Labor arbitrator tells longshoremen to speed up
A labor arbitrator told longshoremen at the Port of Portland to quit slowing down, a day after a federal judge ordered the same thing.
Failed ballot topics may return
Some measures that Oregon voters have decided against in the past three decades may return to the ballot in November.
Mortgage rates hit record lows
Fixed U.S. mortgage rates fell again to new record lows.
Retail sales down
Retail sales fell in June, raising industry concerns about the back-to-school season.
Oregon economy growing at nation’s second-fastest rate
Oregon’s economic growth outpaced all but North Dakota’s in 2011, thanks to manufacturing gains.
Oregon announces new tax break zones
Oregon approved three new enterprise zones in Portland, Beaverton and Veneta.
Oregon suspends 10 timber sales
Oregon officials suspended 10 timber sales on 800 acres of state land in preparation for a legal fight with conservation groups.
Portland company offers bicycle insurance
A Portland company is one of the first to offer bicycle insurance, after 14 years of research.
Landowners frustrated by pipeline proposal
Some Southern Oregon landowners are frustrated by a proposed natural gas pipeline.
SoloPower adds financing
SoloPower disclosed a $10.7 million round of financing as it hires for its Portland manufacturing facility.