At Ground Zero progress is being made on the World Trade Center replacement building known as Freedom Tower and more commonly as the One World Trade Center Tower. The cost estimate is around $3.2 billion and this new World Trade Center tower will be the highest building in the nation. […]

U.S. Chamber Unveils Six-Point Plan for Job Creation — Launches Nationwide Print, Online, Social Media Ad Blitz;(ad here) WASHINGTON, D.C.—In a letter sent to President Obama and every member of Congress, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce this week unveiled its detailed jobs plan and called on leaders to take immediate […]

SCAM ALERT: WELLS FARGO PHISHING SCAM By Oregon Attorney General The Oregon Department of Justice Consumer Hotline has received a surge of complaints about telephone calls claiming to be from Wells Fargo Bank. The caller is telling consumers that their debit cards are locked and that they should provide their […]

By Bill Conerly, Conerly Consulting, Businomics This is an ugly calculation. My recently updated economic forecast through 2013 shows a wide gap between actual output and potential output. That is roughly equivalent to unemployment being above normal of five percent or so. In the last year of my forecast horizon, […]

Rep. Greg Walden receives direct assurance that no layoffs will occur at T-Mobile call centers in Oregon should merger be approved No layoffs expected at Redmond call center Congressman Greg Walden WASHINGTON, D.C. — Rep. Greg Walden received assurances from an AT&T official that no layoffs would occur at T-Mobile […]

Seventy-One Percent of Employers Say They Value Emotional Intelligence over IQ, By CareerBuilder CHICAGO,– With smaller staffs, higher stress levels and uncertainties around the economy, are employers changing what they look for in prospective employees? Thirty-four percent of hiring managers said they are placing greater emphasis on emotional intelligence when […]

by Sean Hackbarth U.S. Chamber “[T]wo Mexican trucking companies are on track to receive U.S. operating authority by the end of the month,” the Houston chronicle reports , in “a development that will help hundreds of U.S. companies regain their Mexican customers.” When these carriers receive preliminary operating authority, the […]

The CEO of Gibson guitars defends his company against federal investigators who have twice raided his stores saying that Gibson Guitars are using illegal wood. Gibson Guitars says they have been using the same wood from India for the past 17 years. Critics contend that this case might mean several […]

by David Cooke Oregon Employment Department In June, the average workweek for Oregon’s private-sector nonfarm payroll workers dropped to 33.6 hours from 34.4 hours in May. The June figure was slightly above the June 2010 average of 33.4 hours, and up from 33.0 in June 2009. Thus, the workweek has […]

Oregon Law FirmThe NLRB Seeks to Define When Facebook Posts are Protected Barran Liebman Oregon Law Firm The National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) recently released three memoranda from its Division of Advice which help outline the scope of protection workers enjoy when posting complaints about work on Facebook. In each […]