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 […]

By Bill Conerly, Conerly Consulting LLC, Businomics Blog, Oops, Wall Street got another industry wrong. After proclaiming that casinos were recession-proof, they’ve recently learned just the opposite. Here’s what one mutual fund manager said before the downturn: “Gaming stocks perform much more like consumer staples than consumer discretionaries. When you […]

Portland based Schnitzer Steel Industries, Inc. announced third quarter revenue up by 37% (year to year), this is an increase by $62 million. Revenues of $972 million was a quarterly record. Schnitzer Steel’s Executive Officer commented in their press release: “We are pleased to report the strongest quarterly financial results […]