Business Journal-Portland articles from July 2001

Business Journal-Portland archives from July 2001

Bank network bet on wrong strategy.(Independent Financial Network of Coos Bay)(Brief Article)
July 6, 2001... Acting contrary to industry trends, Chuck Brummel bet he could build a successful finance company by running a string of independently chartered banks. Brummel lost his bet. His company, Independent Financial Network of Coos Bay, said...

Local doctors embrace, struggle with technology.(Voice recognition software to record doctors' notes)(Brief Article)
July 6, 2001... Some of the best new medical technology isn't meant for the operating room. Doctors and nurses are increasingly using new software and gadgetry in their daily routines to save time, money and cut down on errors. For example, Providence...

Portland at the cutting edge of knife industry.(Brief Article)
July 6, 2001... Knife companies have been making big changes in their products, and Portland is at the center of the innovation explosion. Today, Portland knife makers are creating lightweight, stylish knives with modern shapes. Handles are made of tough...

Regent ready to file report after resolving a legal issue.(M+Negligence charge dropped By California Department of Social Services)(Brief Article)
July 6, 2001... The state of California's accusations of negligence against Regent Assisted Living caused the company to miss Securities and Exchange Commission filing deadlines and blocked the opening of two new facilities. The negligence charge was...

Ace eschews writer's cliche's in favor of a solid business.(Ace Communications of Portland)(Brief Article)
July 6, 2001... Mark Ace never liked the sound of the phrase "starving writer." He's always preferred the comforting hum of steady production, and a well-heated home to a cold garret. Ace started his own technical writing business in Berkeley in the early...

Weyerhaeuser likely to take the first round.(Takeover bid for Willamette Industries)(Brief Article)
July 6, 2001... Neck-and-neck vote counts released Monday indicate Weyerhaeuser Corp. has successfully planted its "Trojan Horse" in the confines of Willamette Industries Inc.'s board of directors. The margin of victory was extremely tight, however, and...

The Numbers Game.(Oregonians support preservation of old growth forests)(Brief Article)
July 6, 2001... OREGONIANS SUPPORT PROTECTION OF OLD-GROWTH FOREST A new survey asks 600 Oregon registered voters their position on protection of old-growth forest from logging in national forests: * Survey reveals best reason to support protection of...

Insider Trading.(Brief Article)
July 6, 2001... The buying and selling of stock shares by area executives Marilyn Easly 10% beneficial owner Schnitzer Steel Ind. Shares to sell: 10,000 Share price: $13.62 [*] Share value: $136,200 Jon S. Davaan Sr. vice...

Pacific Seafood owner reels in staffing agency.(Frank Dulcich acquires Northwest Staffing Services)(Brief Article)
July 6, 2001... * Pacific Seafood owner Frank Dulcich purchased Northwest Staffing Services, a Portland-based temporary services and staffing company for an undisclosed amount. Northwest Staffing President Pat Boggs said that it was a natural partnership...

Louisiana-Pacific Corp.(temporarily stops products at 13 mills)(Brief Article)
July 6, 2001... Louisiana-Pacific Corp. (NYSE:LPX) will halt production at 13 of its oriented strand board mills for at least one to two weeks, depending on market conditions. No layoffs were expected. The mills will focus on maintenance; cost-saving practices...

Portland Water Bureau.(Mort Anoushiravani replaces Mike Rosenberger)(Brief Article)
July 6, 2001... Portland Water Bureau Administrator Mike Rosenberger submitted his resignation to Commissioner Erik Sten, and was replaced by Mort Anoushiravani. The announcement came amid a flurry of finger-pointing regarding the more than $50 million owed to...

CenterSpan Communications Corp.(receives funding)(Brief Article)
July 6, 2001... CenterSpan Communications Corp. (Nasdaq:CSCC) received $1 million from two investors, in addition to the $5.4 million in private investment the company received two weeks ago. In this round, $750,000 is from a new investor, and the remaining...

KGW Northwest NewsChannel 8.(personnel moves)(Brief Article)
July 6, 2001... KGW Northwest NewsChannel 8 hired Dave Northfield, formerly., of Salt Lake City's ABC News, as a general assignment reporter; John Becker transferred from the evening news team to the day news squad; Misty DeVoll was promoted to the position of...

