by Sean Hackbarth U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Innovation runs amok when trial lawyers find new ways to attack businesses. In Investors Business Daily, U.S. Chamber President and CEO, Tom Donohue lets us know about “tort tourism,” lawyers traveling the globe in search of sympathetic courts where they can sue companies […]

A long standing funeral home is partnering with Starbucks to serve coffee and food to their clients. Watch the video to see it for yourself. Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy

By Bill Conerly, Oregon Economist Conerly Consulting, Businomics Fortune Magazine published this great chart. You can read the commentary, but like all great charts, this one speaks for itself.

by Eric Fruits, pH.D Oregon economist Econ-International Blog In Portland, folks live in a house the size of dining room and in New York, the mayor is pushing apartments no bigger than a few refrigerator boxes taped together. OPB’s Think Out Loud radio show interviews the Portland owner of a […]

Nike’s secret meeting with U.S. Treasure Secretary Tim Geithner By Oregon Tax News, Tim Geithner, U.S. Treasury Secretary, visited Portland in April and held a private meeting with about a dozen CEOs of major corporations. The Portland Business Journal wanted to know what was discussed behind the closed doors. Only […]

Associated Oregon Industries Oregon’s Largest Business Advocate AOI has begun to receive questions about requirements and penalties that the law imposes on employers. This article attempts to answer some of those questions. Although the federal health reform law (PPACA) does not explicitly mandate an employer to offer employees acceptable health […]

By Oregon Attorney General Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum announced that an agreement has been reached in principle with GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) to return $6.7 million to the Oregon Medicaid program to resolve allegations that GSK engaged in various illegal schemes related to the marketing and pricing of drugs it manufactures. Oregon’s […]

Study Reveals What Salary Level Equals Success, By Career Builder How much do you need to earn to be successful? A new study from CareerBuilder finds that lofty salaries aren’t always part of the definition. The vast majority of U.S. workers – 75 percent – don’t feel that they need […]

The Wall Street Journal interviews MarketWatch for their front-page announcement on their prediction of an upcoming recession.

2012 Enterprising States Study By U.S. Chamber of Commerce Top Performing States for Growth, Productivity, and Livability 1. North Dakota—Finished in the top 10 in six of the seven performance-ranking categories, topping the list in four growth categories: short-term jobs, long-term jobs, gross state product (GSP), and per capita personal […]