Press Release from Gene Biggi and family. We have decided not to sell our family property to the City of Beaverton for the purpose of building a stadium for Merritt Paulson.  Sale of the property would displace hundreds of employees in dozens in businesses.  Mayor Doyle and city staff approached […]

Barran Liebman LLP A new decision from the Washington Court of Appeals, Roe v. Telletech Customer Care Management LLC, provides a victory for employers who resist employees’ requests to accommodate their medical marijuana use. The case involved an employee who, after only two weeks of work, was terminated once she […]

By Dr. Eric Fruits Econinternational Portland politicians love their streetcars. Earlier this month, the city council unanimously approved a streetcar concept plan (PDF) that calls for a massive expansion of the streetcar system throughout Portland. Streetcar systems have substantial construction costs. On top of that, Portland’s system has huge operating […]

Rasmussen reports that, “Just 41% of voters nationwide now favor the health care reform proposed by President Obama and congressional Democrats. That’s down two points from a week ago and the lowest level of support yet measured. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 56% are opposed to […]

By Bill Conerly, Businomics, Conerly Consulting LLC For years I heard sellers of luxury goods say, “The rich will always have money.”  Then the recession came and we learned that the rich will not always spend their money.  As an example, I wrote a blog post using the mega-yacht business […]

Oregon Entrepreneurs Network Names Winners at the 16th Annual OEN Tom Holce Entrepreneurship Awards By Oregon Entrepreneurs Network Ray King of AboutUs wins the award for individual achievement. Jama Software, Monsoon, and Motorcycle Superstore are Selected as this year’s award winners in company categories Sept. 24, 2009, Portland, Ore. — […]

New ‘Buy Oregon Bonds’ sales will create jobs and finance vital energy, courtroom and state hospital projects By Oregon State Treasurer, SALEM – State Treasurer Ben Westlund today announced two upcoming “Buy Oregon Bonds” sales that will create jobs and finance important projects, while also allowing the public to earn […]

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, […]