Inside Microsoft’s house of the future
BBC: The company’s space of the future portrays what the firm thinks life might be like five to 10 years in the future.
Year: 2013
Romney blasts Obama
Reuters: Four months after his bitter election defeat, a reflective Mitt Romney said it “kills” him not to be president.
The 2013 100 Best Companies are announced
BY LINDA BAKER | OREGON BUSINESS EDITOR
The 20th annual 100 Best Companies to Work For in Oregon list was announced Thursday night at an awards dinner at the Oregon Convention Center. There were 273 companies participating in this year’s 100 Best survey, which analyzes Oregon companies’ best practices toward creating great places to work. This year, almost 14,000 Oregon employees completed the survey.
Groupon fires CEO
CNN: Groupon fired Andrew Mason as chief executive officer.
Federal budget cuts will come slowly in Oregon
The immediate effect in Oregon of sequester federal budget cuts will be minimal at first.
Oregon unemployment claims drop
Unemployment claims in Oregon are back down to pre-recession levels.
SoloPower’s promised jobs fall short
SoloPower pledged to create hundreds of jobs in Oregon two years ago, but they fell short of the 450 publicly projected.
Portland Saturday Market returns
The Portland Saturday Market returns this weekend for its 40th season.
Drive Oregon gives out EV grants
Portland-based Drive Oregon gave out $179,926 to six pro-electric vehicle projects.
Longshore lockout gets more tense
United Grain’s lockout of union members in Vancouver, Wash. got more tense as non-union employees began loading grain vessels.