SEP 8, 2008 1:00am ET

Columbia of Oregon to Exit Mortgage Line

Columbia Bancorp in The Dalles, Ore., is shuttering its mortgage division and slashing about 18% of its work force in response to the housing slowdown in the Pacific Northwest …

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