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.
Travel Oregon boosts sustainable tourism
Travel Oregon gave more than $14,000 to seven projects in the state’s tourism regions.
Linn County could get more restaurants near Corvallis
The Linn County Board of Commissioners approved a zoning code amendment to allow restaurants within the Urban Development I zoning district.
Sequester lands today
CBSnews.com: Today, when President Obama signs the order, the so-called sequester will take effect, and $85 billion in automatic 2013 spending cuts will begin rolling in.
Facebook and Google to design cancer research game
Reuters.com: Scientists are teaming up with technology gurus from Amazon, Facebook and Google to design and develop a mobile game aimed at speeding the search for new cancer drugs.
100 Best: In the family
If there was one word that came up most during the interviews for this year’s profiles of the 100 Best Companies to Work For in Oregon, it was “family.”
The 2013 list: top 33 large companies to work for in Oregon
Our annual ranking of the 100 Best Companies to Work For in Oregon turns 20 this year with more than 13,000 employees participating. Oregon Business research editor Brandon Sawyer and DHM Research calculated the rankings based on employee surveys and a benefits report from each company. The size category is based on the number of Oregon employees.