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Offers travel tips to various cities in the United States. Includes names of cities; City nicknames; Historical background; Tourist attractions; Airport transportation; Contact information.

Reports that Farwest Electric Incorporated of Vancouver, Washington, was fined $10,000 and was given a three-year suspension of its contractor's licenses for allegedly falsifying the actual on the job training of its apprentices. Quality of poor installation that was done at the home of Elie Kassab; Allegations that electrician licenses are mismanaged by electrical inspectors; Comments from John Lovejoy, controller for Farwest Electric; More.

Features key attractions and destinations in several cities in the United States. City nicknames; City history; Sports attractions; Libraries and museums; Outdoor recreation; Restaurants.

Reports on Oregon fish processors' complaints against federal red tape claiming that it has ruined their chances of making money on fish exported to overseas markets. Complaints against federal fish inspection rules; Absence of a National Marine Fisheries fish inspector based in Oregon; Comments by industry leaders Pacific Seafood Co. Inc. and the Pacific Northwest International Trade Association.

Reports on the preparations being undertaken by the business and transportation officials of Portland, Oregon for the scheduled repair works on the Interstate 5 Bridge. Expected impact of repairs on the city's traffic conditions; Details of a plan for the transportation of commuters using commuter train services.

Focuses on the plight of minorities in the construction industry. Scarcity of contracts received by minority firms; Affirmative action programs; Conservative politicians' aim of injecting race and gender in the bidding process; Charles Durham of C. Durham Construction as a sample case.

Profiles the company Harry's Fresh Foods in Northeast Portland, Or. Key to corporate success; Niche; History; Products; Setbacks it faced.

Presents tourist attractions in cities across the United States of interest to business travelers. Includes the Jimmy Carter Library & Museum in Atlanta, Georgia; ESPN Zone sports restaurant in Baltimore, Maryland; National Stock Car Racing (NASCAR) Championships in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Reports on the minority construction contractors in Portland, Oregon. Sub-contracting for public construction projects; Government preference programs; Campaign to weaken affirmative-action programs. INSET: Mentors for minorities..

Reports on the findings by the Oregon Economic Development Department on industrial land availability in the state. Shortage of ready-to-develop land; Need and demand for industrial land; Total area of land that can be developed for industrial use.

Reports on the changes in the retail business at Portland International Airport in Oregon. Developments resulting from the airport's decision to contract with individual retailers; Rents paid by concessionaires in the airport; Expansion of retail space at the airport.

Focuses on the retail businesses at Portland International Airport in Oregon. Sales volumes; Challenges in airport retailing; Requirements of the airport to retailers planning to establish presence at the airport; Number of potential customers; Expansion of the airport's retail space.

Reports on Gardenburger Inc.'s filing with the United States Securities & Exchange Commission for its plans to sell stocks. Worth of shares to be sold by the company; Investment risks in the company's stock offering; Shares of common stock outstanding; Major stockholders in the company.

Announces the establishment of permit only parking rules in Portland, Oregon's eastside. Problem of downtown commuters' use of parking spaces; Number of vehicles cleared by the rules.

Discusses temporary employment agencies' wariness over a United States Court of Appeals ruling targeting Microsoft Corp. and its use of long-term temporary employees. Threat to curtail the use of temporary labor; Blow to the rights of temporary workers. INSET: State, union at odds over temps.

Reports on the ramifications of the passage of the federal Ocean Shipping Reform Act by the United States Congress in 1998. Effectivity of the law in May 1999; Steamship lines as no longer having to make public the rates they charge shipping customers in reports to the Federal Maritime Commission; Decline in bargaining clout for smaller companies; Marketing angle for the Port of Portland in Oregon.

Reports on the increase in hay exports in the Pacific States as of August 28, 1999. Increase in demand for hay in Asian countries; Comparison with the region's other exports; Part of the hay exports that move through the Port of Portland in Oregon.

