September 27, 2011 - Chart: Oregon income falling behind national rate
The typical U.S. middle class household witnessed its income fall by 1.4%. Oregon fell -4.7%, California -3.7% and Washington -.1%
September 26, 2011 - Walden: Revamping county payments plan to create jobs
Rep. Greg Walden says forest health legislation can put Oregonians back to work in the woods — Draft legislation considered would replace ‘county payments’ with a solution that produces revenue for schools, law enforcement, and roads by putting Oregonians back to work in the woods By Congressman Greg Walden WASHINGTON, […]
September 25, 2011 - Oregon NFIB to host business summit
NFIB host business Summit in Bend, Sunday, October 2—Tuesday, October 4 By NFIB, Every year NFIB/Oregon’s Small Business Summit gets bigger and better and this year will be no exception. The 2011 gathering will be packed full of in-depth policy discussions and other important topics relating to small business. This […]
September 24, 2011 - Video: HP and their decade of business mistakes
Video: HP and their decade of business mistakes HP new hiring of CEO Meg Whitman brings to light a 10 year strecth of headline business mistakes. See the CNN video below:
September 23, 2011 - State Treasurer: Lottery & private financing partnership
State Treasurer Ted Wheeler outlines new vision for investing in Oregon economic opportunities –– Treasurer working with Gov. Kitzhaber, business leaders to design ‘Oregon Investment Act’ By Oregon State Treasurer Press Release excerpts. SALEM –In a hearing Wednesday of the Senate Interim Committee on Business, Transportation and Economic Development, Wheeler […]
September 22, 2011 - Wyden raises internet bias question on domain names
Wyden Calls for Ethics Rules to Prevent Revolving Door for Internet Domain Name Regulators By Senator Ron Wyden, Press Release Washington, D.C. – As the online community prepares for a massive expansion in potential domain names and the expiration of the contract with the non-profit, non-governmental organization responsible for domain […]
September 21, 2011 - Comparing recessions, world recessions
By Patrick Emerson Oregon Economics Blog Absolutely essential reading over at the Oregon Office of Economic Analysis blog where Josh updates the Reinhardt and Rogoff data on comparative crises. He shows this graph which I have also been showing from time to time to give some perspective on the seriousness […]
September 20, 2011 - Obama Jobs Bill Proposes To Ban Discrimination Against Unemployed
by Ryan Gibson Stoell Rives LLP NW Law Firm World of Employment Blog As almost everyone knows, last week President Obama presented a $447 billion jobs bill, called the American Jobs Act, to a joint session of Congress full of proposals designed to stimulate the lagging U.S. economy. What many […]
September 19, 2011 - Hope for Portland’s industrial land shortage
West Hayden Island: We can achieve balance for residents, our regional economy and the environment By Brian M. Owendoff Senior VP Capacity Commercial Group LLC As of the July 2011 Bureau of Labor Statistics rankings, Portland had an unemployment rate of 9% and Oregon at 9.5%. The more comprehensive gauge […]
September 18, 2011 - Small business confidence in 6-month plunge
By National Federation of Independent Business WASHINGTON, September 13, 2011 – Confidence in the economy among small-business owners tumbled in August, as NFIB’s monthly Small-Business Optimism Index dropped a whopping 1.8 points, settling at a disturbingly low 88.1. The Index has now been in decline for a full six months. […]