What’s on the Health Care Table to Keep $800 Million in Fed Matching Funds in Oregon By Betsy Earls Associated Oregon Industries Oregon’s Largest Business Advocate The Current Program There are two distinct revenue streams in Oregon’s current program: a tax on the 25 largest hospitals (those with more than […]

By Bill Conerly, Businomics, Conerly Consulting LLC We all know there’s a credit crunch, right?  That’s the basis for the latest (March 2009) Treasury bailout proposal.  So I went looking for the evidence, just to prove to you skeptics that there really is a credit crunch.  I looked at business […]

Safeguarding Service: Focus on the Faithful Times are unquestionably tough with businesses closing at an alarming rate so what are the successful ones doing to survive? You now have the opportunity to learn the “secrets to success” from the top 25 customer service companies as reported by BusinessWeek. The key […]

Wells Fargo Gallup Survey:  Small business owners’ optimism recently dropped to its lowest level in the six years that the Wells Fargo/Gallup Small Business Index has been conducted. Covering a survey period of January 22 – February 2, the score now stands at negative four (-4), down 14 points from […]

Paul Bissett, CEO of WeoGeo, was one of the Oregon Entrepreneurs Network $80,000 winners Liz Overson Oregon Entrepreneurs Network Paul Bissett, CEO of WeoGeo, a geo-spatial content management service for surveyors, engineers, cartographers and scientists, knows there is a vast market for his product. Some people have described his product […]

By Ken Niezgoda, BIZ Reporter President Barack Obama promised to elevate science to play a key role in the nation’s recovery. While the economic impact of this pledge is still taking shape as stimulus dollars trickle down, the impact of science on Oregon’s economy can be assessed through several key […]

By Associated Oregon Industries, Oregon Largest Business Lobby Outnumbered ten to one by medical marijuana advocates in a House Business & Labor Committee hearing this week, representatives of Oregon’s leading business organizations testified in support of HB 2497 and HB 3052.  These identical bills, sponsored by Representatives Bruce Hanna and […]

By Alyssa Williams, BIZ Reporter, The Oregon House Committee on Environment and Water voted to drop wine and liquor bottles last Thursday from the potential amendments to House Bill 2184 which would expand the almost 40-year-old Oregon Bottle Bill, Oregon’s beverage container return law. It was also decided to increase […]

By Bill Conerly, Businomics, Conerly Consulting, Housing Starts Weak Despite the Headlines.  The Wall Street Journal says, “Surprise Jump in Housing Starts.” Yahoo Finance says, “Housing Starts Surge Unexpectedly.” So let’s look at the data (Chart on Right): The uptick doesn’t seem to match the headlines.  We’ve seen a few […]

Oregon-Based Plastics Recycler First in Nation to Reclaim Synthetic Crude Oil from Unwanted Plastic. Agri-Plas ships first batches of crude oil to refinery BROOKS, Ore.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–In the latest showing of Oregon’s entrepreneurial and environmental prowess, Agri-Plas, an Oregon-based plastics recycler, is the first company in the nation to convert unwanted […]