From Portland Business Alliance, Portland, Ore. – Downtown Portland continues to add businesses and jobs according to the seventh annual Downtown Business Census and Survey conducted by the Portland Business Alliance on behalf of Portland Downtown Services, Inc. (PDSI). Thirty-six more businesses opened their doors in 2007 for a total […]

From Dr. Eric Fruits, EconInternational A recent LNG terminal building boom has, in turn, produced a natural gas pipeline building boom.  Terminals bring in shipments of liquefied natural gas (LNG).  Through a regasification process, the LNG is changed back into gaseous natural gas.  Pipelines transmit the natural gas (in gas, […]

From Economist Dr. Bill Conerly, Conerly Consulting, Businomics. Knowledge @ Wharton has an interesting article about the growing middle class in emerging countries.  If you sell overseas, or you could sell overseas, make sure you’re up to date on the trend, described in the early part of the article. There […]

Moore Insight, Moore Information  General election match ups in Washington State reveal Barack Obama leading John McCain by 10 points in the presidential race, while the gubernatorial race is a statistical dead heat today. The following charts show results for both of these races.  

Seattle, WA: Today several regional organizations announced the formation of the Pacific Technology Alliance (PacTech).  “PacTech is a grassroots, technology association that will be active in Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana and Hawaii” said Tom Gurr, PacTech’s Executive Director.  “PacTech is working to keep consumers and policy-makers educated and informed about […]

Northwest Airlines Announces Personnel Reductions and Added Fees to Help Offset Record Fuel Costs.  NWA Matches Competitors with Fees for 1st Checked Bag, Frequent Flier Award Tickets, and Ticket Changes EAGAN, Minn. (July 9, 2008)  Northwest Airlines (NYSE: NWA) today announced it will reduce its frontline and management employees by […]

From Oregon Chapter of National Federation of Independent Business, Though President Bush already expanded the Family Medical Leave Act earlier this year, the burdensome regulation has been rearing its head in Washington and in several states recently.  Signed into law in 1993, the Family Medical Leave Act mandates companies with […]

From Guest Opinion, Today’s headline read “New bridge just pushes congestion into future” And “Critics say it’s not a sound investment”.  Issues are being raised over expanding the Interstate bridge over the Columbia River.  Some say it is too much money for a project that will only buy a short […]

From Oregon Association of Realtors Home Foundation, Salem, Oregon- July 3, 2008 – The Oregon Association of REALTORS® HOME Foundation seeks applicants for its 2008 affordable housing grants. Following the success of its first charity gala, “A Taste of Portland,” at the Oregon Golf Club in June, the foundation will […]

From Oregon Entrepreneurial Network, The statewide entrepreneurial community’s biggest gathering of the year will be the 2008 OEN Tom Holce Awards for Entrepreneurship – the 15th annual celebration of entrepreneurial spirit in action throughout Oregon and Southwest Washington. Nominate an outstanding company or individual entrepreneur by April 4th, and help […]