By Oregon Tax News In statistics compiled by AACER (Automated Access to Court Electronic Records) Oregon ranked third in the nation in percentage increase for business bankruptcies between the first and second quarters of 2008. Oregon had 214 business bankruptcies in the first quarter growing to 375 in the second […]

Advertising and Quantitative Analysis: The Trial and Error Economy Comes to Madison Avenue By Bill Conerly, Businomics, Conerly Consulting LLC The economic recovery is coming, but not all businesses will gain from it.  Some executives will step outside to smell the sweet aroma of economic growth, only to find that […]

By U.S. Bureau of Labor and Statistics Nonfarm business sector labor productivity increased at a 6.6 percent annual rate during the second quarter of 2009, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. This was the largest productivity increase since the third quarter of 2003, and reflects declines of 1.5 […]

Family Owned Business Blog Ater Wynne Oregon Attorneys at Law The U. S. Supreme Court has approved proposed amendments on the computation of time under the Federal Rules of Appellate, Bankruptcy, Civil, and Criminal Procedure.  The amendments will take effect on December 1, 2009, unless Congress unexpectedly enacts legislation to […]

By Dr. Eric Fruits Econinternational The Portland mayor announced that the City Council has entered into an agreement with TriMet in which the City provides free bus passes to 14,000 students in Portland Public Schools. According to the agreement (pdf), the estimated cost of the program will be $3.64 million […]

Associated Oregon Industries, Oregon’s largest business advocate Published after each regular session, the AOI Oregon Business Report is Oregon’s most comprehensive record of how the legislature dealt with the important issues affecting Oregon’s business community and job creation in the private sector.  In the AOI Oregon Business Report you will […]

by World of Work Stoel Rives LLP, Attorneys at Law In SAIF Corp. v. Sprague, the Oregon Supreme Court upheld the workers’ compensation claim of an employee who sought coverage for gastric bypass surgery, on the grounds that the surgery was necessary to treat a decades-old on-the-job knee injury.  Sprague […]

By Oregon Business Report, The American Recovery and Reinvestment act is now investing $300 million in an effort to boost the sales of energy-efficient home appliances.  This Cash for Appliances federal program is expected to begin late this fall, authorizing rebates ranging from $50 to $200 for purchases of high-efficiency […]

Of 266 economists surveyed by the National Association for Business Economics: – 70% Say Fed’s monetary policy is “about right” – 49% Say Fed should leave monetary policy alone – 45% Favor more restrictive policies – 15% Say cap-and-trade would significantly cut emissions – 75%+ Say no second stimulus needed

Downtown Portland sees decline in jobs, Continued positive feelings on safety, cleanliness By Portland Business Alliance, Business Census and Survey also shows spike in mass transit commuting Portland, Ore. – Signs of the country’s economic downturn are evident throughout the Central City, according to the results of the Portland Business […]