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M BUSINESS CALENDAR TODAY ZOOM TAX SMALL-BUSINESS SEMINAR, CASH FLOW TECHNIQUES AND PLANNING: Learn survival skills for a tight economy. Presented by Giancarlo Pozzi, CPA, owner of Zoom Tax. Registration requested. Free for existing clients; $25 at the door; 4-5 p.m.; Redmond Chamber of Commerce, 446 S.W. Seventh St.; 541385-9666 or www.myzoomtax.com. BEND CHAMBER BUSINESS AFTER HOURS: RSVP by Nov. 16; free; 5-7 p.m.; Helly Hansen, 450 S.W. Powerhouse Dr. NETWORK OF ENTREPRENEURIAL WOMEN: Wells Ashby, prosecutor for the Deschutes County District Attorney’s Office, will speak on cyberfraud and real threats from a virtual world. Register at www.network women.org; 5-8 p.m.; St. Charles Bend conference center, 2500 N.E. Neff Road. UNDERSTANDING AND MANAGING CREDIT: Part of NeighborImpact’s financial fitness series, providing a general overview of credit including the pros and cons of using it, the kinds of credit available and the importance of maintaining a good credit record. Registration required; free; 5:30-7:30 p.m.; NeighborImpact, 2303 S.W. First St., Redmond; 541-318-7506, ext. 109 or somerh@ neighborimpact.org.
THURSDAY OREGON ALCOHOL SERVER PERMIT TRAINING: Meets the minimum requirements by the Oregon Liquor Control Commission to obtain the alcohol server permit. Registration required; $20 “Discount Day”; 9 a.m.1 p.m.; Pizza Hut, 2139 N.E. Third St., Bend; 541-447-6384 or www .happyhourtraining.com. ETFS EXPLAINED: Learn why exchange traded funds (ETFs) are a rapidly growing investment option, including information on cost and tax advantages, flexibility, liquidity, and diversification. Presented by Luiz Soutomaior, CFP, CFS. Registration required by Nov. 16; free; noon-1 p.m.; Charles Schwab & Co., 777 N.W. Wall St., Suite 201, Bend; 541-318-1794. EDWARD JONES OPEN HOUSE: Donations for the Humane Society of Central Oregon will be accepted as part of the celebration and may be dropped off before or during the event. RSVP to Lynn Hobson; 36 p.m.; Anna Robbins’ office at Edward Jones, 1444 N.W. College Way, Suite 2, Bend; 541-330-4329. GREEN DRINKS: Learn about businesses and their sustainability efforts at the last Green Drinks of 2010. Hosted by Sara Bella, maker of useful products from trash. Venue is located upstairs, across from Banana Republic; free; 5-7 p.m.; Sara Bella Upcycled, 520 S.W. Powerhouse Drive, Ste. 621, Bend; 541-420-4961. CROOKED RIVER RANCHTERREBONNE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE NETWORKING SOCIAL: Hosted by Nancy Popp and her staff. Admission is free and you do not have to be a chamber member to attend; 5:30 p.m.; Crooked River Realty, 5135 Clubhouse Road; 541-923-2679. LIVE CONTRACTOR EDUCATION: Central Oregon Community College Small Business Development Center course, taught by Central Oregon Contractor Training, satisfies the educational requirement to become a licensed contractor in Oregon. Registration and prepayment are required. $275; fee includes the Oregon Contractor’s Reference Manual. 6-9 p.m.; class continues Nov. 19 and 20, 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m.; Central Oregon Community College, Redmond campus, 2030 S.E. College Loop, Redmond; 541-383-7290 or http://noncredit.cocc.edu. BEND TOASTMASTERS MEETING: Come and learn how Toastmasters may benefit you; free; 6:30 p.m.; IHOP, 30 N.E. Bend River Mall Drive; 541-480-1871. SOCIAL MEDIA, MANAGING YOUR SITES: Third in the Online Marketing Series offered by Central Oregon Community College. Registration required; $59; 6:30-8:30 p.m.; Central Oregon Community College, 2600 N.W. College Way, Bend; 541-3837270 or http://noncredit.cocc.edu.
