Lenders sidestep foreclosure mediation
Small lending institutions are sidestepping Oregon’s foreclosure mediation law.
Year: 2013
Tech firms seek surveillance reform
BBC: Leading global technology firms have called for “wide-scale changes” to US government surveillance.
Ice storm wreaks havoc nationwide
CNN: A rare icy weather pattern is walloping virtually the entire United States at once.
Justin Zeulner scores environmental win for Portland Trail Blazers
Game night, Moda Center. The arena’s approximately 16,000 light fixtures are ablaze. Water cascades from countless taps. Trash bins are filled, emptied and filled again. During each Portland Trail Blazers matchup, the energy expended on the court pales in comparison to that used up by Moda Center’s power, water and waste systems — not to mention fans’ transportation to the stadium.
Industry cluster talk
Stick with natural resources, but stay abreast of new developments in science and technology. That’s one takeaway from our poll on industry clusters.
DWFritz Automation: perfect prototype
Precision automation firm mirrors changing economy
Homeowners dwindle
While the real estate picture has vastly improved in Oregon and the rest of the country since the depths of the recession, falling and rising tides did not sink and lift all states equally.
Age of disruption
Rapid technological change, natural resource depletion and economic crisis transform the world as we know it.
From the editor: Out of the shadows
Research editors often toil, unsung, behind the scenes, gathering information and crunching numbers, while reporters who write the narrative stories grab the glitz and the glamour.
Intelligent machines
Surj Patel has made a career out of bringing people, places and things online.