Merkley Applauds Passage of Bill to Speed Medical Innovations to Market “Includes two Merkley provisions to improve medical device safety” By U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley The United States Senate passed the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Safety and Innovation Act, a bill to give the FDA the tools needed to […]

By Oregon Small Business Association A smart phone App called MailStop and a new Dish Network DVR dubbed “The Hopper” give consumers the power to eliminate junk mail and commercials. Consumers are happy. Advertisers, not so much. Junk Mail-Blocking Apps The United States Postal Service, plagued by financial woes, now […]

Net Migration and Natural Increase in Oregon’s Population by Gail Krumenauer Oregon Employment Department Each year, the Population Research Center at Portland State University publishes the population counts for Oregon and its counties as of July 1. These population estimates show the reasons why the population changed from the previous […]

What is a Broadcaster to Do When Approached by an Ad Agency Buying Time for an Undisclosed Political Candidate? By Davis, Wright & Tremaine LLP Oregon law firm Does a broadcast station need to book a political ad buy for an agency purporting to be representing a candidate, but refusing […]

by Sean Hackbarth Free Enterprise U.S> Chamber of Commerce If you didn’t catch the Wall Street Journal editorial on the Sierra Club’s war on natural gas. It covers much of the same ground as my post a few weeks ago, but repetition allows the environmental group’s flip-flop to sink into […]

Oregon Supreme Court on apparent agency liability for personal injuries By Ater Wynne LLP Oregon law firm The Oregon Supreme Court held that an LLC that leased office space to a physician could not be held liable on an apparent agency theory for physical injuries suffered by the physician’s patient. […]

Patrick Emerson, PhD OSU Economics Professor Oregon Economics We got into an impromptu discussion in class yesterday about gas prices – I think they are starting to hit undergrads wallets very hard. There was a lot of questioning of whether some market manipulation is going on since the NW is […]

By Oregon Small Business Association American teenagers are leaving the auto market and instead spending more on fashion, food, wine and beauty products. Less on cars Research shows that the number of teens owning a used car has dropped from seven million to four million in only five years. Fewer […]

By Oregon Tax News There are huge trends and shifts in the media and it impacts how people consume their news. 1. Big U.S. media companies bought back record amounts of their own shares in the last year. Cable television networks drew strong viewership and advertising dollars, generating cash despite […]

Oregon’s Average Weekly Wages are Not Matching Inflation by David Cooke In February, when I last wrote about earnings trends, I noted the steadily rising weekly wages of Oregon workers over the past few years. In reply, an astute reader suggested I take inflation into account, and then see what […]