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.  

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 […]

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 […]

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, […]

University of Oregon Regional Economic Indexes By Tim Duy Oregon Economic Forum University of  Oregon Oregon’s economy continues to grow at an average pace. Highlights of the report include: • The Oregon Measure of Economic Activity was 0.03 in August while the three-month moving average, which smooths month-to-month volatility in […]