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September 27, 2012 - Bussiness Alliance: Ballot Measure, Labor & Treasurer endorsements

By Portland Business Alliance The Portland Business Alliance board of directors today announced its positions on a number of ballot measures and its endorsement of several candidates. A complete list is below. Dennis Rawlinson, chair of the Alliance’s board of directors and firm chair of Miller Nash, made the following […]

September 26, 2012 - Who’s hiring in Oregon? — A look at firms hiring by the hundreds

Who’s hiring in Oregon? — Where the new jobs are By Oregon Small Business Association Consumer Cellular opens 650 jobs When T-Mobile closed its call center earlier this year, 359 workers lost their jobs. Those employees were offered positions at other T-Mobile locations. But now they have another option. Consumer […]

September 25, 2012 - Oregon recessions by comparrison

Oregon Unemployment Aug. 2012 By Josh Lehner Oregon Office of Economic Analysis Blog Just a few updates on Oregon (un)employment following the Employment Department’s release of August 2012 data this morning. With the strong gains seen in recent months in the payroll data (survey of businesses), employment is now tracking […]

September 24, 2012 - Labor Board rules on electronic postings that damage a company

National Labor Relations Board Finds Rule Prohibiting Electronic Posting of Damaging Statements Illegal By Nelson Atkin Barran Liebman Oregon Law Firm National Labor Relations Board Finds Rule Prohibiting Electronic Posting of Damaging Statements Illegal In a continuing series of decisions attempting to expand employee’s labor rights, the National Labor Relations […]

September 23, 2012 - Generational workplace differences: Values, hours & promotions

By Career Builder, A new generation of professionals entering management means the correlation between seniority and leadership could be disappearing. One third (34 percent) of U.S. workers say their boss is younger than they are and 15 percent say they work for someone who is at least ten years younger, […]

September 22, 2012 - Trends in America’s billionaire list — Zuckerberg dives

The Wall Street Journal reviews the ups and downs of America’s billionaires based from Forbes’ recent listing. The most notable fall is Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg who saw his rank go from 14 to 36. Watch the Wall Street Video below.

September 21, 2012 - Freedom Index: Canada 5th, USA 18th?

By U.S. Chamber of Commerce Here are the top ten economically most-free countries according to the latest Economic Freedom of the World (EFW) report published by Canada’s Fraser Institute and the Cato Institute: 1. Hong Kong 2. Singapore 3. New Zealand 4. Switzerland 5. Australia 6. Canada 7. Bahrain 8. […]

September 20, 2012 - Verizon tops Portland’s data speed race, fewest dropped calls

By Oregon News Note, Verizon does the best among Portland’s cellular carriers, says a new report from RootMetrics, a cellular data-gathering agency. The city has been tested three times over the past twelve months, and a few helpful facts have emerged.

September 19, 2012 - Wall Street Journal encourages Oregon death tax repeal

Wall Street Editorial, 9-14-2012 Small business owners and farmers have been some of the hardest hit by the tough economy, and those who stay afloat increasingly worry they won’t be able to pass on their enterprises to the next generation. In liberal Oregon, of all places, a measure will be […]

September 18, 2012 - Oregon Tax Reform answers by OSU Economist

Patrick Emerson PhD , OSU Economist Oregon Economics Blog I am following with some interest the latest foray in to state ‘tax reform’ by the governor. I think it is a good time to repeat what I have said and documented in these pages many times: A sales tax will […]