Focuses on the Port of Portland's revised strategy for its undeveloped property along the Columbia River shipping channel in Hayden Island, Oregon. Reason for relocating and consolidating the port's automobile terminals at Hayden Island; Expected benefits of the move for automobile importers; Environmental impact of developing automobile terminals.

Reports on a United States Senate transportation bill. Encouragement of transportation startups; End of government's controls on the number of vehicles that can serve an area.

Focuses on the efforts of the Association for Portland Progress (APP) to suggest alternative sites for a proposed probation building office away from Portland, Oregon. Disagreement by APP to the selection of the city as a site for the probation facility; Mistake of the decision to locate the probation office in the city according to business owners.

Focuses on advantages for Oregon's wheat industry with the appointment of Richard Fritz as general sales manager of the United States Department of Agriculture's food-export programs. Enhancement of the local wheat industry's representation at the department with Fritz's appointment.

Features Loaves and Fishes, a nonprofit organization based in Portland, Oregon. Plan to sell bottled artesian water for additional source of funding; Companies involved in the business venture; Use of the revenues to finance the prepared meals of the elderly.

Focuses on a bill sponsored by Senator John Lim to study alternatives to deepen the Columbia River for the construction of a seaport in Astoria, Oregon. Preparation for the influx of larger ships; Estimate on the cost of the proposed project; Debate on the viability of the Astoria port.

Reports on a financial dispute between the steamship operators and bar pilots operating on the Columbia River in Oregon. Move by the steamship industry to ask the board of maritime pilots to reconsider a tariff agreement it issued in May 1999; Complaints made by steamship operators about the agreement; Pilots' income.

Reports that the Port of Portland in Oregon has appointed port commissioner Robert Cook as overseer of operations of the pipeline dredge Oregon, which annually siphons sand from the river bottom to keep the navigation channel open for shipping. Cook's resignation of his position as commissioner to take the dredging job; Plans to deepen the Columbia River channel.

Reports on Cascade General Inc.'s bid to become part of a United States Navy program to develop ways to turn decommissioned warships into scrap metal. Problems associated with the ship-scrapping industry; Obstacles in Cascade's efforts to enter the business of scrapping Navy ships; Approval received by the company from the Port of Portland, Oregon, to seek a Navy contract.

Reports on Portland & Western Railroad's plan to start hauling cargo between Portland, Oregon, and Astoria, Oregon, using its rebuilt rail line. Target markets; Catalyst for greater industrial development on the North Coast region of the United States.

Reports on the impact of the political battle between the governor's office and Republican state Senate leaders on Oregon's Port of Portland commission. Dispute over appointments of commissioners; Stalled transition in the leadership of the nine-member port commission.

Reports on the resignation of Bob Parsons as managing director of Benson Hotel in Portland, Oregon and on Parsons' replacement by David Frazier. Frazier's former work with WestCoast Hotels which owns the Benson Hotel; Frazier's responsibilities; Hotel trends in the area.

Reports that the Association for Portland Progress representing business owners in downtown Portland, Oregon has opposed Multnomah County's plan to open a probation office in the Mead Building. Expected daily entry of about 200 correction clients into the district; Arguments for and against the planned location of the probation office. INSET: Ballot initiative targets downtown.

Features Pacific Foods' packaging strategy for its soymilk products. Similarity of the milk's container with a regular milk carton; Positioning of soymilk next to cow's milk in grocery shelves; Launching of blended milk and soy beverage.

Reports on Peak Northwest Brewing Co.'s closure of its brewery in Milwaukie, Oregon. Comments from company president Rich Steronko on the closure; Peak's struggles in the craft beer industry; Peak's problems with its lenders.

Reports on the International Longshoremen's & Warehousemen's Union's (ILWU) membership drive beyond its traditional base in Portland, Oregon. Employees targeted by the union; ILWU's campaign at the Rivergate Industrial District; Labor disputes involving the union.

Relates that Indian beer magnate Vijay Mallya plans to acquire Full Sail Brewing Co. Speculations about the pending deal; Reasons for Mallya's interest in the company; Other attempts by Mallya to acquire breweries.

