South Dakota tribe ends prohibition
BBC: A South Dakota Native American tribe ravaged by alcohol abuse has voted to end prohibition, which critics say will only worsen the reservation’s problems.
Year: 2013
Smartphones outsell basic mobile phones globally for the first time
Telegraph: Smartphones have outsold basic mobile phones, known as feature phones, globally for the first time.
Oregon unemployment rises back to 8 percent
Oregon gained only 900 jobs last month and unemployment rose from 7.8% in June to 8.0% in July.
Construction ending at Facebook’s Prineville data center
Final construction on Facebook’s Prineville data center is anticipated for the end of this year.
Trail Blazers rename Rose Garden the Moda Center
After 18 years, the Trail Blazers’ home arena will get a paid-for name, the Moda Center.
Coburg OKs Materne tax break
The Coburg City Council voted to approve a 15-year property tax break for French applesauce producer Materne that is hoping to build a new factory at the former Monaco site.
Consumer Cellular grows call center
Consumer Cellular is growing employment at its Redmond call center, essentially offsetting all the jobs lost when T-Mobile left the facility last year.
Roseburg company looking for call center site
Roseburg-based First Call Resolution is looking for a site for a call center that could employ several hundred people.
New CRC plan still includes light rail
The new $2.75 billion plan for the Columbia River Crossing increases risks for state tax payers, and would require a special session of the Legislature.
U.S. charges two men in ‘London Whale’ scandal
Reuters: Two former JPMorgan Chase & Co employees are facing criminal charges related to the trading scandal that cost the bank $6.2 billion last year.