The art of helping the uninsured

Owner of Downtown Dental aims to help those who can’t afford coverage

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The newest university town in Oregon

Samaritan-backed program expected to accept students in 2011

Nov 06, 2009 | 3:30 pm | Loading…

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Program aims to keep scientists working

Stimulus money seeks to build bridge between companies, high-tech unemployed

Nov 06, 2009 | 3:15 pm | Loading…

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Biotech startup has options for growth

Life Microsystems licenses OSU technology, ponders new markets

Nov 06, 2009 | 3:00 pm | Loading…

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UO Index of Economic Indicators

The University of Oregon Index of Economic Indicators rose 0.5 percent in August to 84.4 (1997=100), continuing a pattern from recent months that suggests the Oregon recession will end in the second half of 2009.

Nov 06, 2009 | 2:45 pm | Loading…

New skills give entrepreneur balance

Looking for a new direction, Debbie Burchfiel found it in a health-care career

Nov 06, 2009 | 3:45 am | Loading…

Severance talks completed at Albany Paper Mill

Severance talks completed at paper mill

Nov 05, 2009 | 5:45 pm | Loading…

Movers & Shakers (Nov. 2)

People on the Move

Nov 01, 2009 | 11:30 pm | Loading…

Prepaid cards ring up wider use

WASHINGTON - Consumers are increasingly turning away from traditional bank accounts and credit cards in favor of a different form of plastic: prepaid cards.

Nov 01, 2009 | 11:00 pm | Loading…

As milk prices sag, dairy farmers kill cows

DES MOINES, Iowa - After burning through $1 million in savings and seeing no end to their losses, dairy farmers Jake and Lori Slegers figured they didn't have much choice - they had to kill the cows.

Nov 01, 2009 | 10:30 pm | Loading…

Datebook business calendar (Nov. 2)

Tuesday, Nov. 3: Corvallis Chamber of Commerce Greeters, 8:30 to 9:30 a.m., Hilton Garden Inn, 2500 S.W. Western Blvd. Greeters gather every Tuesday to learn about the host business and to network.

Nov 01, 2009 | 9:00 pm | Loading…

Going for the green

While a hoped-for spike in job creation is coming up short, saving the environment definitely pays in the mid-valley

Oct 31, 2009 | 11:45 pm | Loading…

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OSU professor to speak on sustainability, finance

Becker-Blease will be featured speaker during Aspen Institute's Web conference on Thursday

Oct 27, 2009 | 9:40 am | Loading…

What's next for the paper mill? Nobody knows

ALBANY - International Paper made it perfectly clear last week that once the Albany Paper Mill shuts down for good in December, whatever business or industry that steps in will not be producing containerboard.

Oct 26, 2009 | 3:55 pm | Loading…

Movers & Shakers (Oct. 26)

People on the Move

Oct 26, 2009 | 1:30 am | Loading…

Datebook business calendar (Oct. 26)

Monday, Oct. 26: Intermediate Web site design workshop, 6 to 9 p.m., continues Wednesday, Nov. 2 and Nov. 4, Linn-Benton Community College. Participants will increase their skills by using scripts, animated images, forms, frames and an improved knowledge …

Oct 25, 2009 | 9:30 pm | Loading…

Enterprise Zone attracting businesses with needs not met by existing Corvallis office space

As work continues on the first project in Benton County's barely year-old Enterprise Zone, another local company is considering a building there, too.

Oct 24, 2009 | 2:00 am | Loading…

An uncertain future

Family looks to regroup after announcement

Oct 23, 2009 | 5:20 pm | Loading…

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IP closing Albany Paper Mill; decision will cost 230 jobs

MILLERSBURG - International Paper announced today that it will shut down the Albany Paper Mill, its containerboard facility in Millersburg, by mid-December.

Oct 22, 2009 | 1:15 pm | Loading…

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