action/detail/rid/33724/folder/10019/pg/10002 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. Wed, 25 Jun 2008 07:00:00 PST http://www.oregonbusiness.com/.docs/action/detail/rid/33332/folder/10019/pg/10002 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. Fri, 30 May 2008 07:00:00 PST http://www.oregonbusiness.com/.docs/action/detail/rid/32881/folder/10019/pg/10002 ormer PacifiCorp CEO Judi Johansen becomes president of Marylhurst University on July 1, replacing Nancy Wilgenbusch, who is retiring after 24 years. Wed, 30 Apr 2008 07:00:00 PST http://www.oregonbusiness.com/.docs/action/detail/rid/32679/folder/10019/pg/10002 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. Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 PST http://www.oregonbusiness.com/.docs/action/detail/rid/10263/folder/10019/pg/10002