By J.L. Wilson Associated Oregon Industries Oregon’s largest business advocate This week, AOI joined a growing chorus of business groups across the country, including the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, in registering concern and opposition to new proposed regulations from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that would fundamentally alter the […]

By U.S. Chamber of Commerce, While no one knows for sure how or if Congress will address the pending fiscal cliff – the combination of tax hikes and spending cuts scheduled to take effect at the end of the year – one thing’s for sure: there’s a growing consensus that […]

CEO Barney Harford of the travel site, Orbitz, takes on the tough questions on how websites practice price discrimination based on if you are a PC or Mac. Is it legal? price descrimination? Watch the CNN video below.

By NFIB, On behalf of the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB), the nation’s leading small business advocacy organization, I am writing in support of H.R. 436, the Health Care Cost Reduction Act of 2012. This legislation would repeal tax increases from the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) […]

Supreme Court agrees with Ninth Circuit that drug company representatives are ‘salesmen’ Ater Wynne LLP NW Law frim Last week the Supreme Court affirmed a decision of the Ninth Circuit holding that pharmaceutical sales representatives are not entitled to overtime under the Fair Labor Standards Act because they are covered […]

By J.L. Wilson Associated Oregon Industries As AOI informed its members in March, a recent decision by the Oregon Court of Appeals will have huge liability ramifications for owners and members of limited liability companies (LLC’s) in Oregon.  In this case – Antonio Cortez v. Nacco Materials Handling Group, Inc. […]

By Patrick Emerson,, OSU Economics professor Oregon Economics Blog Via The Economist:

New Hotel Tax to Promote Tourism By Oregon Tax News The Portland City Council approved a new two percent hotel tax intended to help promote Portland tourism. The assessment applies to hotels with more than 50 rooms and takes effect on Oct. 1, 2012. Called the Portland Tourism Improvement District, […]

By U.S. Chamber of Commerce According to this new infographic published by Veracode, 50% of small business owners think they were too small to be a target of a cyberattack, and yet 72% of the known hacker breaches that occured in 2011 affected businesses with 100 employees or fewer. The […]

By 24/7 WallStreet 1) New Zealand No. of procedures necessary to start a business: 1 No. of days to start of business: 1 2010 GDP: $134 billion Percent employment by companies with 250+ employees: 42.1 percent