June 2004
From the Editor: Business Climate Change
FUTURE OREGON: Manufacturing jobs
Small businesses are helping to revive small-city economies around the state, creating products with global appeal.
FUTURE OREGON: Sizing up small business
Is Oregon a small business state?
Dealing with steel prices
Red-hot demand from China and rumors of shortages have put the squeeze on Oregon manufacturers dependent on steel.
A family business album
Multigeneration Oregon businesses have withstood time's test.
Outsourcing in a new light
Startups get the most from offshore labor and add jobs at home.
In Character
Appetizer to an IPO: Bill McCormick dishes on business and politics.
Business Tools
Telecom: Checking up on your phone bill; Retirement: Keeping an eye on your IRA; 100 Best Practices: Kids as grantmakers; Marketing: Getting the most from computer graphics.
CEO of the Month
Judy Peppler, Qwest
Plus...
Oregon can cash in on the Tokyo-PDX connection, telemarketing takes off behind bars, U of O's new business school dean, a jewelry store with a new look, Powerlists: Commercial construction and commercial real estate, and key economic indicators: Clackamas County's growth curve. |
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