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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