By Internal Revenue Service, The Internal Revenue Service today issued its annual “Dirty Dozen” list of tax scams, reminding taxpayers to use caution during tax season to protect themselves against a wide range of schemes ranging from identity theft to return preparer fraud. The Dirty Dozen listing, compiled by the […]

A restaurant in New York became one of the first restaurants to accept Bitcoin — an online currency created by computers and not by a government body. Watch teh CNN video below.

Michael Hendrix Director, Research & Emerging Issues Forum for U.S. Innovation, US Chamber Whatever happened to tomorrow? We used to talk about a future brimming with unheard-of technologies. Just take a look at these vintage Popular Science covers to see what I mean. We used to dream big—and then something […]

By Josh Lehner Oregon Office of Economic Analysis Blog. The following post takes a look at Oregon Lottery sales from both a high level perspective in terms of consumer spending trends and from a somewhat longer perspective over the business cycle. What follows below is the baseline outlook our office […]

Internet tax surfaces again  By Oregon Tax News, A bill proposed by three prominent U.S. senators would give states broad new taxing power over online retailers located outside their boundaries. The Marketplace Fairness Act was proposed in February by Senators Mike Enzi (R-WY), Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Lamar Alexander (R-TN) […]

The Disability Monster: A More Sober Analysis Patrick Emerson PhD , OSU Economist Oregon Economics Blog I have a bit of a love-hate relationship with “Planet Money,” the This American Life way that NPR has chosen to cover economics issues. Taking the mannered, long-form story-telling approach to economics issues can […]

University of Oregon Regional Economic Indexes By Tim Duy Oregon Economic Forum University of  Oregon Here is the University of Oregon State of Oregon Economic Indicators for February 2013.  The release date is April 4, 2013.  Special thanks to our sponsor, KeyBank. Oregon economic indicators improved further in February 2013. […]

Employers must exercise caution when withdrawing offers of employment Ater Wynne LLP NW Law frim The Oregon Supreme Court in Cocchiara v. Lithia Motors, Inc., (discussed in our earlier blog post here) opened up the possibility of a promissory estoppel or fraud claim against an employer who withdraws an offer […]

Facebook has made a big launch of their new Facebook phone called “Home”. It is software that changes the entire display on your smartphone and makes it interactive to your friends instead of just a list of apps (as most phones are now). See video review below.

U.S. Chamber of Commerce U.S. Chamber Statement Supporting Lesser-Skilled Visa Program U.S. Chamber of Commerce Senior Vice President of Labor, Immigration, and Employee Benefits Randy Johnson issued the following statement expressing support for the new lesser-skilled visa program that has been negotiated by the Senate Gang of 8 as a […]