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 […]

Home prices rising Josh Lehner Oregon Office of Economic Analysis Blog The latest Case-Shiller Home Price Indices showed that in general, home prices are increasing in April. In fact 17 out of 20 cities – Portland included – saw their home prices increase from March to April and 10 out […]

CNBC compiled a list of the top 15 highest paid jobs in America No. 15: Pharmacist •Average Salary: $112,160 •Current Employment: 272,320 No. 14: Air traffic controller •Average annual salary: $114,460 •Current employment: 23,580

State Treasurer says salaries for executives should be better connected to company performance By Oregon State Treasurer Oregon is helping to shine a spotlight on corporate compensation practices, with the goal of helping companies to be more responsible and more profitable. Oregon beneficiaries of public trust funds such as the […]

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 […]