Portland Business Alliance Value of Jobs Coalition reveals $2.7 billion earnings gap between Portland-metro college-educated workers, U.S. metro average The Value of Jobs coalition released a groundbreaking study examining Portland-metro’s decline in personal income per capita relative to the U.S. metro average. The findings show that Portland-metro’s college-educated workers earn […]

By Associated Oregon Industries, by John Ledger Two studies focusing on a carbon tax have been released recently.  The studies make different assumptions and have a different focus:  the NAM study on economic stability and the PSU study on GHG reductions and state tax revenue. The PSU study concludes that […]

Two tax practitioners catering to Hispanic community fined, barred from tax business By Oregon Attorney General The Oregon State Board of Tax Practitioners, in cooperation with the Oregon Department of Justice, recently concluded disciplinary action that should put two Oregon tax preparers out of business. In February, the Board of […]

Nike comments, “Tiger has always said he competes to win. When asked about his goals such as getting back to No. 1, he has said consistently winning is the way to get there. The statement references that sentiment and is a salute to his athletic performance.” Sports marketing consultant David […]

A Ford ad in India for their Figo compact car is reaching new grounds in offensive.  The ad lead to immediate firings of several employees and a public apology.  Watch the Wall Street Video below:

Michael Hendrix National Chamber Foundation It was the memo heard ‘round the world—or at least on the blogosphere. Marrissa Mayer’s Yahoo!, in a bid to reboot its bottom line, announced a ban on telecommuting. To be precise, an internal memo was leaked to an online news site. What was meant […]

Patrick Emerson PhD , OSU Economist Oregon Economics Blog Molly Young has a nice article in The Oregonian about the new Oregon jobs report. She focuses her attention in the unemployment rate that hasn’t budged much (the February rate is 8.4%) and the overall decline in the labor force. Go […]

By NFIB There is hostile, anti-business legislation afoot, reports NFIB State Director Jan Meekcoms from the State Capitol and one measure that would actually help. Definition of Employer House Bill 3142 is a repeated attempt to redefine employee, employer and wage. This bill would significantly expand the target of wage […]

Oregon Shares in $7 Million Google Settlement By Oregon Tax News, Oregon is party to a multistate settlement with Google, Inc. for the unauthorized collection of information from unsecured wireless networks by its Street View vehicles. The agreement, signed by the attorneys general of 38 states and the District of […]

University of Oregon Regional Economic Indexes By Tim Duy Oregon Economic Forum University of  Oregon Oregon economic indicators continued to improve in the first month of 2013. Highlights of the report include: • The Oregon Measure of Economic Activity rose to 0.49, compared to a revised -0.23 in in December. […]