The Port of Portland.(Dry Dock 4 begins move to Grand Bahama Shipyard)(Brief Article)
July 6, 2001... Dry Dock 4 began its 165-day journey to its new home at the Grand Bahama Shipyard. The Port of Portland, which built the dock as part of an $84 million overhaul of its shipyard on Swan Island, sold the dock and shipyard last year to yard...

Nasdaq Stock Market.(lays off workers)(Brief Article)
July 6, 2001... The slowdown in IPO activity has finally. taken its toll at the Nasdaq Stock Market. Published reports confirmed that the Nasdaq is laying off 140 workers, or 10 percent of its work force. Nasdaq said that the reduction is in response to market...

Medscape.(sells Total eMed subsidiary)(Brief Article)
July 6, 2001... Medscape (NASDAQ:MDLI) intends to sell its subsidiary Total eMed Inc., to a new entity to, be funded by private equity firm Parthenon Capital of Boston for about $6 million in cash. Medscape said it would use the proceeds to operate its...

Local startup peddles used computer supplies.(Full Market Value Inc.)(Brief Article)
July 6, 2001... Full Market Value Inc. has an offer you can't refuse: more money for your unneeded computer equipment. The company launched early this year, offers companies wanting to sell their lightly used computer equipment a way to capture--you've...

Red Queen finds a white knight with Kodak.(Brief Article)
July 6, 2001... Jeffrey Garchow, serial entrepreneur, may have hit it big. At least, that's how it's looking for the Portland-based software developer, whose business, Red Queen Software, has just received permission to co-market and co-brand its first...

Software alliance gives companies a little time.(Business Software Alliance's)(Software Truce campaign)(Brief Article)
July 6, 2001... A national alliance has brought its Software Truce campaign to Portland, issuing an appeal to local companies to halt the unlicensed use of software. Underlying the appeal is the threat of investigation and penalties for corporations...

OHSU and OGI merger is now an official deal.(Oregon Health Sciences University; Oregon Graduate Institute of Science and Technology)(Brief Article)
July 6, 2001... It's official. The Oregon Graduate Institute of Science and Technology has completed its merger with the institution formerly known as Oregon Health Sciences University to become Oregon Health and Science University. OGI's name has...

Knife show whets the connoisseurs' appetites.(Brief Article)
July 6, 2001... On the West Coast, the gathering place for collectors and enthusiasts of antique and custom made knives was the 26th annual Knife Show put on by the Oregon Knife Collectors Association in April. One of the largest such shows in the U.S., it...

Frey brings auto-buying business back to town.(Frey International )(Brief Article)
July 6, 2001... Portland car-buying service Frey International is completing its conversion to Autoland, the name of the Los Angeles company with which it merged three years ago. Both entities provide car-buying services for the members of credit unions....

Umpqua isn't likely to stop with INF purchase.(Umpqua Holding Corp.,)(Independent Financial Network)(Brief Article)
July 6, 2001... Umpqua Holding Corp's decision to acquire Independent Financial Network solidifies its presence in Southern Oregon and sets the stage for more acquisitions. Roseburg-based Umpqua said on June 22 that it will buy Coos Bay's IFN, previously...

RadiSys looks to trim costs in wake of technology slowdown.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
July 6, 2001... RadiSys Corp., a Hillsboro company that makes embedded computer systems, will cut 45 positions and reduce executive and middle-management salaries in an effort to get the company closer to the breakeven point. The company also will close...

EXECUTIVE PROFILE: Dean Rodgers.(Brief Article)(Interview)
July 6, 2001... PERSONAL INFORMATION Name: Dean Rodgers Organization: Benjamin Group/BSMG Worldwide Title: Vice president/General manager--Portland office What we do: Benjamin Group/BSMG Worldwide offers a full range of public relations and...

Investing in wireless.(AT&T Wireless Services Inc.)
July 6, 2001... AT&T Wireless gains freedom during uncertain market A lot of the luster has faded from AT&T Wireless Group since its tracking stock went public 14 months ago. The Redmond-based company was displaced as the industry's largest wireless...

EasyStreet's the place to be during slowdown.(EasyStreet Online Services)(Brief Article)(Column)
July 6, 2001... There area few people .in any town who always know exactly what's going on. These folks are the barometers of the community, the ones who talk to everyone, catch every casual remark, and are the first to sniff out any changes in the wind. ...

SIGNS OF SLOWDOWN.(Brief Article)(Column)
July 6, 2001... The tech economy, however, is still another matter. Layoffs in the western burbs are still piling up, plenty of employees are on enforced vacations or furloughs, and hiring freezes are on. I hear that some of the local restaurants are starting...

