By Oregon News Note, Verizon does the best among Portland’s cellular carriers, says a new report from RootMetrics, a cellular data-gathering agency. The city has been tested three times over the past twelve months, and a few helpful facts have emerged.

Wall Street Editorial, 9-14-2012 Small business owners and farmers have been some of the hardest hit by the tough economy, and those who stay afloat increasingly worry they won’t be able to pass on their enterprises to the next generation. In liberal Oregon, of all places, a measure will be […]

Patrick Emerson PhD , OSU Economist Oregon Economics Blog I am following with some interest the latest foray in to state ‘tax reform’ by the governor. I think it is a good time to repeat what I have said and documented in these pages many times: A sales tax will […]

By U.S. Chamber of Commerce A state’s legal climate is an increasingly important factor in business decisions, according to a survey of senior attorneys and executives conducted for the U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform (ILR) by Harris Interactive. Seventy percent of the 1,125 survey respondents say that a state’s […]

News item of the week: The Wall Street Journal ran a front page article about the troubling signs for banks as customers lose customers who have checking accounts, savings accounts, credit cards, debit cards and check cards. The Journal reports that nearly 12 million American are handling their finances outside […]

Apple’s newly debuted iPhone5 has some features no other phone can do. The video below is from the Apple press announcement where they in some detail show off the latest features. Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy

Treasurer calls for more diversity on corporate boards to improve perspectives, increase long-term value New database could boost gender, racial and geographic representation – and bolster Oregon By Oregon State Treasurer  Across the varied landscape of public companies, the boards of directors who help call the shots are strikingly homogenous. […]

US District Court Delivers Another Blow to NLRB By Todd Lyon and Valerie Berg By Barran Liebman, Oregon Law Firm A United States District Judge in Arizona upheld a state constitutional amendment on September 5, 2012, which requires secret ballot elections if workers want to organize a labor union. During […]

University of Oregon Regional Economic Indexes By Tim Duy Oregon Economic Forum University of  Oregon Economic indicators slipped in July, but some special factors were at play. Highlights of the report include: The Oregon Measure of Economic Activity fell to -1.03 from -0.66 in June (“zero” for this measure indicates […]

by Bill Conerly, Oregon economist Conerly Consulting, Businomics I was invited to testify before a joint session of Oregon’s Senate Finance and Revenue Committee and the House Revenue Committee to discuss how private sector businesses are dealing with economic uncertainty. I began with one of my favorite slides, which shows […]