By Bill Conerly, Businomics, Conerly Consulting When the recession is over, business challenges will be different, not gone.  Companies wrestling with the downturn need to consider what new problems they’ll face in the recovery. You may have cut back on your staffing level to survive the recession.  When sales recover, […]

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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 […]

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. […]

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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 […]

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 […]

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?

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 […]

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.