Business Journal-Portland articles from September 2001

Business Journal-Portland archives from September 2001

Lease first, build later the new mantra.(three building projects in Portland planned)
September 7, 2001... Speculative projects are a dying breed in Portland, as fewer developers rely on the credo "build it, and they will come." In this slumping economy, their new mantra is "lease it, and we will build it." Three office towers are proposed...

Dirt piles tell a success story in Sunset Corridor.(Birtcher Real Estate Group to build office building for Planar Systems Inc.)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
September 7, 2001... Mounds of dirt in an open lot at AmberGlen Business Center are actually signs of life in the tech corridor's lagging real estate market. The mounds are also indications that at least one local tech company is investing in the future in the...

Small business lending falters with economy.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
September 7, 2001... Judging by recent figures and lenders' observations, small-business owners in Portland, Salem and Eugene reduced their borrowing as the country's economic downturn took effect. In each of those metro areas, the average amount of loans...

Expeditors excited about Portland's trade potential.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
September 7, 2001... One of the country's biggest global logistics companies, Seattle-based Expeditors International, just got a little bigger. And officials at the company's Portland operation say the city's relatively uncongested thoroughfares and inventory of...

Port puts political pro at helm with Wyatt selection.(Port of Portland selects Bill Wyatt as executive director)(Brief Article)
September 7, 2001... Getting the Columbia River shipping channel deepened might have been a deciding factor in the selection of Bill Wyatt as the new executive director of the Port of Portland. But who can be totally sure? Whether the deepening project really...

Parr Financial buys a piece of city's retail heart.(Brief Article)
September 7, 2001... Pioneer Courthouse Square's brick amphitheater steps are arguably the heart of downtown. Inside, concerts pulse, people picnic and the MAX passes from dawn 'til dusk. It's no wonder that retailers clamber to anchor their stores within a...

Kaiser selects a new president for local region.(Brief Article)
September 7, 2001... Kaiser Permanente announced its new Regional President, Cynthia Finter, Sept. 4. Finter was unavailable to comment on her new post, but she will begin work at Kaiser in mid-September, permanently filling the position vacated by Barbara...

Nike Inc.(will develop line for pregnant women with Liz Lange Maternity)(Brief Article)
September 7, 2001... Nike Inc. will team with Liz Lange Maternity to introduce a line of athletic wear for pregnant women in the spring of 2002. The apparel companies will preview the line Sept. 11 at the Fashion Week show in New York City, said Heidi O'Neill,...

PSC Inc.(announces layoffs)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
September 7, 2001... PSC Inc. (Nasdaq: PSCX), a Portland-based manufacturer and supplier of scanners and other data-collection products to the retail industry announced layoffs of about 80 people, or 8.5 percent of the company's employees. The decision was...

Aegean Corp.(closes Red Lion hotel)(Brief Article)
September 7, 2001... Paul Allen's Aegean Corp. will close the Red Lion hotel it owns near the Rose Garden sports arena to make way for redevelopment of the site. Aegean said it will permanently close the 212-room hotel--the Red Lion Inn at the Coliseum--on Oct. 31....

Hewlett-Packard Co.(merges with Compaq Computer Corp.)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
September 7, 2001... Hewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE: HWP) and Compaq Computer Corp. (NYSE: CPQ) are merging to form a single company under the HP name. The new company will have combined revenue of $87 billion, based on the past four quarters, and will be second only to...

Tesoro Petroleum Corp.(acquires gas stations)(Brief Article)
September 7, 2001... Tesoro Petroleum Corp. (NYSE:TSO) will acquire 46 retail gas stations in Washington, Oregon and Idaho. Subsidiary Tesoro West Coast Co. will buy the properties--37 retail locations and nine card-lock stations--from Gull Industries Inc. of...

A Weyerhaeuser win could come with high cost.(Wilamette Industries Inc. takeover)(Brief Article)
September 7, 2001... Business News Service In the epic struggle between wood-products companies Weyerhaeuser Co. and Wilamette Industries Inc., perhaps Weyerhaeuser should worry about getting what it wants. Federal Way, Wash.-based Weyerhaeuser recently...

Courtroom foes agree to team up on products.(Mentor Graphics Corp., Cadence Design Systems Inc.)(Brief Article)
September 7, 2001... An announcement this week that two rivals of the EDA (electronic design automation) world have made two of their products interoperable may have come as a surprise to some. After all, Mentor Graphics Corp. (Nasdaq: MENT) and Cadence Design...