VIRTUAL OUTDOORS ADVENTURE.(Vue d'Esprit)(Brief Article)
July 6, 2001... For those of you too busy to get outdoors, e-on software of Beaverton has a product. Dubbed Vue d'Esprit 4, this newest version of the company's 3-D scenery animation and rendering software offers "new advanced realism" with features like a new...

NO E-MAIL TAXES.(Brief Article)
July 6, 2001... By the way, there's an e-mail pinging around the internet these days on the subject of an imminent tax on e-mail. The e-mail says that "Federal Bill 602P" will impose a 5-cent tax on every delivered e-mail, and that the U.S. Postal Service will...

Baja Fresh going strong in battle of the burritos.(restaurant franchiser opening new locations in Portland, Oregon)(Brief Article)
July 6, 2001... Mexican eatery Baja Fresh is continuing its asalsa, er, assault, on the Portland and Willamette Valley markets. Baja Fresh came to the Portland area in October 1999, when Oregon franchisee Ed Casey opened a location on Southwest Cedar...

PEARL SHOPS.(Brief Article)
July 6, 2001... Retailers are filling in the shop space at Tanner Place, a condominium project in the Hoyt Street Yards development in the Pearl District. Three women's apparel shops--Odessa, Soure's and Byzantium--are leading the way at Tanner Place,...

SUPPLEMENTAL INCOME.(Direct Focus Inc. makes loan to Champion Nutrition, has option to acquire it)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
July 6, 2001... Vancouver's Direct Focus Inc. has obtained an option to buy Champion Nutrition, a maker of nutritional supplements geared toward athletes. On July 2 Direct Focus, marketer of Bowflex home fitness equipment and Nautilus Sleep Systems, said...

EXECUTIVE PLAYTHING.(new vase by Nambe)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
July 6, 2001... Like many of the home accessories produced by Nambe, The Unify Vase is made of a metal alloy that the company first started producing in 1951. The Santa Fe, N.M., company describes the alloy as "containing no silver, lead or pewter but...

Survey says Oregonians want their old growth.(old-growth forest protection)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
July 6, 2001... A forestry poll released by environmental groups last week was widely discussed, though it merely legitimized something most people already know--Northwesterners overwhelmingly support protection of oldgrowth forests on public land. Many...

RIVERS LIKED, BUT FORSAKEN.(National Geographic Society opinion poll on river pollution)(Brief Article)
July 6, 2001... If last month seemed like a hotbed for study releases, that's because it was. One National Geographic Society report seems to indicate Portlanders could gain from a better understanding of how everyday actions affect the Willamette River....

ANOTHER PERMIT 'STREAM'-LINED.(National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries to pilot permit tracking online)(Brief Article)
July 6, 2001... A new internet tracking system rolled out last week in Oregon, Washington and Idaho allows builders to track the progress of their permits as they move through the Endangered Species Act consultation process. The pilot program is an effort...

Radio stations see slump in ad revenue.(advertising revenue)(Advertising)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
July 6, 2001... Advertising revenue spent on radio stations fell 8 percent in April, compared to the previous year, according to latest statistics from Miller Kaplan Arase. National sales dropped 25 percent, and local ad dollars were down by 1.8 percent,...

The new PR, virtually.(Office-less public relations firm, Stephan/Dobrowski Public Relations L.L.C.)(Brief Article)
July 6, 2001... This PR agency has no office, secretary or water-cooler, just two wired owners ready to roll into action at a moment's notice Like two surgeons on .24-hour call, Sarah Stephan and Angela Dobrowski wear beepers, carry cellular phones and...

Marketing the services sector requires ingenuity.(Brief Article)
July 6, 2001... A college student studying marketing will rarely be asked to sell something he or she can't touch. The case studies are products: cola, computer software. As the economy changes, though, that training no longer addresses a new and important...

We'll miss Thomason's geeky logo--or will we?(Thomason Ford)(Brief Article)
July 6, 2001... If we could, we'd vote Scott Thomason as our favorite geek. That's why it was so hard to accept his disappearance from his auto group's advertising campaign, taking his face off the logo and replacing it on car bumpers with a green and...

Marketing decisions can make or break a firm.(strategies for choosing a marketing agency)(Brief Article)
July 6, 2001... As a corporate marketing or communications professional, the decisions you make today become realities your company will have to live with for the next several months. In the current business environment, these decisions can mean the difference...

