Facial recognition technology developed at Intel is being used to focus on and target customers. 

Employers posted slightly more job openings in February, suggesting that job gains may continue in the coming months.

Portland-based Umpqua Holdings has agreed to buy San Luis Obispo, Calif.-based American Perspective Bank for $44.7 million.

Medford-based PremierWest Bancorp will lay off an unspecified number of workers in a $4.4 million cost-cutting effort.

Protesters gathered at the Department of State Lands to rally against proposed coal exports in Oregon.

Haralee Weintraub’s women’s sleepwear line markets to women experiencing menopausal symptoms, a growing market.

As unemployment declines in Oregon, youth unemployment continues to rise.

Oregon ranks seventh in the U.S. for union participation, with 17.1% of workers in a union.

Bob Braddock, project manager of the Jordan Cover Energy Project, said three years ago that exporting liquefied natural gas from the U.S. was impossible. Now he has changed his tune.

As Portland-area home prices remain near their lowest point since 2005, many homeowners are renting out their old houses instead of selling.