Digimarc gets patents and goes after competitor.(Brief Article)
September 7, 2001... Digimarc Corp.'s intellectual property profile has been raised this week, with two new patents and a new volley in its ongoing legal dispute with a competitor. Tualatin-based Digimarc has received two new patents over the past two weeks,...

Rental service business goes on the market.(Northwest Rental Service)(Brief Article)
September 7, 2001... Elizabeth Fox, owner of Northwest Rental Service, is planning to get back into the architecture field, but first she wants to sell her apartment referral business. Northwest Rental Service serves as an apartment-finding service for...

Conference decides to shift gears in 12th year.
September 7, 2001... In its 12th year, the Portland Creative Conference has sought creativity from a broader sampling of disciplines. The nine speakers scheduled to appear at the conference, which begins Thursday, Sept. 13 and continues through Saturday, Sept. 15,...

Intel goes deep into Linux territory with compilers.(Intel Corp.)(Brief Article)
September 7, 2001... Intel Corp. (Nasdaq: INTC) has just released its first-ever compilers for Linux, the free open-source operating system that is steadily growing in popularity among information technology professionals. The two new compilers, largely...

DirectFocus to buy rival now in bankruptcy.(Direct Focus Inc. may acquire StairMaster Sports Medical Products Inc.)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
September 7, 2001... StairMaster Sports/Medical Products Inc. of Kirkland, Wash., which sought bankruptcy protection last week, may be headed for a quick sale to the state's other, more successful marketer of high-end fitness equipment, Direct Focus Inc. of...

EXECUTIVE PROFILE: Brad Jersey.(Imark Communications)(Brief Article)(Interview)
September 7, 2001... PERSONAL INFORMATION Name: Brad Jersey Organization: Imark Communications Title: Executive vice president and COO What we do: Imark Communications is an event-centric business-to-business media company that produces highly...

Taking flight.(Alaska Air Group Inc. expanding)(Company Profile)(Statistical Data Included)
September 7, 2001... Alaska Air Group's West Coast dominance opens new doors At a time when most large U.S. air carriers are desperately paring back amenities to stem hemorrhaging profits, Alaska Air Group Inc. seems downright expansive. This month...

Idaho company breaks ground with CEO pick.(Christine King of AMI Semiconductor)(Brief Article)
September 7, 2001... Though the small private company's announcement last week has been eclipsed by the HP-Compaq merger, it's worth highlighting a first for the semiconductor industry Pocatello, Idaho-based AMI Semiconductor (AMIS) has appointed Christine King, a...

NEW PLAYER ON PORTLAND ISP SCENE.(West Coast Net expands integrated services digital network)(Brief Article)
September 7, 2001... West Coast Net, based in Lincoln City, Ore., is now expanding ISDN and other data services to the Portland Metro area. The six-year-old internet service provider currently has 4,000 customers, mostly on the coast, and is hoping to serve all of...

A NEW INFO ARCHITECTURE.
September 7, 2001... The Computer-Human Interaction Forum of Oregon (CHIFOO), a local chapter of the International Association for Computing Machinery, is launching its theme for the year, "Towards a new [Information] Architecture," with its September program, to...

INFINIBAND DEVELOPMENT MOVES APACE.(InfmiSwitch receives second round of funding as new server is tested by Intel Corp.)(Brief Article)
September 7, 2001... InfiniBand, the new server architecture being developed by a number of different companies and being tested at Intel Oregon's lab, has just received a vote of confidence from venture capitalists. InfmiSwitch, a Massachusetts developer of...

San Diego firm breaks ground on new facility.(Senior Resource Group Inc. to develop assisted living facility)(Brief Article)
September 7, 2001... Developers broke ground Sept. 6 for a new assisted living and Alzheimer's care facility in Wilsonville, giving residents of the nearby independent living community new options in their golden years. Senior Resource Group is developing the...

BORDONARO ON FANNIE MAE BOARD.(Molly Bordonaro, board memeber of Federal National Mortgage Association)(Brief Article)
September 7, 2001... Norris, Beggs & Simpson's sales associate Molly Bordonaro was honored this summer with an appointment to the Board of Directors at Fannie Mae. The largest financier of residential mortgages, Fannie Mae (NYSE: FNM) is a private,...

AN ASSIST FROM NATURE.(good weather helps Melvin Mark Development Co. make progress on Sunset Center at Tanasbourne)(Brief Article)
September 7, 2001... Melvin Mark Development Company reported recently that good weather has helped builders make good time on Building Two at Sunset Center at Tanasbourne, which will be the new home of Regus' 48,000-square-foot offices. Regus has more than...

