By Jabob Grier, Portland Writer Cocktail consultant, magician, blogger. Liquidity Preference Blog I awoke to the news I’ve been dreading for years: The FDA’s Center for Tobacco Products announced that it will extend its authority over cigarettes to all tobacco products, including cigars and e-cigarettes. When I last covered this […]

By NFIB Minimum wage advocates got their raise. Now they’re looking for more. With the first wage bump set for July 1, labor advocates are now seeking changes to the new minimum wage that would make it even more expensive for Oregon business owners. The Oregon Legislature approved the new […]

Posted by Felicia Bechtoldt Oregon Employment Department, Regardless of whether you have a bachelor’s degree or just graduated from high school, the top 15 skills employers seek for high-skill, medium-skill and low-skill occupations are similar according to estimates based on O*NET data. For the purposes of this analysis, high-skill occupations […]

NIKE Press Release, Two months ago, Nike introduced a custom track spike for sprinter Allyson Felix that pushed the performance and rapid prototyping possibilities of 3D printing further and hinted at the company’s goal of scaling the technology to deliver greater performance innovation faster. Today, it accelerates towards that future […]

By NFIB, The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB)  warned that the Department of Labor’s new overtime rule will mean higher costs for millions of small employers and that some salaried employees might find themselves sliding back into hourly jobs. “Entry-level management positions are going to disappear and those employees […]

By Oregon Employment Department, Marijuana use was first legalized in Oregon to some extent when the Oregon Medical Marijuana Program (OMMP) was approved in 1998. More recently, Oregon’s new recreational marijuana laws went into effect July 1, 2015. The law allows people 21 years of age and older to possess […]

By Oregon Craft Beer, Portland Brewing is teaming up with local comic company Dark Horse Comics to create a comic book cover in honor of their hit beer S.M.A.S.H. Pale Ale. Artist Ron Randall brings the sessionable pale ale to life as it’s own super hero character. More from the […]

U.S. Chamber of Commerce U.S. Chamber of Commerce Senior Vice President of Labor, Immigration, and Employee Benefits Randy Johnson issued the following statement  on the U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Health and Safety Administration’s (OSHA) final rule requiring employers to report their injury and illnesses: “The Chamber is deeply disappointed […]

by Bill Conerly, Oregon economist Conerly Consulting, Businomics New Business Competitors: Lessons from Leicester City Is there a small competitor about to clean your business’s clock? Will your sales be Amazoned, iPhoned or Ubered? Is there a Leicester in your league? The Leicester City Football Club just won the Barclay’s […]

By Josh Lehner Oregon Office of Economic Analysis Blog Raise your hand if you’ve heard that Oregon lags the business cycle? Or worse yet, that Oregon falls first and recovers last? Something along these lines really does seem to be the conventional wisdom. In this case, the conventional wisdom is […]