by Sheryll Poe, Free Enterprise U.S. Chamber of Commerce Power company workers from Decatur Utilities drove hours from Alabama to lend a hand in New Jersey restoring electricity to the thousands who desperately needed it, only to be told by the local power company workers union they were not welcome […]

Recreational Marijuana in Washington: Now What? By Paula A. Barran and Iris K. Tilley Barran Liebman Oregon Law Firm As of this writing, it appears that Washington is going to pass Initiative Measure 502 which begins: “The people intend to stop treating adult marijuana use as a crime and try […]

Portland firm creates James Bond commercial for Sony By Oregon Small Business Association  The Portland-based advertising firm of Wieden+Kennedy created a commercial for Sony featuring James Bond storming an embassy, being tracked and identified with the use of the latest Sony technology. The airing of the video, titled “Mouse and […]

Oregon Business Employment Dynamics: Fourth Quarter, 2011 by Phoebe Colman Oregon Employment Department In the fourth quarter of 2011, seasonally adjusted gross job gains in Oregon’s private sector decreased from 100,035 to 92,624, while gross job losses increased from 78,502 to 92,328 (Graph 1). The result of these changes was […]

Patrick Emerson PhD , OSU Economist Oregon Economics Blog And a cautionary tale of trying to control them. Before getting all pedantic let’s cut to the chase and point out two things about ‘price gouging’ now that the topic is all the rage (see here and here) given gas and […]

Food for Thought: Optimism and Intel By Josh Lehner Oregon Office of Economic Analysis Blog Almost everyone expects the recovery to remain lackluster into at least the middle of next year. However, a growing number of economic forecasters are becoming more optimistic over the medium term (2-5 years out). For […]

The Wall Street Journal did a video interview on how the latest social media technology impacted the 2012 race. See video below.

By U.S. Chamber of Commerce Congress returns November 13 for an abbreviated postelection session dominated by tax and spending issues. But with just 16 working days on the congressional calendar for November and December, the outlook for progress is bleak. “The forces of polarization are pulling both parties and the […]

Nike facing stiff competition from Adidas By Oregon Small Business Association When Nike’s shirt deal with the London club Arsenal expires in 2013-4, the German manufacturer Adidas is hoping to lure Arsenal away with a kit-supply bid that will at least double Arsenal’s $21 million annual profits. According to the […]

University of Oregon Regional Economic Indexes By Tim Duy Oregon Economic Forum University of  Oregon Oregon economic indicators were softer in September.  Highlights of the report include: Oregon economic indicators were softer in August, although most of the decline is attributed to softer employment figures.  As mentioned previously, employment data […]