Times call for marketing on shoestring budget.(techniques for making the most of marketing procedures)(Brief Article)(Column)
July 6, 2001... Offering the best products or services doesn't, guarantee business success. This simple statement may be understood by some, but it's worth emphasizing for the many entrepreneurs and business decision-makers wondering what to do about sagging...

Top public relations companies.(ranked by gross billings for 2000)(Directory)(Illustration)(Statistical Data Included)
July 6, 2001... Top public relations companies Ranked by metro-area gross billings for 2000 Rank last Rank year Company 1 1 Waggener Edstrom Three Centerpointe Drive, Suite 300 Lake Oswego, Ore. 97035...

Top advertising agencies.(ranked by local capitalized billings)(Directory)(Illustration)(Statistical Data Included)
July 6, 2001... Top advertising agencies Ranked by local capitalized billings Rank last Rank year Company 1 1 Wieden + Kennedy 224 N.W. 13th Ave. Portland, Ore. 97209 2 2 Babcock & Jenkins ...

Top 25 radio stations.(ranked by winter 2001 ratings)(Brief Article)(Illustration)(Statistical Data Included)
July 6, 2001... Top 25 radio stations Ranked by winter 2001 ratings Rank Company Ratings Winter 2001 Format Owner 1 KEX-AM 6.7 Full service Clear Channel 2 KUPL-FM 6.6 Country ...

DOSSIER: Ed Metzler.(aCCredo)(Brief Article)(Interview)
July 6, 2001... Why this location: Our home office vividly demonstrates use of the methods that we have adopted. We practice what we preach. Reason for startup: aCCredo. means "to believe unconditionally, to accept wholeheartedly." We believe that...

Location and speed make team virtually necessary.(virtual teams help product developments)(Brief Article)
July 6, 2001... All of us are familiar with the pressures project and program managers face in today's competitive environment--time constraints, increasing costs, narrowing market windows and expanding customer expectations. Rapidly shrinking product...

Small business taking on an international flavor.(trade promotion authority)(Brief Article)(Column)
July 6, 2001... Big business has been the convenient whipping boy for groups opposed to international trade. Small business, however, has a big stake in U.S. trade policy, too, and it will make its voice heard over the next few months when Congress debates...

PEOPLE ON THE MOVE.(hirings, promotions)(Brief Article)
July 6, 2001... ACCOUNTING Symonds Evans & Co. hired Chelsea-Vincci Cheung as a member of the tax staff and Rachael Bielenberg as a member of the audit staff. FINANCE The Credit and Financial Development Division of the National Association of...

Words of comfort for the young.(out of work is only temporary)(Brief Article)(Column)
July 6, 2001... The strength of the U.S. economy throughout most of the 1990s created a phenomenon: a batch of young workers, many of them professional who landed their first jobs during the boom and were carried along by it for nearly a decade. These...

High time cheese had a grilling.(outlawing cheese would result in economic and health benefits)(Brief Article)(Editorial)
July 6, 2001... There's no need to applaud, but I think I've found a way to solve America's obesity problem and put the economy back on track at the same time. Cheese is big in the United States. Eating out, it's hard to avoid, whether on burgers,...

The formulary proposal: bad medicine for minorities.(HE 3300, state drug formulary)(Brief Article)(Column)
July 6, 2001... A proposal before the Oregon Legislature, which lifts the ban on establishing a state drug for mulary, is bad medicine for Oregon Health Plan patients and sets a bad precedent for everyone. While the cost of prescription drugs is the subject of...

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.
July 6, 2001... Turning away BJ photographer was proper action for Ballet to take To the editor: Oregon Ballet Theatre was surprised to find itself named a Loser in your June 8 Whiners & Losers column. Last month on May 22, The Business Journal...

A look at the region's Winners & Losers.(Microsoft Corp., Williamette Industries Inc., Oregon Graduate Institute)(Brief Article)
July 6, 2001... The boyish billionaire was a double winner last week. A federal appeals court reversed a lower court's ruling and allowed Microsoft to keep what seems to many to be a monopoly in its marketplace. And Gates' company struck a deal to help...

SLAPSHOTS.(American Airlines Inc. customer service)(Brief Article)
July 6, 2001... Very friendly skies *** American Airlines staff refuse to be dragged down by summer travel angst and potential labor problems--they recently proved that airlines haven't forgotten the meaning of customer service. Last week, a Business...

