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• Home Grown: Mobile PC Medic - 2/8/2010
  

  Editor's note: This is one in a weekly series of profiles on locally owned and operated businesses in Southern Oregon.

• Geithner, Greenspan, Paulson: Slump's easing - 2/8/2010
  

  CHICAGO — The U.S.

• Toyota plans announcement about Prius brake problems - 2/8/2010
  

  TOKYO — Toyota said Sunday that it will soon announce plans to deal with braking problems in its prized Prius hybrid amid reports it has...

• Ashland panel looks at Croman complaints - 2/8/2010
  

  ASHLAND — Three local business owners have submitted complaint letters to the Planning Commission over the Croman Mill project because they...

• Stocks on the edge? - 2/7/2010
  

  When bad stocks are doing as well as they are now through a little-known investing method called a short squeeze, the overall market could be heading...

• Rebuilding the business - 2/7/2010
  

  Contractors expand their horizons to find work in tough times

• Were you energy efficient in 2009? You might get a tax credit - 2/7/2010
  

  Making energy efficient improvements to your home will do more than reduce your energy costs — they'll also reduce your tax bill.

• Diamonds may be forever, but you don't have to spend a mint - 2/7/2010
  

  One engagement ring costs $1,000. Another is $10,000. You may wonder why there's an extra zero if you can't tell them apart.

• Job search - 2/7/2010
  

  With so many candidates in the job market, employers are more likely to use telephone interviews to screen those seeking work, according to one...

• Reason may give way when lending kids cash - 2/7/2010
  

  DEAR BRUCE: I've been remarried for about two years now. My husband has a daughter in her mid-20s.

• Jackson County home sales rise again; values drop less - 2/6/2010
  

  MEDFORD — Home sales are continuing to pick up steam, and values are dropping more slowly in the major Jackson County markets of Ashland and...

• people in business - 2/6/2010
  

  Bill Greenstein has joined Royce Real Estate in Ashland as a broker specializing in residential and commercial transactions.

• Revenue drops, but Harry & David posts gain - 2/5/2010
  

  MEDFORD — Slashing costs and reducing inventory allowed Harry & David Holdings Inc.

• More passengers visit Medford airport for fifth-straight month - 2/5/2010
  

  The Medford airport saw a 12 percent gain in passenger traffic during January, marking the eighth-straight month of increases from a year earlier.

• Highlights from the University of Oregon economic indicators index for December - 2/5/2010
  

  Fewer initial jobless claims, along with improved residential building permits and increased orders for manufactured goods, contributed to a...

• Questions rise over Toyota's Prius - 2/4/2010
  

  WASHINGTON — Americans should park their recalled Toyotas unless driving to dealers for accelerator repairs, Transportation Secretary Ray...

• Lithia has 4th-quarter profit - 2/4/2010
  

  Slimmed-down Lithia Motors said in a preliminary report Wednesday that it earned a modest fourth-quarter profit in 2009 from continued operations.

• Tough economy spurs shift to cheaper liquor - 2/3/2010
  

  NEW YORK — Americans' love affair with top-shelf booze cooled last year as the recession took a toll on high-priced tipples.

• U.S. had to push Toyota into safety recall - 2/3/2010
  

  WASHINGTON — U.S.

• A Fresh Set Of Eyes - 2/3/2010
  

  A consultant who has studied and worked with city centers across the nation says downtown Medford should find ways to connect with college students...