Flash Cookie changes how marketers can track users online By Oregon Small Business Association, Marketers have a fresh, new tracking tool to follow you online and it’s tougher to beat.  In the past, the best way to preserve online anonymity is to delete your cookies, the bits of computer code […]

NW Business Litigation Blog Ater Wynne Oregon Attorneys at Law Washington’s domestic partnership law, which went into effect on December 3, 2009, provides that for all purposes, registered domestic partners must be treated the same as married spouses, unless doing so would conflict with state law.  “Registered domestic partners” include […]

By Bill Conerly, Conerly Consulting, Businomics, Some say that we have added no jobs in the past 10 years, and they are calling it a “lost decade.”  What they see is a product of bad data analysis.  Here’s the actual U.S. employment data, plotted in blue:

State tax agency asks you to wait until after special election to file 2009 tax returns Oregon Department of Revenue, SALEM—If you’re in a hurry to file your tax return, the Oregon Department of Revenue asks you to hold on to it until after the January 26 special election.  “If […]

By Aaron Crowley, Oregon business owner and author of Less Chaos, More Cash My good friend Scott called me the other day and he was shouting, “I shouldn’t have to explain this!  It goes without saying!”   You see, he recently started a small business, detailing luxury cars, and he had […]

DeFazio Introduces Transaction Tax By Oregon Small Business Association, Oregon Representative Peter DeFazio and others in Congress are pushing a new concept that would fund spending programs by taxing securities and derivative transactions.  Supporters argue that H.R. 4191, Let Wall Street Pay for the Restoration of Main Street Act of […]

By Louis A. Ferreira Stoel Rives LLP, Attorneys at Law Congress has proposed legislation that would amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to increase both civil and criminal penalties, expand coverage, and create new obligations for employers. Congress has not acted recently on the bill, named the […]

Do temporary cuts in public education spending affect outcomes? By Dr. Eric Fuits, EconInternational As Oregonians mull their ballots for Measures 66 and 67, proponents remind them of the Doonesbury year.  The year was 2003 and Oregonians overwhelmingly rejected an increase in income taxes to fund what legislators call “vital […]

By Oregon Tax News, New regulations, taxes, and fees and even some interesting new tax credits may be in store for this year.  Federal agencies and Congress will consider numerous policy proposals that will increase regulatory action, increase taxation, and even provide a tax breaks.  Currently, dogs, cats, and other […]

By Bill Conerly, Conerly Consulting, Businomics, I always loved listening to Johnny Paycheck sing Take This Job and Shove It.  Now some workers are actually saying that.  Here’s the number of quits in the entire economy: Quits are still well down from the boom days, but the latest news suggests […]