Cynthia Magnuson, By NFIB Chief economist for the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) William C. Dunkelberg, issued the following statement on the January job numbers, based on NFIB’s monthly economic survey that will be released on Tuesday, February 12, 2013. The survey was conducted in January and reflects the […]

Video: Why is Appled down & NetFlix up? CNN tries to make sense of recent trends.

Advertisers Beware – Remember That “Super Bowl” is a Protected Trademark That Can’t Be Used in a Commercial Without Permission Davis Dwight & Tremaine LLP Oregon business law firm With the league championship match-ups set, and the Super Bowl only 3 weeks away, broadcasters are once again getting ready for […]

Portrait of Oregon Businesses by Size of Firm by Phoebe Colman Oregon Employment Department What does it mean to talk about business size? In public policy discussions it often means analyzing relationships between the size of a business and its impact on the economy. In the United States, a common […]

Congressman Greg Walden U.S. Rep. Greg Walden (R-Ore.) issued the following statement upon House passage of the “No Budget, No Pay” plan: “In our part of Oregon, families sit down around their kitchen tables and figure out how to balance their budgets. It’s time for Washington, D.C. to do the […]

By Gene Grant ,Real Estate Davis Dwight & Tremaine LLP Oregon business law firm As originally published in the Daily Journal of Commerce Landlords, whether residential or commercial, almost always include in their leases three requirements dealing with legal compliance. First, the lease limits the premises to specific legal use(s) […]

By Josh Lehner Oregon Office of Economic Analysis Blog. The American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012, which was actually enacted in 2013, was the result of the last minute fiscal cliff negotiations and contains myriad tax and spending provisions. Included in the bill was a two month delay in the […]

CareerBuilder Survey Reveals Most Wanted Office Perks and What Motivates Workers to Stay With Companies By Career Builder.com If you could have one perk – any perk – in your workplace, what would it be? If you had the choice, would you rather have a bigger title or a bigger […]

Hyundai is showing a new model car concept where the dash is equipped with a retina scanner to follow the attention and needs of the driver. Watch the short CNN video demonstration below.

By U.S. Chamber of Commerce Today’s employers, pressured by a recovery that still feels like a recession on Main Street, are doing their best to control costs. Since a major part of any business’s cost structure is staff, cutting costs means reducing payroll. At the same time, individuals, bludgeoned by […]