BURNHAM SELLS LOCAL PROPERTIES.(Burnham Pacific Properties Inc. sells properties to Pacific Retail L.P.)(Brief Article)
September 7, 2001... San Diego, Calif.-based Burnham Pacific Properties Inc. announced Aug. 30 a $158.5 million deal to sell 18 properties, including two Oregon properties, to Pacific Retail LP. The cash transaction was approved Dec. 15 by Burnham's...

Top 25 foreign-owned companies.(Directory)(Illustration)
September 7, 2001... Top 25 foreign-owned companies Ranked by number of employees Rank Phone last fax Rank year Company wobsite 1 1 ...

Pipe-bender grows up.(Albina Pipe Bending Co.)(Brief Article)
September 7, 2001... Portland-based Albina Pipe Bending Co. got its start in post-Depression Portland making components for pulp and saw mills and vehicle roll bars. But it has survived through the decades by becoming a fabricator sought after by designers...

PEOPLE ON THE MOVE.(appointments)(Brief Article)
September 7, 2001... ACCOUNTING Aldrich Kilbride & Tatone LLP added Joanna Haugen as staff accountant. CONSULTING AKT Retirement Plan Services hired Ane Fonua and Alice Brown as pension analysts; and Sallie Olson as consultant. Pop Art appointed...

The done deal finally gets done.(Bill Wyatt)(Brief Article)
September 7, 2001... The guy with the juice got the job. Now, let's see if he can do it. Bill Wyatt's selection as the new boss of the Port of Portland was the culmination of a very un-Portland-like process. A bunch of resumes came in for the job. Then, the...

So much for positive parenting.(Brief Article)
September 7, 2001... A few weeks ago, I wrote something about how I wasn't motivated by money, etc., etc. Of course, this made my bosses happy and my wife unhappy. The real shame of it all, though, is that somehow my puritanical attitude toward money has not been...

Does lower tax rate mean you'll actually pay more?(Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001)(Brief Article)
September 7, 2001... The U.S. government provided taxpayers with unprecedented immediate tax relief and gave a kick to the flagging economy when it began mailing tax refund checks in July of 2001. However, many provisions of the complicated Economic Growth and Tax...

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.(Letter to the Editor)
September 7, 2001... Managed grazing of cattle to prevent forest fires no laughing matter To the editor: I was disappointed by your chiding of the Oregon beef industry for pointing out that managed cattle grazing could be of benefit in wildfire prevention...

About the Awards.(Oregon Entrepreneurs Forum Entrepreneurship Awards)(Brief Article)
September 7, 2001... The OEF Entrepreneurship Awards honor the skill, and the courage, it takes for entrepreneurs to create a business out of an idea. They are intended to not only raise the profile of entrepreneurs, but to highlight their importance to Oregon's...

OEF President's Letter.(Oregon Entrepreneurs Forum)(Brief Article)
September 7, 2001... Congratulations to the winners of the 2001 OEF Entrepreneurship Awards! We applaud your achievements this past year, especially in the face of such difficult economic times. We also want to congratulate all 15 finalists. More than 70...

2001 ENTREPRENEUR OF THE YEAR.(Robert Pamplin Jr.)(Brief Article)(Interview)
September 7, 2001... Robert Pamplin Jr. If you get the sense that Robert Pamplin Jr. has burst upon the local scene in the last couple of years, you're not entirely wrong While Pamplin and his family have been making major contributions to Oregon for years,...

2001 EMERGING COMPANY OF THE YEAR.(Stormwater Management Inc.)(Brief Article)(Interview)
September 7, 2001... Stormwater Management Inc. David Pollock, CEO Stormwater Management Inc., the winner of the OEF's Emerging Company of the Year Award, was also a nominee for last year's OEF awards. President and CEO David Pollock joined the company in 1998....

2001 SERVICE COMPANY OF THE YEAR.(Crafts Americana Group)(Brief Article)(Interview)
September 7, 2001... Crafts Americana Group Bob Petkun, president The Crafts Americana Group, winner of the OEF's Service Company of the Year award, offers craft products through direct-mail catalogs and over the web. The crafts company is based in Vancouver,...

2001 MANUFACTURING COMPANY OF THE YEAR.(Deschutes Brewery Inc.)(Brief Article)(Interview)
September 7, 2001... Deschutes Brewery Inc. Gary Fish, owner & president Deschutes Brewery was founded in 1988 by owner and President Gary Fish and named for the wild and scenic Deschutes River County. It is Bend's first brewery, producing handcrafted,...

