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	<pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2008 20:21:51 PST</pubDate>
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  	  <title>CEO remaking Moonstruck Chocolates</title>
	  <pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2008 14:00:00 PST</pubDate>
	  <link>http://www.oregonbusiness.com/.docs/story_id/35034/pg/453</link>
	  <description>Moonstruck is remaking itself under CEO Dan Hossley's guidance, and he's working to bring business discipline to the St. Johns company without sacrificing its epicurean aspirations.</description>
	
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  	  <title>Another brewery opens in Bend, and its rivals are pleased</title>
	  <pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2008 11:00:00 PST</pubDate>
	  <link>http://www.oregonbusiness.com/.docs/story_id/35040/pg/453</link>
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  	  <title>Weekend sales surprise retailers</title>
	  <pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2008 12:00:00 PST</pubDate>
	  <link>http://www.oregonbusiness.com/.docs/story_id/35018/pg/453</link>
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  	  <title>Nice weather, promotions perk up Bend shoppers</title>
	  <pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2008 11:00:00 PST</pubDate>
	  <link>http://www.oregonbusiness.com/.docs/story_id/34989/pg/453</link>
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  	  <title>Car dealers collapse as sales drive off a cliff</title>
	  <pubDate>Sun, 30 Nov 2008 08:00:00 PST</pubDate>
	  <link>http://www.oregonbusiness.com/.docs/action/detail/rid/34973/folder/10031/pg/10002</link>
	  <description>At first glance, the car lot in outer Southeast Portland looks like all the others nearby, plentifully stocked with “Dealer’s Specials” and “Fresh Start Financing” deals.</description>
	
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  	  <title>Recession? Not at the Christmas shops</title>
	  <pubDate>Sun, 30 Nov 2008 08:00:00 PST</pubDate>
	  <link>http://www.oregonbusiness.com/.docs/action/detail/rid/35005/folder/10031/pg/10002</link>
	  <description>For Lindy Simmons and Judy Lynch every day is Christmas. Their Forever Christmas Gifts &amp; More shop is open year-round and sits in the heart of Christmas Valley on a stretch of Christmas Valley Highway in Lake County.</description>
	
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  	  <title>Tight times benefit grocery stores</title>
	  <pubDate>Thu, 30 Oct 2008 07:00:00 PST</pubDate>
	  <link>http://www.oregonbusiness.com/.docs/action/detail/rid/34702/folder/10031/pg/10002</link>
	  <description>The economic slowdown hasn’t kept grocery-store carts from rolling.</description>
	
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  	  <title>Slash and sell</title>
	  <pubDate>Thu, 30 Oct 2008 07:00:00 PST</pubDate>
	  <link>http://www.oregonbusiness.com/.docs/action/detail/rid/34706/folder/10031/pg/10002</link>
	  <description>Chris Sherland recognizes trouble when he sees it. “It’s a weak year for the retail industry.”</description>
	
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  	  <title>Outlets upswing</title>
	  <pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2008 07:00:00 PST</pubDate>
	  <link>http://www.oregonbusiness.com/.docs/action/detail/rid/34377/folder/10031/pg/10002</link>
	  <description>Despite their far-flung locations, outlet malls are thriving in a down retail market.</description>
	
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  	  <title>Tactics: Brian McMenamin of McMenamins</title>
	  <pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2008 07:00:00 PST</pubDate>
	  <link>http://www.oregonbusiness.com/.docs/action/detail/rid/34052/folder/10031/pg/10002</link>
	  <description>McMenamins is an Oregon-style empire — getting big but still working hard to be quaint.</description>
	
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  	  <title>Cuts wound rural air service</title>
	  <pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2008 07:00:00 PST</pubDate>
	  <link>http://www.oregonbusiness.com/.docs/action/detail/rid/33707/folder/10031/pg/10002</link>
	  <description>Turbulence hit the state’s rural airline service this summer, as flight service was reduced or canceled in several communities, leaving in its wake concern that businesses and economic development will be harmed.</description>
	
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  	  <title>The Olympic trials dust Eugene with a little gold</title>
	  <pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2008 07:00:00 PST</pubDate>
	  <link>http://www.oregonbusiness.com/.docs/action/detail/rid/33714/folder/10031/pg/10002</link>
	  <description>While athletes at last month’s track and field Olympic trials in Eugene competed for gold medals, area business also got a bit of gold.</description>
	
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  	  <title>Munich on the Willamette</title>
	  <pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 07:00:00 PST</pubDate>
	  <link>http://www.oregonbusiness.com/.docs/action/detail/rid/33243/folder/10031/pg/10002</link>
	  <description>Gunther Hoffmann knows at least one reason why German tourists are expected to flock to Oregon this summer: “Germans are entranced with the West and Indians,” says Hoffmann, head of the German Consulate in Portland.</description>
	
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  	  <title>Sales decline prompts Mt. Bachelor shakeup</title>
	  <pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 07:00:00 PST</pubDate>
	  <link>http://www.oregonbusiness.com/.docs/action/detail/rid/33329/folder/10031/pg/10002</link>
	  <description>As the final days of last winter’s ski season wound to a close, Powdr Corp. — which runs the Mt. Bachelor Ski Resort — took the dramatic step of firing the majority of the resort’s top management.</description>
	
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  	  <title>Lithia cuts jobs, millions</title>
	  <pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 07:00:00 PST</pubDate>
	  <link>http://www.oregonbusiness.com/.docs/action/detail/rid/33359/folder/10031/pg/10002</link>
	  <description>Lithia Motors, the eighth-largest U.S. auto group, announced in June that it would cut $18 million annually in costs because of falling consumer confidence, tight credit, high gas prices and sluggish domestic auto sales.</description>
	
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