Newport looks to the cruise ship industry to help float its boat
Newport could find its niche in the niche cruise industry, experts say, but it’s not going to happen overnight.
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TOP 50 SMALL COMPANIES TO WORK FOR IN OREGON 2008
MARCH 2008: 100 BEST COMPANIES 2008 SMALL COMPANIES Companies with fewer than 250 total employees 2007 Company/Organization Industry City Website Benefits & Compensation Work Environment Decision making & Trust Performance Management Career Development & Learning Employer Benefits Survey TOTAL 1 6 Staff Finders Technical of Oregon Beaverton 95.6 98.5 99.8 98.2 97.6 77.98 567.68 … Read more
Restaurants cope with rising food costs
At Mo’s Restaurants, a group of six coastal seafood joints based in Newport, they’re going to raise the price of the home-baked bread — two thick slices served with pats of butter — for the first time in probably 20 years.
More green kudos for Portland companies
Further boosting Portland’s eco-topian image, two local companies received nods in Outside magazine’s “green issue,” out this month.
100 BEST CATEGORY WINNERS 2008
MARCH 2008: 100 BEST COMPANIES 100 BEST CATEGORY WINNERS LARGE COMPANIES BENEFITS AND COMPENSATION WORK ENVIRONMENT DECISION MAKING AND TRUST PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT CAREER DEVELOPMENT AND LEARNING EMPLOYER BENEFITS SURVEY 1. U.S. Cellular 1. U.S. Cellular 1. U.S. Cellular 1. U.S. Cellular 1. Qualcomm 2. Edge Wireless LLC 2. Madden Industrial Craftsmen 2. GVA Kidder Mathews … Read more
Economix: Tom Potiowsky examines the doom and gloom
We love a bad news story. Crime and scandal sell newspapers and capture TV viewership.
Demand and the dollar help spike wheat prices
After a rough 12-year slog with more drought than profit, Oregon wheat growers are finally back in the black, thanks to record wheat prices that are not expected to drop any time soon.
100 Best Alphabetical Index for 2008
MARCH 2008: 100 BEST COMPANIES 100 BEST ALPHABETICAL INDEX LARGE COMPANIES SMALL COMPANIES COMPANY RANK COMPANY RANK AmeriTitle 21 ACME Business Consulting 38 Avista Utilities 31 Arlie & Company 48 Bank of the Cascades 50 Ashland Food Cooperative 25 Barco MIS 39 Boly:Welch Staffing Services 43 Bend Metro Park and Recreation District 35 Cascade Employers … Read more
Deal Watch: OMSI adds millions to the equation
Problem for the day: $2.9 million + X = Y.
Groups tackle immigration
A coalition that includes nursery, restaurant, wine, dairy, wheat and homebuilders associations, the Hispanic Metro Chamber of Commerce, the Oregon Business Association and tourism industry groups has been formed to address growing concerns among business and agriculture interests over immigration issues.