Businesses that adapt can prosper
Three Oregon businesses described their success stories at the Kruse Way Economic Forum, and the common message was that to prosper in this economy you have to be able to adapt.
Under-developed tourism industry holds promise for Southwestern Oregon
Once the busiest exporter of lumber in the world, the International Port of Coos Bay no longer booms with business, and neither does the area around it. Now the Southwestern coastal area is exploring ways to trade big timber for small businesses generating income from tourism.
What a volatile economy means to banks
Economist Bill Conerly sees the New Cyclicality hitting banking along with the rest of the business community. What does this mean to banks? Greater loan losses, more balance sheet variability, and some human resource challenges.
Getting down to work
How many of you know someone out of work, or have someone in your own family who can’t find a job? How many of you sat next to a colleague that was fired? How many of you have had to downsize your business to keep the doors open? No one has gone untouched by this so-called jobless recovery.
Readers share recovery ideas
Problems continue to plague Oregon’s economy. Here’s how 704 of our readers ranked ways to help the recovery in a survey conducted in late September by research partner CFM Strategic Communications.
Noble Coffee prospers in Ashland
Noble Coffee Roasting in Ashland has built its success on sustainable ethics and a reverence for quality.
Projects spark energy in Eugene
City efforts to reduce barriers to construction along with some substantial loans to downtown projects have helped boost Eugene’s economy.
Oregon draws from California, exports to Washington
Oregon gained about 75,000 more residents than it lost from 2003-2008 with Californians accounting for the lion’s share of immigrants.
Injury ends football career, but leads to innovation
The pro football draft day of 1994 was the worst day of Brian Cassidy’s life. Once ranked among the top prospects in the nation, Cassidy watched as player after player was drafted and he was overlooked.
David Evans gets NOAA contract
Big deals, mergers and transactions of the month.