2001 TECHNOLOGY COMPANY OF THE YEAR AND FINALIST, ENTERPRENEUR OF THE YEAR.(Allen Alley of Pixelworks Inc.)(Interview)
September 7, 2001... Pixelworks Inc. Allen Alley CEO Tualatin-based Pixelworks and CEO Allen Alley are this year's only double nominees: Allen Alley is a finalist for Entrepreneur of the Year and Pixelworks is the winner of this year's award for Technology...

2001 OEF LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD.(Oregon Enterprise Forum, Scott Gibson of Sequent Computer Systems)(Brief Article)(Interview)
September 7, 2001... Scott Gibson Scott Gibson, a co-founder of Sequent Computer Systems, is the recipient of OEF's Lifetime Achievement Award. To many in the Oregon technology community, Gibson represents the best that we here in Oregon can achieve: great...

Steven Sharp/ TriQuint Semiconductor.(CEO interview)(Brief Article)
September 7, 2001... Business staff writer Steven Sharp, president and CEO of TriQuint Semiconductor since 1991, is a finalist for this year's OEF Entrepreneur of the Year award. TriQuint was founded in 1985 at the Beaverton laboratories of Tektronix by a...

OEF Dinner Awards Committee.
September 7, 2001... Special Events Chair: Brent Bullock, Perkins Coie Awards Dinner Chair: Blair Minniti, KPMG Vice Chair: Spencer Brown, Tyee Euro RSCG Nominations: Chair/Bob DeKoning; Brad Anderson, KPMG; Todd Bauman, Stoel Rives; Ross Beaten, US...

EasyStreet Online Services! Rich Bader, president.(profile)(Brief Article)(Interview)
September 7, 2001... EasyStreet Online Services, Oregon's largest independent internet service provider is a finalist for OEF's Emerging Company of the Year. EasyStreet, which launched in 1995 offering dial-up services, now focuses primarily on meeting the...

Fios Inc./Richard Lazar, president and CEO.(profile)(Brief Article)(Interview)
September 7, 2001... Fios Inc., a finalist for Emerging Company, provides data collection and analysis services for the legal profession, using proprietary software, systems and methods. The company is guided by President and CEO Richard Lazar, who came aboard...

Bear Creek blossomed at turn of the century.(Bear Creek Corp., interview with Ken Wells)(Brief Article)
September 7, 2001... Medford-based Bear Creek Corp. is the parent of two local favorite brands. Harry and David and Jackson & Perkins. The company has been a direct marketer of fine gourmet foods, fruits and horticultural products for more than 65 years. Bear...

Northwest Software offers consulting staff, solutions.(Northwest Software Inc)(Company Profile)(Interview)
September 7, 2001... Northwest Software Inc. is a global information technology consulting services company headquartered in Beaverton. NSI has served industry leaders in a wide variety of fields, ranging from high-tech and financial to transportation and...

Keith Manufacturing Co. hangs hat on unloader.(interview with president Keith Foster)(Brief Article)
September 7, 2001... At the heart of Keith Manufacturing Co., a finalist for the OEF Manufacturing Company of the Year, is the Keith Walking Floor unloader an industrial unloader and conveyor. The company is headed by President Keith Foster, who recently took the...

Poly-Cast Inc. presses forward to new heights.(Brief Article)(Interview)(Company Profile)
September 7, 2001... Poly-Cast Inc. is a custom injection molder of critical tolerance components for the electronics, automotive and medical industries. The company, headed by President Dan Leedom, is based in Tigard and is a finalist for the OEF's Manufacturing...

Clarity Visual Systems still on top of its niche.(Brief Article)(Company Profile)(Interview)
September 7, 2001... Clarity Visual Systems, founded in 1995, is a finalist for this year's OEF Technology Company of the Year. Clarity provides networked digital display systems to replace static signs in public venues and retail establishments. Composed of...

Digimarc Corp. continues to make its mark.(interciew with Bruce Davis, CEO)(Statistical Data Included)(Interview)
September 7, 2001... Digimarc Corp., headed by CEO Bruce Davis and a finalist for the OEF Technology Company of the Year, is a world leader in digital watermark technology and applications. Digimarc's digital watermarking technologies allow digital data to be...

Catching up with past winners: where are they?(Oregon Entrepreneurs Forum's past winners)
September 7, 2001... Looking back can be a dangerous game to play. Satchell Paige, the legendary baseball star, said he never did it because "something might be catching up on you." Bob Dylan was even more blunt about it when he named his early film effort "Don't...

