Business

Barnett on Business Travel: Big Apple wine bar is a high-tech, serve-yourself wonder

2009-04-13T00:00:00-07:00

Think the ultimate wine-tasting room is a musty, dank, candlelit cave piled high with oak barrels, where aged nectars of fine grapes are sipped from pure crystal? Might be if you're lucky enough to have access to the great wineries of France or California's Napa Valley. But in New York ...

Deschutes Brewery's Twilight Ale scheduled for May release

2009-04-09T00:00:00-07:00

BEND, Ore. -- The long, warm evenings in Central Oregon once again herald the return of Twilight Ale, Deschutes Brewery's award-winning summer seasonal. For those whose idea of summer fun is matching the hatch, honing one's short game, or flying down single-track on the edge of sanity, Twilight Ale will ...

New Bend bank gets OCC conditional approval

2009-04-09T00:00:00-07:00

Crown Point National Bank Targets Summer Opening BEND, Ore. - The organizers of Crown Point National Bank (in organization) announce that the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) has granted Conditional Approval of its application for a national commercial bank charter. Crown Point is ...

Barnett on Business Travel: Choice Hotels for budget travelers claim no discounting but check for deals

2009-04-06T00:00:00-07:00

Not all hotels are taking a chainsaw to their room rates to lure or hang on to customers. Choice Hotels International, hardly a marquee name in the hospitality world and one that caters to frugal business travelers and vacationers who can live without afternoon high tea and 900-thread-count linens, claims ...

Oregon farmers' markets find a new customer: schools

2009-04-03T00:00:00-07:00

The farmers' market has proven to be a great place to find and purchase fresh, local food. For the same reason, it offers a connection between Oregon schools and local growers who can supply food that may eventually reach kids throughout the state. With the start of this ...