Business bankruptcies increase 67% in 2008
Business bankruptcies rose 67% in Oregon in 2008, as the growing financial crisis leaves businesses big and small struggling to stay afloat.
Q&A with Gale Castillo, president of the Hispanic Metro chamber
It’s no surprise given the state’s alarming employment trends that one can hardly throw a shoe these days without hitting a politician who claims to be creating jobs.
Ex-Im Bank helps traded sector
You know the pendulum has swung when the government is backing loans that banks won’t touch.
Hospital jobs down, but sector steady
Planned layoffs by several Oregon health-care providers indicate that not even the state’s hospital workforce is immune to the weakened economy.
University endowments decline
The endowments at the state’s three largest universities have suffered along with the rest of the economy. While that revenue is not a significant portion of their budgets, it’s still a stinger.
Mt. Bachelor attempts to win back skiers
It was one of the most important days of the season for Mt. Bachelor Ski Resort, midway between Christmas and New Year's, and the conditions were not pretty. Stocks that went up
You know times are hard when you can count on one hand the public companies that gained over the past year.
Health reform still plans Salem campaign
This won’t be an easy legislative session for health-care reform. It was one of the 2007 legislative session’s biggest stars; this year it plays second fiddle to the economy, jobs and economic stimulus.
Jobless fund steady despite rising claims
Oregon's unemployed drained more than $318 million from the state's unemployment insurance trust fund in fourth-quarter 2008, as the number of claimants rose to 105,451 by year's end.