Winners & Lossers.(Don Jacobs, Rapid Fire Engine Supply, Nancy Osa)(Brief Article)
September 7, 2001... [up arrow] Attorney Don Jacobs The Vancouver lawyer, a partner in Sellers & Jacobs, was named Volunteer of the Year by the Oregon Trial Lawyers Association. OTLA cited Jacobs for his work as chair of its development committee, which...

SLAPSHOTS.
September 7, 2001... Go deep to find family fun #### Hiking doesn't always have to be an open-air pursuit. During a recent trip to the Bend area, some of the best hiking was found underground in the extensive network of lava tubes that dot the landscape....

'Something big and bad is happening'.(personal narratives of Portland, Oregon businessmen present during World Trade Center attack)
September 14, 2001... Portlanders Trent Davis, Erick Paulson and Dick Sass were running a bit late for a 9 a.m., Sept 11 appointment with a New York investment firm housed in one of Manhattan's World Trade Center towers. At 8:45 a.m., the two members of Paulson...

Business answer the call for help.(corporations make donations to help victims of New York and Washington terrorist attacks)(Brief Article)
September 14, 2001... Some organize blood drives while others send needed money supplies to New York As the shock of Sept. 11 surrendered to a chilling reality in the days that followed, many local businesspeople offered help however and wherever they could....

Economy shaken by catastrophe.
September 14, 2001... Local economists and finance professionals aren't mincing words: Tuesday's tragic events will likely cause substantial harm to the nation's economy "If we weren't in a recession before, we probably are now," said John Maack, director of...

P.R. exec Lane describes witnessing terrible attack.(Wendy Lane, president of Lane Marketing describes World Trade Center attacks)(Brief Article)
September 14, 2001... Prominent Portland businesswoman Wendy Lane was standing in the Manhattan office of '60s artist icon Peter Max Tuesday when they spotted smoke in the sky. The president of Lane Marketing was on business in Manhattan, accompanied by her...

Stranded travelers scramble to find alternatives.(following attacks on World Trade Center and Pentagon)(Brief Article)
September 14, 2001... Business and vacation travelers alike were forced to explore alternatives this week after all U.S. commercial flights were grounded for the first time in U.S. history Phones were ringing off the hook at Portland rental car agencies; crowds...

Remembering where we were, what we saw.(Portland business people present personal experiences regarding World Trade Center and Pentagon attacks)(Brief Article)
September 14, 2001... Portlanders will tell the story of the World Trade Center's destruction for decades. Like the "where were you when" recitations of our daily lives on the moment President John E Kennedy was assassinated or the moment the Challenger...

Northwest responds to hijacking catastrophe.
September 14, 2001... TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2001 * Northwest Medical Teams moved to "alert" status following terrorist attacks that destroyed the New York World Trade Center and collapsed part of the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. Hundreds of medical volunteers...

ON THE WEB.(portland.bcentral.com offers breaking news stories)(Brief Article)
September 14, 2001... * Read it first on the web! Our reporters post breaking news all day, every business day, on our web site, portland.bcentral.com. Bookmark this site to read local business news and breaking national business news from MSNBC.

CORRECTIONS.
September 14, 2001... According to Birtcher Commercial Development, with $40 million in dollars developed locally and 260,000 square footage developed, the company should have been ranked No. 9 in the top commercial developers list published Aug. 31. A story on...

Bottom-line focus helps Planar avoid problems.(Planar Systems Inc.)(Brief Article)(Company Profile)(Interview)
September 14, 2001... Planar Systems Inc. (Nasdaq: PLNR) has done very well of late. The company has been showing consistent growth, and has moved from losses in 1999 to seven consecutive quarters of year-over-year revenue growth. The company recently punctuated...

Portland lands tourist charter flights to Mexico.(Air Transat Holidays to provide flights from Portland International Airport)(Brief Article)
September 14, 2001... Portland International Airport soon will be international in more than mostly name only. Nonstop flights from PDX to Cancun, Mexico, will begin mid-December, according to Air Transat Holidays, a Montreal-based travel organization. And...

Qwest plans cuts to cope with economy.(Qwest Communications International Inc. announces job cuts)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
September 14, 2001... Qwest Communications International Inc. (NYSE: Q), the Denver, Colo.-based company that bought U.S. West, has revised its guidance for the remainder of 2001 and for next year. Citing expectations that an economic recovery will "take longer...

