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 […]

Congressman Greg Walden If I told you that Congress came together during an election year to pass a bill that will help create hundreds of thousands of jobs, would you believe me? Congress recently put the finishing touches on a bipartisan agreement to extend the “middle class tax cut” for […]

U.S. Chamber’s Energy Institute Calls for Responsible Rhetoric on Oil and Gas Taxes By U.S. Chamber Karen Harbert, president and CEO of the U.S. Chamber’s Institute for 21st Century Energy, issued the following statement today regarding Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s comments that he will bring legislation to raise taxes […]

Visual walk-through of new Windows 8 — big changes Windows 8 makes the biggest changes of Mircsoft’s operating system in a decade. CNN does a visual walk-through to show how the PC & tablet forms are merged together as one system.

Oregon seeks to lead securities lawsuit against Bank of New York Mellon and recover $15.7 million in losses triggered by foreign currency trading scandal By Oregon State Treasurer Oregon Treasurer Ted Wheeler and Attorney General John Kroger announced that Oregon is seeking to co-lead a class action lawsuit and recover […]