Portland companies honored by Good magazine
Good magazine released a list of 40 companies that are making the world a better place, including three from Portland.
Five lessons from the Webvisions conference
The Webvisions conference in Portland yields insights on the ascendancy of the user experience, expanding multimedia platforms and the lack of diversity in the mobile and tech communities.
Comcast to charge heavy downloaders extra
Comcast is going to start charging extra when customers go over a monthly data limit of 300 gigabytes.
BP to restart refinery blamed for Pacific Northwest gas prices
BP plans to restart its Cherry Point refinery by month’s end.
Oregon foreclosure filings decline
Oregon foreclosure filings fell in April, reflecting a shift in foreclosure activity toward the East Coast.
Jobless rate dips
Oregon’s unemployment rate fell to 8.5% in April, from 8.6% in March.
Oregon gets federal grants to launch health insurance exchange
Oregon landed $6.68 million in federal grants to help launch a health insurance exchange.
Home builders rebound
Oregon home builders’ confidence is the best it’s been in five years.
Stumptown Coffee teams with Energy Trust
Stumptown Coffee Roasters is retiring the high-temperature afterburner it uses to scrub air from roasting coffee in favor of a new system.
Report tracks costs of Oregon’s obesity epidemic
A new report looks at the medical costs associated with 60% of Oregon adults being overweight or obese.