By Josh Lehner Oregon Office of Economic Analysis Blog. Based on an inquiry, I have dug a bit deeper into the IRS migration data and wanted to share a few facts and figures. First off, I am defining metro Oregon and rural Oregon for these purposes. Metro Oregon are the […]

Wall Street Journal Opinion by Oregon Congressman Greg Walden and Michigan Congressman Fred Upton (10/16/13). President Obama is damaging the economy in a number of ways, but one often overlooked infliction is regulatory uncertainty. The administration has been unclear, to put it charitably, about how it plans to regulate entire […]

Japan Airlines Chooses Airbus Over Boeing By Oregon Small Business Association An October 7th press release by Airbus announced that Japan Airlines has signed a contract for 31 Airbus A350 wide-body jets plus options for another 25 aircraft. The announcement dealt a hard hit to Boeing, which has enjoyed decades […]

Facebook Chief Operating Officer Cheryl Sandberg is interviewed on questions on men-women workplace debate and criticism she has received on her latest book.

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 […]

Homeless and at-risk youth represent some of the highest unemployed demographic in Oregon. This T-shirt company has these jobless the focus of their hires.

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

The Wall Street Journal looks into trend forecasting of when we will see our first trillionaires.