March 2005


From the editor: Health matters

Input Reader Survey

Is it time for universal coverage?

Thinking small is the next big thing

100 Best Companies — including top-ranked Edge Wireless of Bend and Beaverton-based Staff Finders Technical — emphasize empowerment and workplace camaraderie to soar in employee satisfaction.

Working in life's back alleys

A 100 Best company, Adapt of Roseburg, deals with the worst in human nature.

The 100 Best Companies to Work For in Oregon

Surfing software's next wave

The software industry in Oregon is cooking again — with a new ingredient

Pitching innovation in Salem

A new strategy for commercializing scientific discoveries vies for a piece of the budget pie.

In Character

Michael Curry creates larger-than-life theatrical characters in Scappoose.

Business Tools

Information technology: What's a Wiki?; Employment law: Secrets that supervisors shouldn't tell; Communications: Bad buzzwords; Records management: To keep or to shred; Retail: Starting up a store

CEO of the Month

Irene Firmat, Full Sail Brewing

Plus...

Don't fear the death tax...Eugene's downtown remake...Kettle Foods' flavor inventor...Hard drives in Hillsboro...Bend's Bellatazza helps tsunami victims...The global chocolate market...North Dakota's Oregon strategy...Powerlist: Meeting facilities...Indicators:Real estate trends, regional population, worker training.

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