Oregon’s Unemployment Rate Lowest in Three Years by Nick Beleiciks Oregon Employment Department Oregon’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 9.1 percent in November, a drop of 0.4 percentage point from 9.5 percent in October. The latest figures indicate that Oregon’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate has been on a generally declining […]

Most outrageous lawsuits of 2011 By FacesOfLawsuitAbuse.org FacesOfLawsuitAbuse.org has compiled some of the most egregious examples of frivolous and abusive litigation from around the country and asked you to tell us which ones were the most ridiculous. These suits range from the comical and absurd to the disturbing, but they […]

Video: 2011 Tech Disasters In 2011, the corporate world saw some of the biggest and best tech companies make giant mistakes. CNN helps review which mistakes were made and how they handled it.

CLU Center for Economic Research & Forecasting Oregon Economics California has now had three consecutive months of job gains, and the State’s unemployment rate has been declining, albeit slowly. That’s an improvement, but it’s not time to break out the bubbly. For one thing, those job gains have been pretty […]

What if you gave away health care and no one showed up? by Eric Fruits EconInternationalOregon’s governor has a plan to “transform” the delivery of health care in the state. At first blush, it seems that the state will jettison its experiment with the Oregon Health Plan that made headlines […]

2011 has been the year of Bill Gates bashing — To his credit, Bill has handled it all in stride By Oregon Small Business Association From government criticisms to former co-workers, 2011 was a year full of unusually sharp and personal criticism of Bill Gates. First of all, Governing Magazine […]

Requiring a High School Diploma May Violate the ADA Barran Liebman Oregon Law Firm The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) posted an informal discussion letter to its Web site addressing employment qualification standards, including high school diplomas, and concerns they may raise under the ADA. As the EEOC explained, qualification […]

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By Kathryn Hickock Cascade Policy Institute Struggling parents with children’s clothing and toys on layaway are finding that anonymous strangers have paid their balances down to a penny at Kmart and other stores across the country. Retailers have known “Secret Santas” for years, but this Christmas season appears to be […]

Business Video Pick of the Week: CNBC business video interview gives gold a positive forecast but with big caution.