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.
2008 Archives
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.
Searching out office space
Gone are the days when office space was just a practical place to work. Now the workplace and its location are pivotal factors in attracting and retaining employees.
Deal Watch: Vestas expands Portland presence
Until early December, the biggest news coming from Vestas Wind Systems, a Denmark-based windmill company with its North American headquarters in Portland, was that Washington state’s largest utility, Puget Sound Energy, had placed an order for 22 of its wind turbine generators.