The Register-Guard, Eugene, Ore., Business Datebook Column.

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May 23 -- MONDAY

Presentation on "Emerging Markets -- Politics, Trade and Commerce in India and Thailand," sponsored by Eugene Area Chamber of Commerce and University of Oregon Center for Asian Pacific Studies. Speaker: Carol Kim , U.S. Department of Commerce. Place: 4th floord, Fifth Street Public Market, Eugene. Time: 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Cost: $7 chamber members; $10 non-members; $4 students. Call 484-1314.

THURSDAY

Presentation on "The E-Commerce Option -- Expanding Your International Markets Through the Internet," sponsored by Eugene Area Chamber of Commerce . Place: Western Pioneer Title, 96 E. Broadway, Eugene. Time: Noon to 1:30 p.m. Cost: $10 chamber members; $15 non-members. Call 484-1314.

FRIDAY

Meeting of Bay Area Chamber of Commerce Forestry & Fisheries/Douglas Timber Operators committees. Topic: Update on BLM issues. Speaker: Sue Richardson, district manager, BLM Coos Bay District. Place: Timber Inn, 1001 N. Bayshore, Coos Bay. Time: 7 a.m. Call: 269-0215.

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