FRIDAY REDMOND CHAMBER OF COMMERCE COFFEE CLATTER: 8:309:30 a.m.; Juniper Golf Course, 1938 S.W. Elkhorn Ave.; 541-548-8198. EDWARD JONES COFFEE CLUB: Current market and economic update including current rates; free; 9 a.m.; Sisters Coffee Co., 61292 S. U.S. Highway 97, Suite 105, Bend; 541617-8861.
SATURDAY INTERMEDIATE EXCEL 2007: Registration required; $59; 9 a.m.4 p.m.; Central Oregon Community College, Redmond campus, 2030 S.E. College Loop, Redmond; 541-3837270 or http://noncredit.cocc.edu.
MONDAY OREGON ALCOHOL SERVER PERMIT TRAINING: Meets the minimum
requirements by the Oregon Liquor Control Commission to obtain the alcohol server permit. Registration required; $35; 9 a.m-1 p.m.; Pizza Hut, 2139 N.E. Third St., Bend; 541-4476384 or www.happyhourtraining.com.
WEDNESDAY Nov. 24 ROTH CONVERSIONS, WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW: Learn the costs and benefits of converting and potential next steps. Presented by Luiz Soutomaior, CFP, CFS. Registration required by Nov. 22; free; noon-1 p.m.; Charles Schwab & Co., 777 N.W. Wall St., Suite 201, Bend; 541-318-1794.
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Google sees WTO violations in limits on Internet access By Keith Bradsher and Claire Cain Miller
New York Times News Service
With China evidently in its sights, Google has released a policy paper contending that countries that limit Internet users’ access to information providers outside their borders violate their World Trade Organization commitments. The company did not single out China in the position paper. But Google has had a running battle with Beijing over censor-
ship, and many of the examples cited in the paper came from the company’s experiences with China. The paper was published online Monday but went largely unnoticed until bloggers started writing about it Tuesday. Bob Boorstin, Google’s public policy director, made the freetrade link forcefully in a posting on Google’s public policy blog. “The premise is simple,” he wrote in a statement posted on the blog with a link to the paper.
“In addition to infringing human rights, governments that block the free flow of information on the Internet are also blocking trade and economic growth.” Boorstin went on to call for Western officials to challenge trade barriers to information. “In the paper we’re releasing today, we urge policy makers in the United States, European Union and elsewhere to take steps to break down barriers to free trade and Internet commerce,” Boorstin wrote.
Nov. 26 EDWARD JONES COFFEE CLUB: Current market and economic update including current rates; free; 9 a.m.; Sisters Coffee Co., 61292 S. U.S. Highway 97, Suite 105, Bend; 541617-8861.
SATURDAY Nov. 27 OREGON ALCOHOL SERVER PERMIT TRAINING: Meets the minimum requirements by the Oregon Liquor Control Commission to obtain the alcohol server permit. Registration required; $35; 9 a.m.-1 p.m.; Pizza Hut, 2139 N.E. Third St., Bend; 541-4476384 or www.happyhourtraining.com.
MONDAY Nov. 29 OREGON ALCOHOL SERVER PERMIT TRAINING: Meets the minimum requirements by the Oregon Liquor Control Commission to obtain the alcohol server permit. Registration required; $35; 4-8 p.m.; Pizza Hut, 2139 N.E. Third St., Bend; 541-4476384 or www.happyhourtraining.com.
TUESDAY Nov. 30 TECHNICAL ANALYSIS FOR TRADERS: This workshop gives traders an introduction to technical analysis including trends, supports and resistance, chart patterns and technical indicators. Presented by Keith Wells, Charles Schwab & Co.’s active trader market manager. Registration required by Nov. 26. Five one-hour sessions. Call for details; free; 10 a.m.; Charles Schwab & Co., 777 N.W. Wall St., Suite 201, Bend; 541-318-1794. FIRST TIME HOMEBUYER CLASS: Find out about the latest government programs and grants for first-time homebuyers and those who have not owned for the past three years. Enjoy a free dinner while learning about buying a home. Call for reservations; 6-8 p.m.; Evergreen Home Loans, 963 SW Simpson Ave. #200, Bend; 541-318-5500.
