Savanna VISTA reminder The Prairie Advocate
Savanna's Volunteer in Service to America, worker, reminds readers of the online links to the city of Savanna.
NetBank, Inc. Continues Strategic Reorganization With Disposition of Meritage Mortgage and Beacon Credit Services PrimeZone via Yahoo! Finance
NetBank, Inc. , parent company of NetBank and a leading mortgage lender, today announced the company completed two separate transactions that effectively end its non-conforming mortgage and RV, boat and aircraft financing operations: 1) The company executed a personnel placement agreement with Lime Financial Services in Portland, Oregon, whereby Lime Financial Services will extend employment
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3 challenge Hooley for House Corvallis Gazette Times
In the race to represent Congressional District 5, which includes about half of Corvallis, U.S. Rep. Darlene Hooley faces a challenge from three opponents — Portland-area businessman and Republican Mike Erickson, and third-party candidates Doug Patterson, a building materials salesman, and researcher Paul Aranas.
Health Net Reports Net Income of $91 Million or $.76 Per Diluted Share Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance
LOS ANGELES----Health Net, Inc. today announced 2006 third quarter net income per diluted share of $.76 compared with net income per diluted share of $.67 in the third quarter of 2005, a 13.4 percent increase.
Signs of a slowdown BendBulletin.com
Building permit numbers are down 22 percent in Bend so far this year from 2005's record levels, according to Don Patton, president of Redmond-based industry tracker Cascade Central Business Consultants.
Vote for Mitchell Telegraph
In your Oct. 19 article on the race for 90th District state representative, Jerry Mitchell's opponent claimed that "all Jerry talks about is education." As president of AFSCME Local 817 at Dixon Correctional Center, I disagree.
Battle for office: mayoral candidates, Part II News Guard
With the 1,800 homes planned behind Chinook Winds Golf Course north of town, what will need to be done to improve safety and ensure smooth traffic flow as Highway 101 enters Lincoln City by the Neotsu Post Office at Highway 101 and Neotsu Drive?
Bypassing banks gives a lift in poor Latin nations The Sacramento Bee
Jack and Lisa Williams of Elk Grove traveled to El Salvador in 2002 to meet a group of women they were helping to start their own businesses.
NewsLaugh Exclusive! New Government Study of Border Fence Fails to Locate Mexicans Who Know What a Ladder Is PR Web
In this week's free issue, NewsLaugh.com, The Sanely Funny Weekly Humor Magazine, reports that an extensive study by the U. S. government of Mexicans hoping to enter America illegally has concluded that not a single one of them knows what a ladder is. This key finding has given impetus to funding for extensions of the border fence between America and Mexico. As President Bush noted, "Today is a

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million during the 2003-2005 biennium, to small business development loans of up to $100000 per. loan. Oregon-based small businesses with fewer than 50
Austin Business Journal: Local Business News
Nearly two-third of small business owners think their communities have a favorable business Oregon - Fast Growth Spa, Pool, Stove Retail Biz $1750000
Portland Business Journal: Local Business News
A bizjournals special report examines changes the Democrats want to make in taxes, government regulation, health care, and the Small Business Administration