By Josh Lehner Oregon Office of Economic Analysis Blog Besides just stronger national growth, another way for top line U.S. job figures to improve is for more states or regions to share in the recovery. Back in December I noted that the Northeast and Midwest were growing much faster than […]

By Oregon Small Business Association Seattle is the center of one of the airline industry’s biggest turf wars, and the ultimate victor may be Northwest business travelers, both domestic and international. Seattle-Tacoma International Airport has long been a hub for Alaska Airlines, which currently runs 253 flights out of Seattle […]

Barran Liebman Oregon Law Firm Cheaters Never Win—Or At Least They Shouldn’t: New Executive Order Requires Mea Culpa of Federal Contractors with Recent Labor Law Violations On July 31st, President Obama brushed aside threats of impeachment and passed yet another executive order, titled “Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces.” The executive […]

By Oregon Department of Justice Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum and 41 other state Attorneys General reached a $35 million settlement with Pfizer Inc, the parent company of Wyeth Pharmaceuticals Inc., to resolve allegations that Wyeth promoted immunosuppressive drug Rapamune for off-label uses. As one of two lead states in […]

U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation By Michael Hendrix Why own something when you can subscribe to it? That’s the question being posed in more parts of the economy than we ever imagined. While the sharing economy—think Craigslist and AirBnB—has caught a lot of attention lately, I think it’s simply one […]

City of Hillsboro, Representatives of Washington County, the City of Hillsboro and Intel Corporation announced that a proposed agreement has been reached for Intel to invest up to $100 billion in the county. The announcement culminates negotiations under Oregon’s Strategic Investment Program (SIP), a private-public partnership that has driven billions […]

By Steve Buckstein, Cascade Policy Institute Eighty-four percent of Oregonians support allowing union employees to leave their union without force or penalty, a concept generally referred to as Right to Work. That’s the finding of a new poll, released today by Cascade Policy Institute as part of National Employee Freedom […]

Almost Half of Oregon’s Job Vacancies are Difficult to Fill by Jessica Nelson, Jul-21-2014 Oregon Employment Department Businesses reported that almost half (48%) of Oregon’s job vacancies in 2013 were “difficult to fill,” according to a new report from the Oregon Employment Department.Major findings about Oregon’s difficult-to-fill job vacancies include: […]

University of Oregon Regional Economic Indexes By Tim Duy Oregon Economic Forum University of  Oregon Weak employment data in June contributed to a drop in the Oregon Measure of Economic Activity. Highlights of the report include: – The Oregon Measure of Economic Activity to -0.60 compared to a revised 0.68 […]

Business News Note: Microsoft’s 14,000 layoffs may have an impact in the NW. The main cause has been their focus in one particular industry sector — mobile devices. Oregon financial professional, Jason Norris of Ferguson Wellman Capital Management Inc., explains to KGW-TV news that Microsoft is “determined to make it […]