Resource exhaustibility: a myth refuted by entrepreneurial capital maintenance.
The concept of myth is defined as "an unproved collective belief that is accepted uncritically" (Random House Dictionary 1969, 946). One such myth is the idea that extractive resources are exhaustible in an economic sense. In this article, I examine extractive resource availability as it is affected by what...

Oregonians' recycling declines in 2006.
Byline: Susan Palmer The Register-Guard More stuff is going into Oregon landfills than ever - 1,753 pounds per person in 2006, according to a new report. That's a 5 percent increase over 2005 and carries the state a little farther away from its goal of recycling 50...

Market may undergo an extended correction.
Byline: EDU LOPEZ The equities market is likely to undergo an extended correction this week with an increased volatility and resistance. BPI Securities noted that the market failed to hold on to early gains, ending Friday's session with a slight decline of about 5 points....

NEDA sees trade gap reduction.
Byline: EDU H. LOPEZ The National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) is expecting a significant reduction in trade deficit following a surge in imports of capital goods, mineral fuel, lubricants and related materials, and consumer goods. The increase in imports led to the 10.1 percent...

Getting rid of plastic.
Americans discarded some 1.4 million tons of plastic products containing polyvinyl chloride in 2001. More than two-thirds of it was plastic bottles and wrap that disintegrate quickly. Environmentalists are worried that PVC plastic thrown in municipal waste dumps are leaching toxic additives into groundwater and releasing toxins into the...

County unemployment drops near national rate.
Byline: Sherri Buri McDonald The Register-Guard Lane County's jobless rate was 5.5 percent in December, matching the statewide rate and closing in on the national rate of 4.9 percent, according to figures released Friday by the Oregon Employment Department. "It's been a while since Lane...

2004 break-even occupancy at 53 percent.
Q What has been the trend in break-even occupancy since 1987? A Break-even occupancy has been on a downward trend since the 1980s; PricewaterhouseCoopers calculates break-even occupancy reached a low of 48.5 percent as hotels reduced many of what had been viewed as fixed costs in late...

Students pencil out state budget ideas.
Byline: Anne Williams The Register-Guard SPRINGFIELD - A key point of the exercise was to make students more familiar with the state budget, and on that score it surely succeeded. Students in James Mattiace's two senior economics classes at Springfield High School spent the better...

County gets good news on job front.
Byline: Ilene Aleshire The Register-Guard February's unemployment figures brought a dose of unalloyed good news for Lane County. Unemployment was down significantly compared to a year ago, a broad variety of industries created new jobs, and there were indications that the local economy could continue...

County jobless rate declines in August.
Byline: Tim Christie The Register-Guard Lane County's seasonally adjusted jobless rate declined to 5.5 percent in August, continuing a trend of slow but steady job growth, the Oregon Employment Department said. The decline of 0.3 percentage points from July was a little better than expected,...