Employers take steps to reduce travel plans.(due to World Trade Center and Pentagon attacks)
September 14, 2001... Local companies are generally restricting travel in the immediate days following the terrorist attack Tuesday morning, and many are restricting business travel to only the most essential trips following this week. Local companies are also...

Travelers won't be deterred by terrorist acts.(Brief Article)
September 14, 2001... In order to be at an important coffee-related appearance before Congress, Randy Layton arrived at Portland International Airport early Sept. 11. But before the plane carrying Layton, a buyer for Boyd Coffee, could get airborne, it was...

Japan's woes could hammer technology sectors.(Japanese economic conditions could influence Oregon and California industries)(Brief Article)(Industry Overview)(Statistical Data Included)
September 14, 2001... Japan's intensifying economic distress could mean more trouble for beleaguered technology companies in California and Silicon Valley. Despite a decade of economic malaise, Japan has been California's largest export market for much of the...

Tech companies turn to IP for money answers.(intellectual property patents)(Brief Article)
September 14, 2001... Facing slumping product sales, technology companies are turning to intellectual properly caches in a search for revenue. From more aggressive licensing agreements to outright litigation, many tech companies are pumping their stores of...

Retailers aren't counting on a Merry Christmas.(Puget Sound)(Brief Article)
September 14, 2001... Puget Sound's apparel and department-store retailers, many of whom have strong presences in the Portland area, are bracing themselves for a gloomy holiday season come December. That means shoppers at Eddie Bauer, Nordstrom and Recreational...

EXECUTIVE PROFILE: Sake Reindersma.(MulvannyG2 Architecture)(Brief Article)(Interview)
September 14, 2001... PERSONAL INFORMATION Name: Sake Reindersma is a Dutch name; I was born in Holland, Den Hague. I was named after my grandfather on my father's side. The ending in my last name "sma" comes from the northern part of Holland called...

Side-stepping the titans.(Vesta Corp.)(Statistical Data Included)
September 14, 2001... Vesta stops selling phone cards, starts sewing telecom giants What do you do when your suppliers start competing with you and your profit margins shrink? You change your company's business model. That's what happened to Vesta Corp. a...

Enron continues search for possible PGE suitor.(Enron Corp., Portland General Electric Co.)(Brief Article)
September 14, 2001... Texas-based Enron Corp. is plodding away with efforts to be more a network-based company than an asset-based company, and that means Portland General Electric is still very much on the selling block. In fact, during a speech before energy...

THE LONG, HOT SUMMER?
September 14, 2001... The Sept. 6-8 Oregon Sustainability Forum didn't headline energy as a core issue, but it did address the matter in break-out sessions addressing carbon credits, green building design and hydrogen power. Many of the usual suspects from...

POPLARS IN THE HIGH DESERT?(Bonneville Environmental Foundation)(Brief Article)
September 14, 2001... Before heading off to the San Juan Islands to dedicate a new solar power project this week, Angus Duncan briefed The Business Journal on noteworthy projects afoot at the Bonneville Environmental Foundation. One such effort is to build a...

POWER MADE FROM COW DUNG?
September 14, 2001... Speaking of biomass, Des Moines, Iowa, is the place to be this Halloween weekend, and not because of all the spine-chilling cornfields. BioCycle magazine is presenting a three-day conference on "Renewable Energy from Organics Recycling."...

H-P and Compaq's big deal picks up support.(IDC Consulting positive about Hewlett-Packard's proposed purchase of Compaq Computer Corp.)(Brief Article)
September 14, 2001... The big news last week of Hewlett-Packard's proposed purchase of Compaq continues to wag tongues in the business and technology press. Last week, shareholders expressed what looked like strong disapproval of the pairing, driving both stocks...

QUOTE OF THE WEEK.
September 14, 2001... "Remember the quaint notion that technology would make us more productive, get us home sooner and bring us closer to the Leisure Age? Forget it. By shackling us to our work around the clock, almost every personal-tech advance these days has...

TECH TRACKER PARTNER.(Dr. Bott L.L.C.)(Brief Article)
September 14, 2001... TechTracker Inc. of Portland and Dr. Bott LLC of Wilsonville have teamed up to distribute TechTracker's software update utility for Macintosh. TechTracker Pro notifies Mac users when updates are available for software sitting on their...

MORE FROM TECHTRACKER.(TechTracker Desktop 2.0)(Brief Article)
September 14, 2001... TechTracker has a new update utility, TechTracker Desktop 2.0, for mid-to-high-end Windows users. Besides notifying users of upgrades, the utility sends an alert when patches are available for software installed on the machine. The new...