STATEWIDE
A blizzard of Measure 37 claims fell across the state as 2006 drew to a close with businesses and individuals scrambling to meet a December deadline.
- Published in 2006 Archives
- Written by Oregon Business Team
Most readers employ sustainable business practices
As fuel prices continue to climb, it makes sense that more Oregon businesses are hopping on the sustainability bus. However, there could be some confusion about the finer details.
- Published in 2006 Archives
- Written by Oregon Business Team
What are the rules when the CEO gets sick?
Worst-case scenario: A company’s CEO gets diagnosed with cancer and decides to keep the illness a secret.
- Published in 2006 Archives
- Written by Oregon Business Team
HR: Navigating the medical-rights minefield
If you are like the vast majority of employed people, you have learned something at work about a co-worker’s illness or medical condition.
- Published in 2006 Archives
- Written by Oregon Business Team
Security solutions: Protect privacy with diligence
Today, more than ever before, small-business owners nationwide are clamoring to reclaim a measure of privacy in their business and personal lives.
- Published in 2006 Archives
- Written by Oregon Business Team
First Person: Commentary by Scott Taylor, outgoing real estate commissioner
For the past 11 years, I’ve told myself that when I quit thinking like a broker, I should leave my post as Oregon Real Estate Commissioner.
- Published in 2006 Archives
- Written by Oregon Business Team
VIP: Harvey Platt, CEO of Platt Electric
Even after 20 years, Harvey Platt still feels like the accidental head of his family’s 53-year-old wholesale electrical supply business.
- Published in 2006 Archives
- Written by Oregon Business Team
Oregon elected officials
A list of Oregon's elected executive officials as well as U.S. and state legislative representatives.
- Published in 2006 Archives
- Written by Oregon Business Team
Capitol Gains: Let the political games begin
Like the start of the baseball season each spring, hope also seems to spring eternal at the opening of a new legislative session.
- Published in 2006 Archives
- Written by Oregon Business Team
Discount groceries gain market share across Oregon
Oregon’s economy may be thriving — and according to at least one economist, food costs less today than it did 30 years ago — but there’s a ready market for the increasing number of discount grocers in the state.
- Published in 2006 Archives
- Written by Oregon Business Team