April 26, 2009 - Top 25 most innovative companies
Businessweek’s Top 25 Most Innovative Companies 2009
April 25, 2009 - Oregonian Launches Mobile Store Featuring Historic Wallpapers
Skycore LLC, developers of the leading mobile messaging and content platform, Cellyspace.com, and Oregonian Publishing Co. today announced the debut of the Pulitzer Prize-winning newspaper’s storefront featuring historic pages available as mobile wallpapers. The joint effort makes The Oregonian one of the first newspapers in the country to take advantage […]
April 24, 2009 - Senator Larry George: Sees conflict of interest on Energy Trust
Potential conflicts of interests plague Energy Trust of Oregon board and council members By State Senator Larry George, Salem, OR – According to public records, at least thirteen Energy Trust of Oregon board and council members work for companies and organizations that receive incentive and consultant payments from the trust. […]
April 23, 2009 - OR-WA: Minimum Wage Indexing Impact
By Dr. Eric Fruits, EconInternational
April 22, 2009 - Seven ways restaurants are luring customers in tough times
By Traci Scott, BIZ Reporter According to a recent Nielsen consumer survey, 66 percent of fine dining patrons admit they are going out less often compared to a year ago. This trend was echoed by 65 percent of nightclub patrons, 55 percent of bar patrons, 59 percent of casino and […]
April 21, 2009 - Health Care Mandates are Adding Up
Betsy Earls Associated Oregon Industries Oregon largest business lobby Health insurance mandates are thick on the ground this session, although not all of them have had hearings. Those that have had hearings will have to move out of committee in the next few weeks; others may turn into study groups […]
April 20, 2009 - Retail Sales: Bouncing Along the Bottom
Bill Conerly, Businomics, Conerly Consulting Today’s headlines sound gloomier than the data–once again. The Wall Street Journal says, “U.S. Retail Sales Show New Weakness.” Yahoo Finance says, “Stocks slip as retail sales data disappoint.” So how bad is the new data?
April 19, 2009 - Review of investment and market news
Mark G. Neil, KBNP Business radio host President Northwest Wealth Advisors Welcome to the middle of April. March began with stocks heading even further into the doldrums, falling over 9% in the first week of trading. The turnaround in share prices can be pinpointed to a single catalyzing event: On […]
April 18, 2009 - NW Natural Requests Early Credit of Gas Cost Savings to Oregon Customers
Northwest Natural Gas Company, dba NW Natural (NYSE:NWN), today announced a tariff filing has been made with the Public Utility Commission of Oregon (OPUC) to provide a $32 million credit to its Oregon customers as a result of a recent decline in wholesale natural gas costs.
April 17, 2009 - Oregon rules that dictate mass layoffs
By Ken Niezgoda, BIZ Reporter Oregon businesses that may have never considered significant layoffs in the past are facing the prospect of huge staff reductions. Many employers are aware that the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act requires employers facing large-scale layoffs to post written notice so that employees can […]