Assisted Living investor opts to walk.(Greenlight Capital)(Brief Article)
July 13, 2001... Assisted Living Concepts Inc.'s second largest institutional shareholder decided to cut its losses by selling all of its equity and debt holdings in ALC. New York-based Greenlight Capital's sell-off follows on the heels of Assisted...

BARK puts bite in effort to monitor timber sales.(environmental organization)(Brief Article)
July 13, 2001... Facing steep harvest declines and taking stabs at friendlier forest-management techniques, war-torn Mt. Hood National Forest might be learning that groups like BARK can be nearly as strong as logging's bite. An unconventional...

Benchmade carves out niche in knife industry.(Brief Article)
July 13, 2001... Benchmade is one of the few cutlery companies in the Portland area that does not owe its existence indirectly to Gerber or one of Gerber's spinoffs. However, Les de Asis acknowledges that Gerber's presence in the area was a positive factor when...

WellMed's Ford deal is the latest in string of big wins.(Ford Motor Co.)(Brief Article)
July 13, 2001... WellMed Inc.'s newest-and by far, largest-corporate client is the Ford Motor Co., which contracted with WellMed to provide online heath and riskassessment tools to 170,000 employees. WellMed and Ford (NYSE: F) will officially announce the...

Stork's passion fueled growth of Oregon Food Bank's profile.(Amy Stork)
July 13, 2001... While directors and staff at Oregon Food Bank are celebrating the most successful Waterfront Blues Festival in 14 years, a little sadness is mixed in with their joy Amy Stork, the festival's chief promoter, is leaving the Oregon Food Bank next...

Port agrees to new rules on executive pay.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
July 13, 2001... When former Port of Portland Executive Director Mike Thorne got a $47,000 pay raise, some of his bosses said they knew nothing about the raise until contacted by the news media. Now port bylaws have been changed, requiring that all...

Dog and pony track operations move to L.A.(Multnomah Greyhound Park and Portland Meadows racetrack purchased by Magna Entertainment Group)(Brief Article)
July 13, 2001... * The operations of Portland Meadows thoroughbred racetrack and the Multnomah Greyhound Park have been sold to Magna Entertainment Group (Nasdaq:MIEC). Last November, the Santa Monica, Calif. -based company expressed interest in acquiring the...

American Automobile Association.(on unleaded fuel prices)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
July 13, 2001... * The American Automobile Association announced the national average price for unleaded fuel dropped below the $1.50 per gallon mark around the holiday weekend. While the announcement marks a 20-cent reduction from a month ago and a 15-cent...

Mt. Hood Meadows.(acquires Inn at Cooper Spur)(Brief Article)
July 13, 2001... * Not just a day lodge any longer, Mt. Hood Meadows announced the acquisition of the 155-acre Inn at Cooper Spur. Just 12 miles from the skiresort, the newly acquired Inn includes a nine-unit lodge, six cabins, a restaurant, tennis court and...

Mobilian Corp.(fund raising)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
July 13, 2001... * Mobilian Corp. has extended its April funding round with three new investors, bringing this round to $43 million. New investors Morgan Stanley Technology Ventures, Amerindo Investment Advisors and Mitsui Comtek Corp. joined in a round that...

The Oregon Investment Council.(to place public pension funds in OVP Venture Partners' venture capital fund)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
July 13, 2001... * The Oregon Investment Council has decided to place $40 million of public pension money in a new venture capital fund being raised by Northwest firm OVP Venture Partners. The commitment represents a key building block for OVP, which hopes to...

Willamette Industries.(to rebuild pulp and paper mill, Kingsport, TN)(Brief Article)
July 13, 2001... * Willamette Industries has begun construction during the first quarter of FY 2001 on a $475 million project at its Kingsport, Tenn., pulp and paper mill. The plans indicate that the mill will be rebuilt to include a soda pulp mill, recovery...

SBA.(Small Business Administration to offer Economic Injury Disaster Loans to small businesses located in Oregon)(Brief Article)
July 13, 2001... * The SBA will assist businesses affected by drought conditions through disaster loans. Small businesses in the Oregon counties of Clackamas, Gilliam, Hood River, Jefferson, Marion, Sherman, Wasco and Wheeler, and the Washington county of...

CORRECTIONS.
July 13, 2001... Roy P. Disney, an investor in Hanna Car Wash Systems International LLC (The Business Journal, June 29, 2001) is the grand-nephew of the late Walt Disney. Contrary to statements contained in a June 29 article (Focus on Hospitality),...

