Oregon Supreme Court on apparent agency liability for personal injuries By Ater Wynne LLP Oregon law firm The Oregon Supreme Court held that an LLC that leased office space to a physician could not be held liable on an apparent agency theory for physical injuries suffered by the physician’s patient. […]

Patrick Emerson, PhD OSU Economics Professor Oregon Economics We got into an impromptu discussion in class yesterday about gas prices – I think they are starting to hit undergrads wallets very hard. There was a lot of questioning of whether some market manipulation is going on since the NW is […]

By Oregon Small Business Association American teenagers are leaving the auto market and instead spending more on fashion, food, wine and beauty products. Less on cars Research shows that the number of teens owning a used car has dropped from seven million to four million in only five years. Fewer […]

By Oregon Tax News There are huge trends and shifts in the media and it impacts how people consume their news. 1. Big U.S. media companies bought back record amounts of their own shares in the last year. Cable television networks drew strong viewership and advertising dollars, generating cash despite […]

Oregon’s Average Weekly Wages are Not Matching Inflation by David Cooke In February, when I last wrote about earnings trends, I noted the steadily rising weekly wages of Oregon workers over the past few years. In reply, an astute reader suggested I take inflation into account, and then see what […]

Oregon Investment Council looks to Asia for new opportunities to benefit Oregonians — Pending successful negotiations over fees, Oregon to commit $225 million to KKR Asian Fund II By Oregon State Treasurer To achieve strong returns to benefit Oregonians, the state invests in business opportunities around the planet – from […]

Six years ago, Henry Ford’s great-grandson, Bill Ford, had to make a bold call for more funds and entere dinto a $23 billion loan from multiple banks.   At stake was the rights to the famous blue oval logo and other iconic brands and images.    The loan came through and that […]

By Cascade Policy Institute Testimony before hearing by John Charles Oregon’s public purpose tax was enacted in 1999 through the passage of Senate Bill 1149. The tax went into effect on March 1, 2002. The stated purposes were to subsidize “new cost-effective local energy conservation, new-market transformation efforts, the above-market […]

Oregon Ranked 42nd For Business — the biggest drop of any state By Oregon Small Business Association Oregon is an unfriendly state when it comes to business, according to 650 CEO’s surveyed by ChiefExecutive.net. The survey ranked Oregon No. 42, down 15 spots since 2008, the biggest drop in the […]

By Bill Conerly, Oregon economist Businomics, Conerly Consulting Is the Facebook IPO a flop? Not on your life. It’s a sign that Silicon Valley has gotten as smart about finance as it has been about technology. I like it. The smackdown of Facebook comes from the lack of a price […]