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October 18, 2013 - 6 reasons 25-year olds aren’t moving out of parents home

U.S. Chamber of Commerce Anthony Carnevale and his team at Georgetown University’s Center on Education and Workforce have released a report that analyzes labor market trends for both younger and older adults. Failure to Launch: Structural Shift and the New Lost Generation outlines how the modern economy has negatively impacted […]



October 16, 2013 - PR disasters: OHSU, Intel & vineyard

2013 Oregon PR disasters hit OHSU, Intel & Troon vineyard By Oregon Small Business Association Three Oregon area businesses suffered bad public relations news this summer.  Each incident was handled with professionalism but demonstrate to all businesses the various ways small vulnerabilities can expand into front page headlines. OHSU pulls […]


October 14, 2013 - Google fights back on two privacy cases

Davis Dwight & Tremaine LLP Oregon business law firm By John D. Seiver and Christin McMeley Google is not going down without a fight Google is seeking further review in two cases we wrote about last week on alleged Wiretap Act violations.  In the Gmail case, where Google was charged […]


October 14, 2013 - Oregon vs other states on jobs gains, recession

By Josh Lehner Oregon Office of Economic Analysis Blog. The following graphs are something I plan on leveraging more from in the future, however for now I just wanted to share. These compare the past two recessions across states and then the initial few years of expansion following the bottoming […]



October 11, 2013 - Teamsters fury over trade pact

U.S. Chamber of Commerce An article in the New York Times with the “shocking” headline that “European Officials Consulted Business Leaders on Trade Pact” has got International Brotherhood of Teamsters General President Jim Hoffa all in a lather. Specifically, Hoffa is outraged that “the business lobby has been included in […]


October 10, 2013 - Ron Wyden, Rand Paul push surveillance bill

Oregon U.S. Senator Ron Wyden U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden today pressed top intelligence officials on the problems of building “an intelligence collection system that repeatedly deceived the American people” during an open hearing held by the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence. Wyden, along with U.S. Senators Mark Udall, D-Colo., Richard […]


October 9, 2013 - Legislature delivers big results for business

by J.L. Wilson Associated Oregon Industries Historic Bi-partisan Agreement Reduces PERS Liabilities by $4.6 Billion & Delivers Significant Small Business Tax Relief Against the backdrop of dysfunctional national politics, the Oregon Legislature came together on a sweeping bipartisan agreement to curb PERS liabilities, add $100 million to K-12 school funding, […]