2013 Archives

Balancing natural resource preservation and economic growth is a defining feature of life in the Pacific Northwest. Yet most of our readers think the scales are tipped against economic growth.

Journalists are no strangers to obstacles when it comes to the information-gathering process: recalcitrant sources, malfunctioning digital recorders, the occasional threat of violence, hurricanes and so on. But as we were putting together this issue, Oregon Business encountered a new obstacle: the government shutdown.

Since 2008 the corporate recruiting industry has lost about 45% of its workforce. But as the economy picks up, the industry outlook is improving — and so is competition for top candidates.

Scott Langen, Director of Development at Human Solutions, shares what he’s been reading.

Louis Picker, associate director of the OHSU Vaccine and Gene Therapy Institute, created an experimental AIDS vaccine from cytomegalovirus, a virus that is just as persistent as HIV but doesn’t cause disease.

Stacy James, President and CEO of Planned Parenthood, Columbia Willamette, shares what she’s been reading.

A conversation with the presidents of Oregon’s largest health plan provider and one of its new health plan co-ops; plus a list of Oregon’s top health plans.

Dr. Robert B. Pamplin, Jr. has earned eight academic degrees and is the chairman, president and CEO of the R.B. Pamplin Corporation.