Walmart opening in Beaverton
A new Walmart Neighborhood Market store is set to open in Beaverton next week.
Year: 2013
Portland restaurateurs opening restaurants abroad
Two Portland restaurateurs are opening second locations in China and Japan.
Pacific Power helps fund Medford airport solar
Pacific Power’s Blue Sky grant program helped pay for a solar installation at Medford’s Rogue Valley International Airport.
Gas prices expected to fall
Gas prices should fall by 5% due to a good supply and weak demand, experts say.
Feds list new mortgage rules
The government released new mortgage rules, which may make it easier to get a mortgage from a community bank or credit union instead of a large bank.
American Express announces job cuts of 5,400
Reuters: The reduction represents about 8.5% of the credit card company’s workforce as it restructures its business, pays legal costs and adapts to customers changing credit habits.
4 steps to faster, better strategic planning
For 10 years, Jill struggled to make a profit. At over $8 million in sales, her specialty call center should have been providing her with annual profits of 8-12% or between $640,000 and a million dollars. Instead she paid herself a “good-enough” salary and saw profits trickle in at 1/2% — just $50,000. She didn’t own a business, she owned a job. Jill had done strategic planning of the “blue sky” variety many times. That kind of planning is worthless, says leadership expert Tom Cox.
Grocery stores cater to male shoppers
Register-Guard: Grocery stores are beginning to cater to male shoppers as more men have been taking over the household shopping since the onset of the recession.
Port of Portland to pay $10 a container to retain shipping lines
The Port of Portland will pay shipping lines $10 each container to keep shipping lines here despite longshore labor disputes.
Fiscal cliff deal to cost Oregon $13M
Oregon stands to lose $1.8 million in revenue for the current tax year and $13.3 million in the next two years from the fiscal cliff tax deal.