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• An end to The Living Gallery - 7/3/2009
  

  The economic downturn is claiming another Ashland gallery.

• Sportsman's Warehouse looks past bankruptcy - 7/3/2009
  

  The founder of Sportsman's Warehouse hopes it will be out of Chapter 11 bankruptcy by mid-August.

• Credit-card companies raise rates in advance of law - 7/3/2009
  

  WASHINGTON — Credit-card companies are raising interest rates and fees seven months before new rules go into effect that will limit their...

• More jobs fade in June; pay shrinks - 7/3/2009
  

  WASHINGTON — Americans lucky enough to still have a job are noticing something unpleasant in their paychecks: They're making less money.

• Good news for automakers? - 7/2/2009
  

  DETROIT — After a yearlong free fall in the American car market, the decline of sales slowed in June, offering hope to automakers that the...

• Economic development plays the name game - 7/2/2009
  

  The Oregon Legislature has approved a new name for the state economic development department, a change that should help attract business to the...

• Freddie Mac refinancing will aid homeowners - 7/2/2009
  

  Homeowners who have faithfully made their monthly mortgage payments might finally get a break.

• Energy searchlight back on biomass - 7/1/2009
  

  Biomass industry, created after energy prices spiked in the '70s, is poised for a renewable energy comeback

• Iraqi oil-licensing plan falters on first step - 7/1/2009
  

  BAGHDAD — Iraq's hopes for an oil-revenue fueled postwar recovery suffered a sharp blow Tuesday as the foreign oil companies it counted on to...

• Whistleblowers attack BofA customer practices - 7/1/2009
  

  WASHINGTON — Gabby Ornelas, a former teller at Bank of America, remembers the training sessions.

• Meet the 'transumer' - 6/30/2009
  

  MIAMI — Cassandra Smith spends $800 a month renting designer handbags and leases a luxury condo in downtown Miami.

• Evergreen files lawsuit against Erickson - 6/30/2009
  

  Evergreen Helicopters of McMinnville has filed an antitrust and breach-of-contract suit against Erickson Air-Crane Inc.

• Distress sales still make up nearly half of county home sales - 6/30/2009
  

  Distressed properties — foreclosures, bank-owned houses and others — still are accounting for roughly half of the county's single-family...

• Deep questions linger about mining - 6/29/2009
  

  Two years after a Utah mine collapsed, entombing six miners more than 2,000 feet under a mountain and also killing three members of a rescue team,...

• Analysis cites 'very effective' impact of SOREDI - 6/29/2009
  

  An analysis of Southern Oregon Regional Economic Development Inc.

• Madoff sentencing provides little relief to swindle victims - 6/29/2009
  

  NEW YORK — Bernard Madoff will get one last creature comfort before he is sentenced today, probably to serve out the rest of his days in prison.

• Fireplace logs from biomass proposed - 6/29/2009
  

  A proposed JoCo Biomass Production Center could create rural jobs and energy independence by producing artificial fireplace logs from compressed wood...

• Target-date funds: How safe are they? - 6/28/2009
  

  The past year's devastating losses on Wall Street could mean some much-needed changes in target-date mutual funds.

• 10 steps to spending less on groceries - 6/28/2009
  

  The last time I went grocery shopping, I was shocked at how expensive some items were. I mean $7.

• Customer service: How to get it and save - 6/28/2009
  

  Sometimes, getting good customer service is just a tweet away.