January 2005
From the editor: Challenge and change
Input Reader Survey
A vote of no confidence
The new budget game
Lawmakers -- Democrat and Republican -- are talking about a new way of building the state's beleaguered budget. Will it really make a difference?
Trees vs. houses
Private forestland is under pressure from suburban development. Measure 37 could make matters worse.
Banking on small business
New banks have sprung up across Oregon in recent years. They're gaining traction with business customers turned off by big-bank megamergers.
The city Katz built
Portland's former mayor talks about her friends and enemies in the business commmunity during 12 years of boom and bust.
In Character
From his pub in Bend, Gary Fish serves up a potent brew of business and community service.
Business Tools
Financial planning: Following the fickle financial markets; Disaster planning: How to prepare for the worst; Corporate philanthropy: Web resources for giving
CEO of the Month
Kate Ertman of ADi in Portland
Plus...
The wood products sector grows up...Carlon ‹ the new wine town...A Portlander's Italian connection...Medical inventions that help soldiers in the Iraq... White City1, Schwarzenegger 0...Hot car picks for 2005...ALL NEW Oregon Indicators...Powerlist: Elected officials...Annual editorial index. |
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