2014 Archives
The 100 Best Green Workplaces in Oregon
Oregon is known for its green-minded citizens, and many workers are attracted to firms and organizations that practice green, not just pay lip service to it.
Cell power
BY LINDA BAKER
Found in all cells, mitochondria are tube shape “organelles” that convert food into useful energy; when mitochondria fail, disease results.
What I’m Reading: Max Miller & William Rutherford
Max Miller, an attorney with Tonkon Torp, and William Rutherford, founder and portfolio manager of Rutherford Investment Management, share their recent reads.
Gender pay gap
BY APRIL STREETER
The data-crunching company PayScale predicts that the gender pay gap between men and women will continue to close as millennials comprise more of the active workforce.
Becky Jones balances life, work, play
BY JESSICA RIDGWAY
Becky Jones, co-owner and director of Eugene-based Seneca Family of Companies, runs the business with her two younger sisters, Kathy and Jody.
The fourth sector
BY LINDA BAKER
New business models blur the line between for-profits and nonprofits.
Catch-22
BY LEE VAN DER VOO
The catch-share fisheries management system is designed to boost wild fish stocks. Will the new program leave fishermen adrift?
Cloud power
BY PETER BARNES
How omnipresent, seemingly limitless IT resources online will change business, culture and intelligence as we know it.
Media maven
BY AMY MILSHTEIN
Siouxsie Jennett, president and CEO of Mambo Media, is in her downtown Portland office expounding on social media: the good, the bad and the ugly.