Hitachi expanding in Hillsboro
Hitachi High Technologies America is expanding in Hillsboro, adding 30 engineers.
Nike joins NASA in green innovation group
Nike is a member of LAUNCH, a group including NASA and the U.S. Department of State.
Oregon Legislature could still approve tax increase
Republicans and Democrats could still come to a compromise on tax increases before the June 30 deadline.
Columbia Sportswear sets revenue record
Columbia Sportswear set a record for first quarter revenues, due to late-season cold weather.
Banks cut thousands of jobs
Major financial firms are cutting jobs due to a slow recovery, low interest rates and technology advances.
Boston bomber moved to prison
BBC: The US Marshals Service said the 19-year-old had been moved from the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center to a facility at Fort Devens, Massachusetts.
Tax free online shopping may come to an end
NBC.com: A bill to impose sales tax on Internet purchases took one step closer to being passed.
Space trash keeps piling up
BBC: The 6th European Conference on Space Debris has concluded that Earth’s space environment is on the verge of hazardous collisions from all the debris left over from human exploration and satellite launches.
Small business owners gloomier in Oregon
BY BRANDON SAWYER | OB RESEARCH EDITOR
Oregon prides itself on being a small-business state, but its moms-and-pops and start-ups are not feeling loved. According to a recent survey of small business owners, the state’s economy is worse off than the rest of the country.
U.S. says chemical weapons used in Syria
CBSnews.com: U.S. intelligence has concluded that the Syrian government has twice used chemical weapons in its civil war.