By NFIB, NFIB’s monthly jobs report shows a general slowdown in employment activity for small businesses in March, with a seasonally adjusted net 11% planning to create new jobs in the next three months, down one point from February and the lowest level since May 2020. “Job openings on Main […]

Wyden Praises FCC Move To Protect Consumers and Government Personnel from Hackers and Foreign Spies Exploiting Wireless Carriers’ Lax Security to Track Phones FCC Announcement Targets SS7 and Diameter Vulnerabilities Used by Foreign Surveillance Firms to Spy on Journalists, Government Officials By U.S. Senator Ron Wyden Washington, D.C. – U.S. […]

Research and Development Tax Credit Rulemaking Begins By Oregon Business & Industry In 2023, the Legislature passed HB 2009, which created a research and development tax available to Oregon-based semiconductor industry manufacturers. This credit will be an important tool to enhance Oregon’s semiconductor footing in the short run. In 2025, […]

The Oregon Division of Financial Regulation Press Release, March 27, 2024 Salem – The Oregon Division of Financial Regulation (DFR) has reached a settlement agreement in principle with a cryptocurrency asset platform for violating state securities regulations. The group of affiliated companies – Plutus Financial Holdings Inc., Plutus Financial Inc., […]

BY NFIB, WASHINGTON, D.C. (March 26, 2024) – The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB), the nation’s leading small business advocacy organization, issued the following statement from Vice President of Federal Government Relation Jeff Brabant regarding the Visa and Mastercard anti-trust settlement: “We are pleased that Visa has finally recognized […]

By Oregon Business and Industry On March 20, the Biden administration announced an $8.5 billion investment in Intel and promised an additional $11 billion in loans to help build plants in several states. According to The Oregonian, Intel’s award is the largest from the $52 billion CHIPS Act, which Congress […]

By Oregon Attorney General, Press Release, Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum this morning joined the US Department of Justice (USDOJ) and a coalition of 15 state Attorneys General and the District of Columbia, in filing a civil antitrust lawsuit against Apple for monopolization or attempted monopolization of smartphone markets in violation […]

By Portland Metro Chamber, On February 28, Jon Isaacs, the Executive Vice President of Public Affairs for the Portland Metro Chamber, testified to Mayor Ted Wheeler and City Commissioners Rene Gonzalez, Mingus Mapps, Carmen Rubio, and Dan Ryan, advocating for significant amendments to the Downtown Business Incentive Tax Credit (DBITC) […]

A Profile of OBI Members Series By Oregon Business & Industry Nineteen twenty nine was an eventful year in American and Oregon history. The stock market crashed. Intel co-founder Gordon Moore was born. And as the Great Depression set in, Italian immigrant Rose Biggi began bottling horseradish in her Beaverton […]

3/12/24: Oregon Employers: Watch Out for Tip Pooling Rules March 12, 2024 By Chris Morgan, Natalie Pattison & Andrew Schpak Oregon Barran Liebman LLP Oregon employers who use a tip pool to collect and distribute tips should review their current practices as soon as possible to ensure compliance in the […]