2011 Archives

Shipping improved at the Port of Portland in 2010.

Independent neighborhood pharmacies are shrinking, battered by big-chain competition, changing laws and consumer defection.

One of the most ambitious rural job creation ideas in Oregon comes from a Ph.D. scientist eight years past retirement age who has figured out a way to run coal burning power plants on—plants.

Medford is an unlikely hub of broadcast activity. As the stations struggle to survive, consolidation, combined newsrooms and other partnerships are possible. That would irreparably change a very special small American TV market.

This month’s Powerlist ranks commercial real estate companies by number of licensed commercial agents in Oregon.

A PSU professor is studying the possibilities of quantum computers as the physical limits of computer technology are quickly approaching.

This year’s Private 150 list points to some encouraging news about the state’s economy. 

Are Oregon businesses prepared for disaster? With quakes, tornados and floods in the headlines recently, we wanted to know the extent of preparedness. 

Technology is stretching the boundaries of ZGF Architects, the fourth-largest architecture firm in the country.

Every weekday morning for months, workers from the regional carpenters union have gathered in front of the Portland offices of S.D. Deacon behind a banner picturing a drywall contractor recently arrested on felony charges, with the statement “Used by S.D. Deacon — Why?”