Oregon employers hired less workers than usual in February, slowing the state’s rocky economic recovery.

Ohio-based LSI Industries acquired Beaverton lighting software startup Virticus for $8.15 million.

Medical journals tend to overstate the effectiveness of new drugs, Oregon researchers found.

Angel Oregon has picked six concept stage finalists out of 25 semifinalists.

A Portland laundromat installed machines that text customers when their load is ready.

Housing permit requests climbed in February as builders’ confidence in the housing market grew.

Hewlett-Packard is combining its printer and PC divisions to save money.

Now that Oregon’s unemployment rate has lowered to 8.8%, more than 8,000 Oregonians will lose their unemployment benefits.

Portland-based Integra Telecom’s sales dipped in 2011 to a four-year low, as the company restructured and replaced its chief executive twice in one year.

Retired general and former Democratic U.S. presidential candidate Wesley K. Clark has joined SoloPower’s board of directors.