Breathable nail polish a hit with Muslims
AP: For many observant Muslim women, manicures have been a problem as it prevents water from making contact with nails in pre-prayer hand and arm washing five times a day.
Year: 2013
Corporations urge court to support gay marriage
Reuters: More than 200 businesses will urge the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday to strike down a federal law that restricts the definition of marriage to heterosexual union.
Jumbo mortgages return
Reuters: A luxury real estate revival is being fueled, in part, by another resurgence: so-called jumbo mortgages – those loans, typically over $417,000, that are too big to qualify for purchase by federal agencies.
J.P. Morgan Chase to cut 17,000 jobs
Wall Street Journal: Hoping to trim more than $1 billion in expenses annually the banking giant plans to cut costs and 17,000 positions by next year.
European horse meat causes unease in American consumers
New York Times: Horse meat has been found in more than a dozen European countries, worrying American consumers.
Unemployed outnumber job openings 5-to-1 in Oregon
Oregon’s unemployed outnumber private-sector job openings five-to-one, a new report says.
Little known about which programs will be impacted by federal cuts
Oregon will lose over $38 million under automatic federal budget cuts that kick in Friday, but it is still unknown which specific programs will be impacted.
PERS benefits better than neighboring states
Oregon public employees get better retirement benefits and contribute much less toward them than in neighboring states, a new PSU study found.
Oregon to release budget on March 4
The Oregon Legislature’s chief budget writers will reveal their next two-year budget on March 4.
Salesforce picks Hillsboro
Salesforce decided to build its new Oregon offices in Hillsboro instead of Portland.