A pizza restaurant in Houston Texas, Patrone Pizza, is causing a ruckus by offering a free pizza to those who order it in Spanish. MNBC reports below in the video: Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy

West Coast Pump Prices Begin to Ease; National Average Dips Ahead of Memorial Day Travel By Oregon — American Automobile Association “Retail gas prices on the West Coast are close to historic highs, but there are signs prices in this region will begin to ease as the Memorial Day weekend […]

Key Workforce Challenges: Slow Job Growth by Nick Beleiciks, Gail Krumenauer Oregon Employment Department, Job growth following the recession has been excruciatingly slow. One measure of employment, the number of jobs covered by unemployment insurance, shows that Oregon lost a net 147,900 jobs during the recession. During the next 25 […]

By Senate Majority Office The Oregon Legislature’s Emergency Board approved a request for funding this morning that will launch a foreclosure mediation program to help struggling homeowners by July of this year. The program created by Senate Bill 1552 was approved in the final hours of the February Session and […]

Eco-nomics: Is Protectionism Green? By Patrick Emerson, Oregon Economics Blog An interesting trade case has been playing out in Washington that has direct implications for Oregon. The Oregonian reports again on the burgeoning trade war on solar panels between the US and China. The war, you may recall has begun […]

The Oregon Community Foundation The Oregon Community Foundation announced a $150 million gift from the estate of Fred W. Fields. The gift will establish the Fred W. Fields Fund of The Oregon Community Foundation to support education and the arts. It is the largest single gift ever made to OCF […]

Skechers signs agreements with the Federal Trade Commission, 44 states and the District of Columbia By Oregon Attorney General Attorney General John Kroger today announced a $45 million global resolution of allegations that Skechers made unsubstantiated health claims about certain brands of athletic shoes. Consumers who purchased Shape-ups, Tone-ups or […]

A U.S. Chamber of Commerce online poll shows that the leading obstacle to economic growth overwhelmingly lies with the events between the election and end-of-year tax/spending changes.

CNN does a profile of Cheryl Sandberg the Chief Operating Officer of Facebook.

By Portland Business Alliance The 2012 Clean & Safe Downtown Development/Redevelopment report shows a considerable uptick in the real estate and development market within Portland’s central city. The annual report focuses on development and redevelopment projects that are recently completed, under construction, planned or completed in the last five years. […]