Focuses on the plans of the Oregon Maritime Center and Museum to attract funds and grants to stay operational. Staff reorganization conducted by the nonprofit's management; Previous grants received; Exhibits shown by the organization.

Focuses on Oregon ranchers' marketing of brand-name products as natural beef or cattle raised without antibiotics or artificial growth stimulants. Marketing strategies of Country Natural Beef and Painted Hills Natural Beef Inc.; Total sales of natural beef products in the United States in 1998; Average prices of beef.

Focuses on plans by the regional government Metro and the Port of Portland, Oregon to invest in two turtle monitoring studies at the Smith and Bybee Lakes Wildlife Area and Rivergate Industrial District. Modification of a port project to make the flow of Rivergate's truck traffic to be more turtle-friendly; Computer identification chip to be implanted in all turtles about two inches in diameter.

Presents news items related to business in Portland, Oregon as of January 1, 1999. Includes terminal expansion project at Portland International Airport; Bechtel Enterprises Inc.'s vision for Portland International Center; Sale of the publicly owned Portland, Oregon shipyard.

Reports that deregulation has restricted the profit margins of United States intrastate trucking companies as of May 10, 1996. Reduction of prices to fend off the competition; Loss of bargaining clout; Effect of the downward pressure of shipping charges.

Reports that the upgrade of the cellular radio network in the United from analog to digital technology has resulted in the clashing of technologies. Clash between the Time Division Multiple Access and the Code Division Multiple Access; Selection of the viability of a transmission method; Accommodation of the growth in the cellular telephone industry.

Reports on Dallas, Texas-based hospitality industry's focus on environmental concerns. For-profit Green Hotels Association's capitalization on green marketing; Using low-key environmental pitch; Mission of developing an environmental manual and guidelines for the hospitality industry.

Reports that Oregon investors with shares at kidZtime TV Inc. have rejected the state's offer to settle their claims against the company. Terms of the settlement agreement; Investors' disappointment on the performance of the company; Lack of investors' response to the state's investigation of kidZtime.

Presents the tourist attractions of several cities in the United States for businessmen. Includes the attractions of Miami, Florida's South Beach; Jimmy Carter Library and Museum in Atlanta, Georgia; Features of the ESPN Zone restaurant in Baltimore, Maryland.

Discusses ways to make trade shows effective in prospecting customers. Benefits of trade shows; Choosing displays; Making the exhibit eye-catching; Maintaining a professional image to the customers.

Reports on the increasing use of foam products in home building in the United States. Advantages of using foam building materials; Environmental benefits; Concerns of buyers on the use of foam products; Reasons for the use of less wood in home building.

Offers guidelines for designing an effective trade show display. Having a clear set of goals; Having a budget; Retaining and attracting participants; Costs of portable displays.

Provides an overview on the restructuring efforts of Japan America Beverage Co., a start-up company founded by entrepreneur Griffith Frost with Momokawa Brewing. Financial difficulties encountered by the company; Funding source; Launching of sakes, fruit-flavored rice-based beverage; Retail price per bottle.

Focuses on the marketing strategy of Portland Brewing Co. for its craft beers. Availability of baseball cards featuring medal-winning athlete and company founder Robert MacTarnahan; Role of MacTarnahan to the financial recovery of Portland Brewing; Reduction in the production of Oregon Honeybeer; Plans to increase the number of company shares.

Reports that the Oregon Liquor Control Commission (OLCC) has decided to tighten its standards for the certification of alcoholic beverage servers in restaurants and bars. Gene Hallman Award for Outstanding Alcohol Server for bartender and waitress Dee Tholen; Proposal to change the grace period between server's hiring date and certification from 90 to 45 days; Restaurant and bar owners' mixed feelings.

Focuses on the efforts of the Oregon Brewers Guild to safeguard the quality of beer in the state. Introduction of a program that requires beers to be laboratory and taste tested before receiving the guild's quality mark; Actions to stem the proliferation of dubious beers on the market.