By Amy Vander Vliet Published Sep-21-2009 The latest report from the state Office of Economic Analysis (OEA) contains more good news than it has in a while. The freefall is over, the worst is behind us, and recovery is in sight. However, once here, the recovery both in Oregon and […]

By Doug Batey LCC Law Monitor Stoel Rives LLP, Attorneys at Law Portland, Most business people who are familiar with the tax treatment of LLCs understand that LLCs are tax-efficient. LLCs are taxed as partnerships (except in the rare event that they elect to be taxed as corporations). Since they […]

Eco-nomics: Full Information and Efficiency By Patrick Emerson Oregon Economics Blog One of the requirements necessary for a free market to reliably achieve an efficient outcome is full and symmetric information. So this article on a smart electricity grid pilot project is pretty interesting. What this project did, in essence, […]

Q&A with Mark Burles, Senior Vice President Ipsos Public Affairs , Seattle Should US business be concerned over the recent Obama tire tariff? Burles: Absolutely. The last thing the global economy needs is for a trade war to erupt between the US and China. That said, it is a complicated […]

USA Today Reports, “Housing is getting even less affordable.  More Americans found housing unaffordable last year, even though home prices across the U.S. have taken a major fall. More than 40 million spent 30% or more of their household income on housing costs, 600,000 more than in 2007, according to […]

Understanding, Addressing, and Resolving Bullying Behavior in Your Workplace By Dunn, Carney, Allen, Higgins & Tongue Bullying in the workplace is a common, and often misunderstood problem.  In a 2007 survey, half of the employees interviewed said they had heard someone scream at a co-worker during work.  Almost one-third acknowledged […]

From Businessweek, “Republican gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman said she wants to cut state spending by another $15 billion and reduce California’s existing state work force by 17 percent, even as the state has wrestled with budget shortfalls in recent years that have led to deep cuts in education and other […]

By Dr. Eric Fruits Econinternational

Final Health Care Reform Bill Released: Let the Reconciliation Begin Barran Liebman LLP The Senate Finance Committee officially released its health care bill, the last of the 5 bills to be introduced in the health care debate. This alert focuses on the impacts on employer based health insurance and not […]

By Oregon Employment Department, Oregon’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate rose to 12.2 percent in August from the revised July figure of 11.8 percent. Oregon’s unemployment rate has been close to 12 percent for the six month period March through August, following a steep run-up during the prior nine months. Oregon’s […]