Northwest Airlines Announces Personnel Reductions and Added Fees to Help Offset Record Fuel Costs.  NWA Matches Competitors with Fees for 1st Checked Bag, Frequent Flier Award Tickets, and Ticket Changes EAGAN, Minn. (July 9, 2008)  Northwest Airlines (NYSE: NWA) today announced it will reduce its frontline and management employees by […]

From Oregon Chapter of National Federation of Independent Business, Though President Bush already expanded the Family Medical Leave Act earlier this year, the burdensome regulation has been rearing its head in Washington and in several states recently.  Signed into law in 1993, the Family Medical Leave Act mandates companies with […]

From Guest Opinion, Today’s headline read “New bridge just pushes congestion into future” And “Critics say it’s not a sound investment”.  Issues are being raised over expanding the Interstate bridge over the Columbia River.  Some say it is too much money for a project that will only buy a short […]

From Oregon Association of Realtors Home Foundation, Salem, Oregon- July 3, 2008 – The Oregon Association of REALTORS® HOME Foundation seeks applicants for its 2008 affordable housing grants. Following the success of its first charity gala, “A Taste of Portland,” at the Oregon Golf Club in June, the foundation will […]

From Oregon Entrepreneurial Network, The statewide entrepreneurial community’s biggest gathering of the year will be the 2008 OEN Tom Holce Awards for Entrepreneurship – the 15th annual celebration of entrepreneurial spirit in action throughout Oregon and Southwest Washington. Nominate an outstanding company or individual entrepreneur by April 4th, and help […]

By Bill Conerly, Conerly Consulting LLC, Businomics Blog, Oops, Wall Street got another industry wrong. After proclaiming that casinos were recession-proof, they’ve recently learned just the opposite. Here’s what one mutual fund manager said before the downturn: “Gaming stocks perform much more like consumer staples than consumer discretionaries. When you […]

Portland based Schnitzer Steel Industries, Inc. announced third quarter revenue up by 37% (year to year), this is an increase by $62 million. Revenues of $972 million was a quarterly record. Schnitzer Steel’s Executive Officer commented in their press release: “We are pleased to report the strongest quarterly financial results […]

From OregonBizReport,   Record high fuel prices have moved Horizon Air to trim back flights while purchasing newer planes that carry more passengers and are more fuel efficient.   Horizon will be reducing Medford-Portland flights from five to four, Eugene-Portland from three to two and completely ending service to Klamath Falls and […]

 Presient Bush chose his assistant Commerce secretary for economic development, Sandy Baruah, to lead the nation’s Small Business Administration.  Sandy Baruah is a former Portland businessman who left to serve the Bush Administration in 2001.  The appointment must be confirmed by the Senate.   The current acting administrator is Jovita Carranza.  

From Stockkamp & Associates, White Paper on Patient Satisfaction, Lake Oswego   When hospitals set out to improve patient flow efficiency and performance, they typically seek outcomes such as lower patient length of stay, better use of existing resources and capacity, and the ability to serve more patients.   However, more […]