Oregon Business

Rail fight gets hotter

The battle over the Central Oregon and Pacific Railroad is turning into a full-bore train wreck as the conflict jumps from Oregon to Washington, D.C, and back.

August 31, 2008
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Graphic: Portland's industrial vacancy rate vs. other cities

August 31, 2008
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State OK’s world’s largest wind farm

State energy officials have approved a plan that would make Gilliam and Morrow counties in northeastern Oregon home to the world’s largest wind farm.

August 31, 2008
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Graphic: Timber harvest drops in most Oregon counties

August 31, 2008
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Nurses remain recession-proof

While many employees throughout Oregon are losing their jobs or worried about keeping employed, nurses are proving to be immune to the sick economy.

August 31, 2008
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Buzzing with the latest jargon

For University of Oregon professor and Economist’s View blog founder Mark Thoma the term “stagflation” is old news.

August 31, 2008
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Walker attacks ethanol law

Just weeks before Eastern Oregon gas stations will be required to sell fuel blended with ethanol, one lawmaker is already reconsidering the state’s year-old renewable fuel mandate.

August 31, 2008
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Season fuels fire business

It was tragic but not surprising that the nine people who died in a helicopter crash in Northern California Aug. 5 were working for a company based in Oregon.