THURSDAY Dec. 2 LEADERSHIP SKILLS SERIES: Central Oregon Community College’s Small Business Development Center offers a nine-month series designed to give managers and team leaders the skills they need to succeed in their organizations; entire series costs $645, individual seminars are $85; 8 a.m.-noon; Central Oregon Community College, 2600 N.W. College Way, Bend; 541-383-7700 or http://www.cocc.edu/. MANAGING DAY-TO-DAY PERFORMANCE: Managers and team leaders can learn skills to identify performance gaps and increase productivity; $85; 8 a.m.-noon; Central Oregon Community College, Boyle Education Center, 2600 N.W. College Way, Bend; 541-383-7290 or http://noncredit.cocc.edu. CREATING A NOT-SO-BIG INSPIRED HOME: Learn to achieve beauty, efficiency and conservation of energy and resources in a smaller space. Registration requested by Dec. 2; $12.50; 9 a.m.-noon; Bend Park & Recreation District Office, Community Room, 799 S.W. Columbia St.; 541-480-7303 or bsullivan@ earthadvantage.org. REPRESENTATION-PRACTICE AND PROCEDURES: Study for the Enrolled Agent IRS exams in a course offered by Central Oregon Community College’s Continuing Education Department. Registration required; call 541-383-7270. $480 plus $145 for required text available at first class; 9 a.m.-4 p.m.; class continues Dec. 3; Central Oregon Community College, 2600 N.W. College Way, Bend; 541-383-7700. GREEN BUILDING TOUR AND ANNUAL MEETING: Join the High Desert Branch of Cascadia for its annual meeting, an evening of networking and a tour of The Oxford Hotel; 5-7:30 p.m.; The Oxford Hotel, 10 N.W. Minnesota Ave., Bend; 541410-9845. BEND TOASTMASTERS MEETING: Come and learn how Toastmasters may benefit you; free; 6:30 p.m.; IHOP, 30 N.E. Bend River Mall Drive; 541-480-1871.
An unlikely alliance quickly results in all-electric RAV4 By Hiroko Tabuchi
New York Times News Service
It was over glasses of red wine on a May evening in Palo Alto, Calif., that Akio Toyoda, president of Toyota, and Elon Musk, founder of the electric vehicle start-up company Tesla Motors, first talked through the particulars of a partnership they had just announced. By the end of their chat, according to Toyoda, they had settled on at least one project: an electric version of Toyota’s RAV4 sport utility vehicle. Today, a mere six months later, the two automakers are set to show a prototype of an all-electric RAV4 at the Los Angeles Auto Show. The car represents the real debut of this unlikely alliance, in which Toyota invested $50 million for a 3 percent stake in Tesla and signed a $60 million deal to jointly develop an electric vehicle. Toyota is known more for rigid and methodical decision-making than for flair, while Tesla is the bold Silicon Valley upstart that sells $100,000 cars to George Clooney and Leonardo DiCaprio. The prototype, developed at remarkable speed and based on the idea of a relatively affordable mass-market electric, indicates that each company is learning from the other. A commercial version is expected to reach the market in 2012. “Speedy decision-making is part of a startup’s DNA,” Toyoda said in a joint press conference with Musk in Tokoyo last week to discuss the partnership. “That’s what we want to absorb.” He added: “Remember, Toyota was once a startup, too.” But more than a difference in cultures, the two companies share divergent views of the future trajectory of electric auto-
Koji Sasahara / The Associated Press
Toyota President Akio Toyoda sits behind the wheel of a Tesla Roadster as he receives its key from Tesla Motors Chief Executive Elon Musk during a ceremony Friday at the Tesla showroom in Tokyo. A prototype of an all-electric Toyota RAV4 is set to be unveiled just six months after the executives decided to collaborate. mobiles. Musk is a firm believer in a decisive swing toward electric cars, and would like to enter a wider market in 2012 with a cheaper electric car. “In the long term, all vehicles will become electric,” he said last week in Tokyo. “It’s a question of when, not if, and we hope the transition will come sooner, not later.” Toyoda and his colleagues are more cautious, with Toyota executives often talking down the all-electric car in favor of the company’s gas-electric hybrid technology. The company has invested millions of dollars in its Prius gas-electric hybrid and is not eager for a quick switch to electricity, analysts say. Toyota has said it will introduce hybrid versions of all of its models by 2020. And yet, as momentum builds around all-electric power trains, Toyota has been
increasingly criticized for lagging behind in next-generation automotive technology. Nissan Motor plans next month to start selling the Leaf, which it calls the world’s first mass-produced all-electric car. General Motors will soon introduce its Chevrolet Volt plug-in hybrid. Toyota is also set to introduce its own all-electric vehicle in 2012, a car based on its iQ ultra-mini compact that the automaker is developing independently. But Toyota has signaled that it considers the iQ a niche car, one mainly tailored for short-distance commuters in Japan. Toyoda said the market had simply not yet chosen the best low-emissions technology, which was why Toyota was preparing for all options. “When customers do give us their answer,” he said, “I want the company to be ready.”
