U.S. factory orders increased 0.7 percent in May, a welcome sign after two months of declines.

Boeing predicts that strong growth in China and other emerging markets will propel the world’s airlines to buy 34,000 new planes in the next 20 years.

TriMet says the Portland-to-Milwaukie light-rail project has created 1,525 jobs so far.

The demand for gluten-free products at restaurants and grocery stores has increased quickly in the last few years.

U.S. manufacturing shrank in June for the first time in three years.

Brammo Motorsports owner Craig Bramscher said he has little desire to move the company from Ashland, but seven states are actively pursuing the electric motorcycle maker.

The Salem-Keizer School District could lose its share of a $4 million grant to prevent teen pregnancy.

Honda plans to lease the new Fit EV with free collision insurance included, and with a $0 deductible.

U.S. construction spending increased the most in five months, another indication of a slow housing sector recovery.

One more year of federal payments to timber counties doesn’t mean that the rural counties will be able to rehire sheriff’s deputies and others that have already been laid off.