By Portland Business Allliance The Portland Business Alliance board of directors today announced its endorsement in a number of regional races. A complete list is below. Mitch Hornecker, chair of the Alliance’s Government Relations Executive Committee, made the following statement about the Alliance endorsements: “The Alliance is maintaining a sharp […]

Cash Mobs offer Oregon hi-tech rescue By Oregon Small Business Association Small, locally-owned businesses across the country are getting a boost from a new phenomenon called cash mobs. The economic counterpart to flash mobs, cash mobs are mass runs on a local business for the purpose of buying products and […]

Oregon’s Prompt Pay Acts Strengthened and Clarified in 2012 By C. Andrew Gibson Stoel Rives LLP, Oregon Law Firm Ahead of Schedule Parties to construction contracts take notice: the legislature enacted new consequences and contract restrictions to Oregon’s Prompt Pay Acts starting in 2012. On public improvement contracts first advertised […]

By U.S. Chamber of Commerce Free Enterprise Attention business owners: There’s more to cheer about than your favorite team making it past the first round in the NCAA Tournament this year. According to University of Richmond psychologist Donelson Forsyth, participation in company betting pools, checking score updates, and coffee chatter […]

By Guest Submission, Waterloo Restaurant Ventures, operator of the Macaroni Grill restaurants in Portland, Seattle, and San Francisco, filed for bankruptcy on March 8. The corporation is based in Vancouver but filed in North Texas; it operates 10 Macaroni Grills, some of which are in Portland, Hillsboro, Tualatin, and Clackamas, […]

The Wall Street Journal features a video discussion on NW billionaire Paul Allen and his recent $300 million donation for health research. See video below to see more details.

The Economic Recovery—For Real Estate Too? by Bill Conerly Conerly Consulting, Businomics The economy is looking better, with growth in employment, retail spending, and manufacturing production. Will the economic recovery spread to real estate? Some good news has already arrived, but not enough to make most real estate professionals happy. […]

Colmbia River Crossing bridge sinking under its own mistakes  By Oregon Small Business Association, Recent developments regarding the funding, design, and purpose of the Columbia River Crossing’s (CRC) plans for a new bridge linking Portland and Vancouver have renewed concerns of opponents who believe the project is ill conceived, too […]

By American Automobile Association– Oregon “Oregon’s statewide average for regular unleaded climbs to $4 a gallon today, rising seven-tenths of a cent overnight to push the statewide average above the $4 mark for the first time since 2008. For the week, the Oregon average adds two-and-a-half cents to $4.00 while […]

Post office to close offices in Bend, Salem & Eugene. By Oregon Tax News, The U.S. Postal Service is making a few concessions to efficiency and closing four mail sorting centers in Oregon, part of its campaign to slash costs by closing more than 260 mail processing places nationwide. The […]