Goldman Sachs, Synthetic CDOs, and … Fraud? By Bill Conerly, Conerly Consulting, Businomics, The Goldman Sachs fraud charges certainly make the company look sleazy, but one key fact seems not to be discussed too much:  the securities involved were synthetic CDOs, and I think that makes a big difference.  The […]

Governor Kulongoski reports that Federal Recovery Act continues to produce results in Oregon. $150 million in Recovery Act dollars funded approximately 5800 jobs in third quarter By Governor Ted Kulongoski, Salem – Governor Kulongoski announced today through Oregon’s third quarterly report on the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (Recovery Act) […]

Washington State’s 2010 Tax Package By Michele Radosevich, Garry Fujita, and Dirk Giseburt Davis, Wright and Tremaine LLP Every taxpayer in Washington will be directly or indirectly affected by massive changes to the Revenue Act of 1935, which is projected to raise close to $800 million in this biennium and […]

Republican Sen. Judd Gregg, Dem. Sen. Ron Wyden team up for Bipartisan Tax Fairness and Simplification Act as seen on the FoxNewsChannel — April 14, 2010

Miller Nash LLP, Oregon and Washington Law Firm Written by Jeffrey P. Chicoine, Madeline Engel If you start adding employees, do not miss this new tax incentive. On March 18, 2010, President Obama signed into law the Hiring Incentives to Restore Employment Act, sometimes called the HIRE or New Hire […]

Gallup recently did a follow-up poll on Obama health care reform and whether the public mood has changed and what is the demographic of the support and opposition.  Below are some of the results. Question: Congress recently passed legislation that restructures the nation’s healthcare system.  All in all, do you […]

This is an excellent video, please watch. The first 20 seconds are random before it kicks in and tells a compelling business story.

NFIB Small Business Legal Center fought for employers’ right to maintain a drug-free workplace Oregon NFIB Washington, D.C., April 15, 2010 — The National Federation of Independent Business Small Business Legal Center, the nation’s leading advocate for small business in our nation’s courts, today praised the Oregon Supreme Court’s decision […]

The Secretary of State’s Office released an audit report on how the Oregon Revenue Department can capture over a $100 million in lost revenue from 66,000 targeted taxpayers who likely owe the state money. Below is the report. From Secretary of State Audit Division Oregon residents, and non-residents with earnings […]

Oregon successfully fought a more onerous bill in 2009 by: John Ledger Associated Oregon Industries Oregon’s largest business advocate A vigorous effort is underway in California to put  Assembly Bill 32, the all-inclusive Greenhouse Gas (GHG) reduction measure passed in 2006, in the closet until the state has four consecutive […]