Editor's Note: Transit and infrastructure in the spotlight
Election tilts scale in favor of transit and infrastructure projects.
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- Written by Linda Baker
Editor's Note: Disruption, You Won
Innovation — you lost.
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- Written by Linda Baker
Editor's Note: Measure 97 and Phil Knight
The tax hike and Nike founder have more in common than you think.
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Editor's Note: Southern Comforts
A new TV show, bike share service and diverse racial demographics. Is Atlanta the next Portland?
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- Written by Linda Baker
Reader Forum: Letters to the editor, online comments and more
Letters from the editor, online comments and more.
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Editor’s Note: It’s a Man’s World
BY LINDA BAKER | EDITOR
BY LINDA BAKER | EDITOREarlier this week we posted an article from our May issue: It’s a Man's Man’s Man’s World. The story covered the gender divide in tech from the perspective of male workers. Twitter didn’t like it.
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- Written by Oregon Business Team
On the Road
BY LINDA BAKER
My daughter turned 18 last week, and for her birthday I got her a Car2Go membership. Not to label myself a disruptor or anything, but it felt like a groundbreaking moment. The two of us, mother and child, were participating in a new teen rite of passage: Instead of handing over the car keys, I handed over a car-sharing card — with the caveat that she not use the gift as her own personal car service.
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- Written by Linda Baker
Game On
BY LINDA BAKER | OB EDITOR
The big news at Oregon Business is we’re getting a ping pong table. After reading the descriptions of the 2015 100 Best Companies to Work For in Oregon, a disproportionate number of which feature table tennis in the office, I decided it was time to bring our own workplace into the 21st century. It was a tough call, but it’s lonely at the top, and someone has to make the hard decisions.
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- Written by Linda Baker
Carbon Power
BY LINDA BAKER
Researchers in a multitude of disciplines are searching for ways to soak up excess carbon dioxide, the compound that contributes to global warming.
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- Written by Oregon Business Team