February 2004
From the Editor: Change in the works
FUTURE OREGON: Good medicine
Health care costs and insurance premiums are soaring. A few Oregonians are working on cures for the crisis.
Healthy business
Cool new inventions are putting Oregon bioscience companies on the map.
Merchants of wealth
M Financial and MCG N.W. have worked their magic to help ratchet up CEO pay nationwide.
The great tax debate
Despite some support from the business community, tax reform isn't getting much traction.
In Character
Chuck and Sue Kesey have fed the counterculture on Nancy's Yogurt.
Business Tools
Best practices: Lessons about fun from the 100 Best Companies to Work For in Oregon, Hiring: do's and don'ts for independent contractors, Employment: whose personnel file is it, anyway?
CEO of the Month
Patricia Moss, Cascade Bancorp
Plus...
Smart energy could spark up the Northwest economy... Seaside's downtown goes upscale...Keeping timber alive in Cave Junction...What the wealthy think...Powerlist:law firms...Signs of recovery:exports on the rise. |
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