Boom times for bang bang
Bullets are flying in Bend, or at least they are flying through the production process at ammunition manufacturer Nosler, one of the few employers in Central Oregon to be adding jobs rather than subtracting them.
2008 Archives
Choosing health benefits
Few considerations are as critical in your company as picking the right health care plan. The health-benefits package a company offers is a powerful recruiting and retention tool.
Readers rate confidence with state, nation
JANUARY 2009: FORUM; ONLINE SURVEY
Next: the bike booster
“The future’s all yours, ya lousy bicycles.” Thus spoke the late, great Paul Newman in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, a film set when horses ruled the road.
Finding a financial helper
Trying to find financial planning services for your company can be like walking the giant aisles of a home-supply store. There are a lot of flashy products that seem to make sense, but where to begin?
Letters to the Editor
“Our governor does not understand economics clearly; raising selected taxes and fees is a Band-Aid approach that will not work long term.”
Downturn doesn’t soften growth in software industry
In the face of the current economic downturn, Oregon’s software industry is enjoying solid growth.
Testing the MBA programs
With the growing popularity of online classes, it seems as if anybody, anywhere can earn a master’s degree in business. According to one business-school leader, more than 100,000 MBA degrees were handed out last year alone.
State economist addresses states’ pain
I’ve been thinking about the movie Independence Day. It starred Will Smith and Jeff Goldblum and an alien attack on earth.
Power surges (slightly)
Electricity sold by PGE during the year ended November increased 1.2% year-over-year, and 6.0% versus five years ago.