Real estate markets are unbalanced in most parts of the country: vacancy is too high, but construction is too low. That sounds contradictory, because construction should be low when vacancy is high. Looking forward, however, we’ll find insufficient supply when the economy improves, says Oregon economist Bill Conerly.
The 19th annual 100 Best Companies to Work For in Oregon list is complete and the winners will be announced at the awards dinner on March 1, 2012, at the Oregon Convention Center.
TriMet withdraws from Boring, saving area’s businesses over half a million dollars each year.
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Gov. Kitzhaber’s freeze on Oregon government hiring is indicative of a larger hiring slowdown. Two-thirds of CEOs of the largest U.S. companies don’t plan to hire in the next six months.
Seasonal retail hiring helped Oregon’s unemployment rate fall to 9.1%, the lowest it has been in three years.
Oregon’s top publicly traded stocks have not necessarily been valued for their quarterly performance of late. But Oregon Business research editor Brandon Sawyer runs the numbers and finds earnings rising at the largest companies.
Most Pacific Northwest residents say they wouldn’t mind views of a wind farm from their backyard, says a report by EarthFix.
One hundred of the 140 workers at a Portland factory will lose their jobs as the global solar industry enters a downward spiral expected to claim more victims.
George Pernsteiner, chancellor of the Oregon University System, is expected to recommend today that Robert Berdahl, a veteran university administrator, be named interim president at UO to replace ousted President Richard Lariviere.