Jeld-Wen peddles junk bonds
Jeld-Wen Inc. faces a bad financial picture while marketing junk bonds to refinance $1.2 billion in debt.
Data breach effects widespread
A Health Net Inc. data breach discovered in January affected more Oregonians than originally thought.
Seismic retrofit business growing
Earthquake Tech, a seismic retrofitting business based in Portland, is growing quickly after the recent quake in Japan.
Deer suspected as source of E. coli outbreak
Oregon Public Health officials suspect deer may be to blame for the E. coli outbreak traced to Jaquith Strawberry Farm in rural Washington County.
Enchanted Forest celebrates 40 years
The Enchanted Forest theme park on Interstate 5 south of Salem celebrated 40 years of business this week.
Oregon Business named top 3 business publication in nation
Oregon Business magazine has been named one of the top three small business-to-business publications in the nation by the American Society of Business Publication Editors.
Hatfield remembered as Oregon’s first statesman
Through nearly five decades in public office, Mark Hatfield was both Oregon’s most durable politician and — after his rise to the chairmanship of the Senate Appropriations Committee in 1981 — its most important.
Rural high-tech jobs have failed to materialize
A decade after many predicted a wave of high-tech rural entrepreneurs, much of rural Oregon is still waiting for those jobs to show up.
Ted Wheeler passes on Portland mayor run
Even though Ted Wheeler has huge name recognition and ambition, it looks like running for mayor of Portland isn’t in the future.
Federal budget crunch likely to hurt new I-5 bridge efforts
One casualty of the coming federal budget crunch could be a new $3 billion bridge carrying Interstate 5 across the Columbia River.