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Bankruptcy lawyers cash in
Bad news brings good business to firms that specialize in bankruptcy and finance.
Money Ball: Oregon colleges follow the cash to football
It’s smart business to have a stake in Oregon’s $166 million college football industry.
Highest-paid Oregon CEOs earn less
The highest-paid CEOs Oregon public companies shared some of the pink slips and wage cuts that were common across all industries in the past year. For 2009, the total pay for this year’s Top 40 dropped 5% versus last year’s Top 40, and nearly half the current crop received less compensation than they did the prior year. Bonuses plummeted 59%.
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PubTalk in Hood River Seeking Company Presenters
Gorge Oregon Entrepreneurs Network (OEN) is seeking company presenters interested in Angel Funding to present at PubTalk in Hood River on September 21, at The Griffin House from 5:30-7:30 PM.
Next: Cheaper solar panels
Portland State University chemistry professor Carl Wamser is figuring out a way to create solar panels that could be inexpensive enough to install on every house.
Rumors swirl around a new Intel factory at Ronler Acres
Intel won’t comment on persistent rumors that the company is planning a new multi-billion dollar factory in Hillsboro.
All Treasury grants go to Portland, none to rural Oregon
Oregon’s share of the Treasury Department’s $105 million for struggling communities went to Portland, with no money for rural areas.
Relief agencies find little money for Pakistan
Northwest relief agencies are having trouble raising as much money for Pakistan flood victims as they raised for Haiti last January.