Ex-Microsoft manager forms coalition for national marijuana rebranding Business News Note, A group of big Washignton State businessmen including former Microsoft manager, Jamen Shively, are working to design the first ever national brand of marijuana. A coalition of dispensaries from Washington, California and Colorado has been formed. For more watch […]

By Oregon Better Business Bureau Better Business Bureau is alerting consumers to the recent upswing in cybercrime dollar losses. The Internet Crime Complaint Center has released its annual report this week and statistics show that cybercrimes bilked consumers for more than $525 million in 2012—an 8.3 percent increase from 2011. […]

Greater Portland Inc. has released a new tablet app to attract businesses to the Portland Metro area. The app compares Portland with other business cities criteria around the nation. Last week Adobe Digital Publishing honored the app with their App of the Week helping make it national news. Watch the […]

By  J.L. Wilson Associated Oregon Industries At the outset of the 2013 Legislative Session, AOI introduced a number of bills aimed at helping modernize Oregon employment law and fixing problems. At this point, it appears that two of AOI’s concepts will pass this session. SB 678 ensures that LLC owners […]

Record number of Oregonians are investing record amount for higher education through state ‘529’ plan By Oregon State Treasurer Oregon 529 College Savings Network reaches $1.8 billion in combined assets as of March 31 More families than ever are saving for higher education and job training through Oregon’s tax-saving college […]

U.S. Chamber of Commerce When the administration of President Obama came to office in 2009, his arrival put Democrats, who also ran of both houses of Congress, in total control of the federal government. With this unchecked majority, work quickly began on the so-called Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), […]

University of Oregon Regional Economic Indexes By Tim Duy Oregon Economic Forum University of  Oregon Oregon economic indicators improved further in April 2013. Highlights of the report include: • The Oregon Measure of Economic Activity rose to 0.33 in April from a revised -0.03 previous month. The three-month moving average, […]

By Jan Meekcoms Oregon NFIB (Originally published in Salem Business Journal) Would you be leery of buying an automobile from a Nike dealership, shopping at a Weyerhaeuser supermarket or dining at a Boeing restaurant? Probably so. What, you might rightly ask, do any of these firms know about fields they’re […]

Oregon’s Payroll Employment Increases for the Seventh Consecutive Month by David Cooke Oregon Employment Department Oregon’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 8.0 percent in April. It has trended downward for nearly four years. On a seasonally adjusted basis, nonfarm payroll employment in Oregon rose by 3,700 jobs in April. Large […]

U.S. Chamber of Commerce Authorities are trying to determine what caused the I-5 bridge to collapse about 60 miles north of Seattle in Skagit County.  While the cause of the collapse is not yet known, this unfortunate occurrence does provide a window into what happens to supply chains and passenger […]