By Portland Business Alliance The Portland Business Alliance, in partnership with the Value of Jobs Coalition, released its latest study: International Trade & the Portland Harbor’s Impact on the Portland-metro and Oregon Economy. The report highlights three inter-related studies which analyze the economic impacts of international trade and marine industrial […]

by Bill Conerly, Oregon economist Conerly Consulting, Businomics My Forbes.com article Future of the Dollar as a World Reserve Currency is getting lots of attention. Key topics include why do countries hold foreign currency reserves, why do they hold dollars as reserves rather than Euros, Yen, Renmimbi, Pounds Sterling or […]

Another unexpected outcome of the Affordable Health Care Act is how the health insurance law is finding a new audience within the sex worker community who traditionally have been uninsured by their employers.

Michael Hendrix Director, Research & Emerging Issues U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation Two recent reports—the World Bank’s Doing Business Index and the Legatum Institute’s Prosperity Index, offer different takes on the same picture of American competitiveness.  And the result is that while the United States remains well-placed relative to the […]

Barran Liebman Oregon Law Firm BOLI Provides Employers “Safe Harbor” Period to Adjust to Portland Sick Leave The Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor and Industries, the agency charged with enforcing Portland’s new Sick Leave Ordinance, has announced a proposal to provide employers a “safe harbor” period to adjust to […]

By Erin Shannon,Guest writer Cascade Policy Institute The debate over raising the minimum wage is everywhere. Fast food workers around the country have been striking for higher pay, Oregon’s minimum wage is set to increase to $9.10 per hour in January, and Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn is demanding that Whole […]

OREGON, OTHER STATES, REACH $30 MILLION JUDGMENT AGAINST NEGATIVE OPTION MARKETER By Oregon Attorney General Affinion Settles Allegations of Deceptive Advertising and Enrollment in Discount Clubs with Oregon, 46 other states Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum announced today that Stamford, Conn.-based Affinion, and its subsidiaries Trilegiant and Webloyalty, will pay […]

Affiliations, genetic screening, and more emerge among the latest issues. By NFIB If you’re on your game at all, you already know about the most common forms of discrimination and harassment: race, religion, disability, sex (including pregnancy). The price for dropping the ball is steep. The Equal Opportunity Employment Commission […]

Wall Street Journal reports on a class action lawsuit advances on a lawsuit against many tech giants. Watch video below.

By U.S. Chamber of Commerce At least $300 million has been spent on HealthCare.gov, the federally-run health insurance exchange, and three weeks after launch it still doesn’t work. It was supposed to be the Amazon or Kayak of health insurance but has been a riddled with glitches so far: Few […]