2006 Archives

Worst-case scenario: A company’s CEO gets diagnosed with cancer and decides to keep the illness a secret.

Pending city approval, a new 61-acre industrial park in Redmond could  be ready for tenants as early as this summer.

After working on a project to dot the roundabouts on Bend’s west side with sculpture, art supporter Mike Hollern, CEO of Brooks Resources, wasn’t ready to quit.

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.

The proposed $2.3 billion deal for Russian Evraz Group S.A. to acquire Oregon Steel Mills made for riveting headlines.

Before there was a Newberg, there was a Springbrook, an agricultural hamlet with a hotel, a school, a church and a cannery.

Today, more than ever before, small-business owners nationwide are clamoring to reclaim a measure of privacy in their business and personal lives.

In December, the nonprofit Open Source Development Labs cut a third of its staff and announced that CEO Stuart Cohen was leaving to pursue a new open-source software-related venture in collaboration with OVP Venture Partners.

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.

Traeger Pellet Grills, the largest grill manufacturer west of the Mississippi, is opening a new facility in Wilsonville and officials expect production to begin as early as this month.