By Oregon Small Business Association Foundation 1. Economic growth: The U.S. is currently in the second longest expansion since records have been kept and will break the record for longest expansion in U.S. History if it continues into summer. Four of the five longest expansions have occurred since 1980 making […]

By Oregon Attorney General Office, We heard about a new scam that is circulating the country, and it made us immediately concerned. At least one person has already lost her life savings! Once again, this one uses us — the Oregon Department of Justice — to try to scam its […]

Oregon Business & Industry Oregon Business & Industry (OBI), the leading voice of business and industry in the state, today announced Sandra (Sandi) McDonough as the business association’s chief executive officer effective October 8. “After an extensive selection process, we are delighted that Sandra will lead OBI as we continue […]

by Jason D. Norris, CFA Executive Vice President of Research Ferguson Wellman, Oregon Capital Management firm Earlier this week, The Eagles’ Greatest Hits surpassed Michael Jackson’s Thriller as the best-selling album of all time. I would argue that “greatest hits” albums should be excluded, but that’s neither here nor there. […]

By National Retail Federation The National Retail Federation  applauded Senate Finance Committee Republicans for clarifying the congressional intent of provisions of the federal tax reform law related to depreciation rules and “carryback” of operating losses. In a letter, the senators called on Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Internal Revenue Service […]

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP Oregon & Multi-state law firm, Davis Wright Tremaine has developed a State Political Advertising Law Survey, which we can make available to our clients covering all 50 states or a subset of selected states With the 2018 election season rapidly approaching, legislators across the country are […]

Josh Lehner Oregon Office of Economic Analysis, Recently I gave a broader, regional outlook talk that included many attendees who were either from Washington or had clients or offices north of the border. Overall there is not a massive difference between the states in terms of where they are in […]

By Bullard Law, Oregon law firm A recent decision from a three-member panel of the NLRB appears to depart from over 40 years of precedent regarding an employee’s right to union representation during an investigatory interview. Last month, in Circus Circus Casinos, Inc., 366 NLRB 110 (2018), the Board held […]

Wall Street Journal Editorial, Any day now the IRS will release new rules that address efforts by states including Connecticut, Oregon, New York and New Jersey to evade last year’s tax reform by masking tax payments as charitable contributions. The danger is that nonprofit scholarship organizations that are funded in […]

by Jason Norris, CFA Ferguson Wellman, NW Financial firmA currency crisis in Turkey and continued trade uncertainty resulted in a volatile week for equities. International stocks, specifically emerging markets, started selling off. U.S. commodities were also weak. This was offset by positive news on the China trade front. Overall, our […]