Forest Service dealing with mixed demands.(Brief Article)
July 13, 2001... These days, major timber corporations such as Weyerhaeuser Corp., Louisiana-Pacific Corp. and Willamette Industries Inc. rely exclusively on private timberlands. Public forests, after all, are splintered by a higher degree of regulatory and...

Intel's usability lab irons out the product kinks.(Intel Corp.)(Brief Article)
July 13, 2001... A company can have the best technology in the world, but it's worth nothing if no one can figure out how to use it. That's where usability studies come in, and why Intel's Center for Usability Engineering is so active these days. As Intel...

Standard Ins. inks deal with M Financial.(Standard Insurance Co., M Financial Group)(Brief Article)
July 13, 2001... Standard Insurance Co. and M Financial Group have entered into a marketing and distribution agreement that will provide Standard with access to M Financial's channels for marketing its group insurance products and executive benefits. "We...

Shorebank's expertise sought by World Bank.(Shorebank Pacific)(Brief Article)
July 13, 2001... Shorebank Pacific, a small and relatively obscure Northwest bank that emphasizes lending to environmentally progressive businesses, recently paraded its business model before the World Bank's top brass. At a World Bank corporate...

Danish audio company hits Portland with bang.(Bang & Olufsen, Oregon)(Brief Article)
July 13, 2001... Danish audio company Bang & Olufsen has opened its first Portland store in downtown's Pioneer Place retail pavilion. The company manufactures high-end audio products, which it has traditionally sold through audio and video retailers that...

Schmitt suffers from slump in some markets.(Schmitt Industries Inc.)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
July 13, 2001... Depressed disk-drive and silicon wafer markets resulted in historic lows in demand for the measurement products made by Portland-based Schmitt Industries, according to a release by the company. Schmitt reported a 2001 year-end net loss of...

Port mulls options for general aviation parks.(Port of Portland)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
July 13, 2001... Should Horizon offer service from Hillsboro to Seattle? Should 300-acre Troutdale Airport be demolished to make way for an industrial park? Should the remote, money-losing Mulino Airport simply be sold off? Those are some notions being...

Metro audit suggests tighter contractor controls.(Metro's Metropolitan Exposition Recreation Commission)(Brief Article)
July 13, 2001... The Metropolitan Service District needs tighter concessionaire accounting controls at the Portland Center for Performing Arts and the Oregon Convention Center, according to an audit released last month. The Metro audit found that three...

One Economy promotes internet access for all.(One Economy Corp. helping poorer families get computers)(Brief Article)
July 13, 2001... Portland has been cited as one of the two most wired cities in the United States, with 70 percent of its residents connected to the internet. But this still leaves 30 percent of Portlanders lacking easy access to all kinds of helpful and...

Wamu's acquisition strategy not slowing down.(Washington Mutual Inc. to purchase Dime Bancorp Inc.)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
July 13, 2001... Washington Mutual Inc.'s planned acquisition of New York-based Dime Bancorp Inc. will go down as its 10th purchase in the last half-dozen years, but probably won't be its last. Washington Mutual CEO Kerry Killinger said "substantial growth"...

Flir turnaround gains steam with new niches.(FLIR Systems Inc.)(Brief Article)
July 13, 2001... Flir Systems Inc. (Nasdaq: FLIR) would like to think of itself as the next Microsoft. At least, that's the analogy offered by Andy Teach, Flir's senior vice president of sales and marketing. Just as 15 years ago Microsoft saw a huge range...

Puget Sound business leaders more upbeat.(Portland, Oregon region)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
July 13, 2001... After a year of nay-saying, local executives' confidence in the economy has rebounded to its highest point in a year, according to the Puget Sound Business Journal-Hebert Research Business Confidence Index. Two-thirds of the executives...

EXECUTIVE PROFILE: William Stoller.(profile of William Stoller, president of W.H. Stoller & Associates)(Brief Article)
July 13, 2001... PERSONAL INFORMATION Name: William Stoller Organization: W.H. Stoller & Assoc. Title: President What we do: Temporary and direct hire staffing, professional search, on-site work force consulting and human resource outsourcing...

Intel in sight.(Intel Corp. strategy to branch into fiber optics)(Brief Article)
July 13, 2001... Chip giant's acquisition spree gives it optical networking edge Intel Corp. is stepping up its efforts to become a supplier of fiber-optics components as well as computer chips. The effort underscores the growing convergence between...