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Around the State

State senator Atkinson on Iraqi Kurdistan exchange program
IN 2005, OREGON SEN. JASON ATKINSON created the nation’s first state-to-state business exchange program with Iraqi Kurdistan — the semi-autonomous state in the northern part of Iraq.

Oregon shoplifting rates increase

Cuts wound rural air service

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Tactics: New Seasons Market claims victory for organic food
THIRTY YEARS AGO, Brian Rohter and his colleagues in the organic food business were widely considered a fringe group.

CEO Strategies: Work the system before it works you

Next: a workout wheelchair

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Public companies vanish while profits rise

Deal Watch: Industrial real estate is climbing, barely

Residential real estate firms ranked by licensed agents

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The rural stomp
THE LOSS OF TIMBER MONEY. The loss of rural programs. The loss of the Office of Rural Policy. Even air service to rural communities is getting sliced.

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Economic woes reduce travel plans

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