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Planes Continued from B1 But with oil prices back above $80 a barrel, airline executives say that they had hoped to hear cheerier news about faster solutions. The 737s and A320s, which each typically seat 150 to 180 people, have formed the backbone of the air travel system for decades. More than 10,000 of them shuttle passengers between major airports within the United States and other continents. But in terms of fuel economy, “we haven’t seen substantial improvements since the 1990s,” said Michael G. Van de Ven, chief operating officer of Southwest Airlines, one of Boeing’s biggest customers. And with ticket prices rising, he said, “if there is one single thing that you can do to improve the economics in this industry, that is to introduce a new airplane.” Boeing and Airbus say they are under too much financial strain from delays on the larger planes to jump right into designing a new jet, which could cost $7 billion to $10 billion. Albaugh, the Boeing executive, said that given the choice of new engines in five years or a whole new plane in 10, most airlines would prefer to wait. While the engines could help cut the operating costs for a new plane by 15 percent, he said, modifications and other costs in adding them to the 737s could reduce the total savings to less than 5 percent. “A lot of people will say, ‘Yeah, go re-engine the plane,’” Albaugh said. “But the second question is, ‘Would you buy it?’ ” Airbus could save even more in a plane’s total operating costs — analysts estimate 7 percent to 10 percent — by using the new engines and taking other steps to streamline the A320. But top Airbus officials said last month that they were concerned about whether they had enough engineers to handle all the work in front of them.
A changing game The companies’ ambivalence about installing new engines on the existing planes — which is essentially a stopgap measure — also illustrates how “the great Airbus-Boeing game is changing,” said Richard Aboulafia, vice president for analysis at the Teal Group, an aviation consulting firm in Fairfax, Va. While dominating the market for large commercial planes over the past two decades, the two companies have loved nothing more than to leapfrog each other with bold technological advances. But even as the demand for new planes bounces back from the recession, both are finding themselves hamstrung by the need to solve their production problems, Aboulafia said. Boeing is nearly three years late in delivering its most important plane, the 787 Dreamliner, the first jetliner made substantially of lightweight carbon composites that are also supposed to slash fuel costs. A fire on a test flight last week reinforced expectations among analysts for further delays in its first deliveries next year. Airbus said last week that it was pushing the delivery date for the A350 XWB, its answer to the Dreamliner, to late 2013 from mid-2013. Airbus might have to make more changes in its A380 jumbo jet after debris spewed from an engine during a Qantas Airways flight on Nov. 4. Boeing and Airbus also have to worry about new competitors from Canada, China and Russia. They are taking advantage of the new engine technologies to design planes that could cut into the sales of 737s and A320s over the next few years. “I don’t think that all the people who have aspirations will be successful,” Albaugh, the Boeing executive, said. “But I think that one or two of them possibly could.” Boeing and Airbus recently stepped up production of the 737s and the A320s, both to generate cash and to meet as much of the demand as they can.