Powerlist: Commercial real estate
This month’s Powerlist ranks commercial real estate companies by number of licensed commercial agents in Oregon.
Quantum computers may be the future
A PSU professor is studying the possibilities of quantum computers as the physical limits of computer technology are quickly approaching.
Oregon exporting more to China
Trade between Oregon and China is growing rapidly, with many West Coast goods being exported to China.
Portland’s eastside streetcar project delayed
Portland’s $148.3 million eastside streetcar project is being delayed by five months, and will now include five streetcars instead of six.
PGE settles Boardman coal plant lawsuit
Portland General Electric and environmental groups have agreed to settle a lawsuit over Oregon’s only coal-fired power plant.
Pendleton rides eco-fashion wave
Pendleton Woolen Mill’s new Portland Collection uses domestically sourced wool woven in the Northwest, to cash in on the current
trend of eco-conscious fashion.
Oregon’s economic recovery stalls
Jobless figures for June show that hiring in Oregon was almost flat for the month.
Sowing the seeds of cash
Eight local startups won $25,000 apiece from the Portland Seed Fund in an upbeat ceremony Tuesday, and one of those chosen eight, Geoloqi, also announced a larger seed investment of $300,000 from local entrepreneurs.
Investment firm buys stake in McCormick & Schmick
Chicago investment firm Discovery Group has bought 6.3 percent of McCormick & Schmick’s Seafood Inc., a day after Tilman Fertitta announced he’d dropped his tender offer and had entered into a confidentiality agreement with the Portland-based restaurant chain.
River dumps still in play for Superfund cleanup
The Environmental Protection Agency and property owners in Portland Harbor continue to pursue building contaminated sediment dumps at the edges of the Willamette River as a way to speed the long-delayed cleanup of Oregon’s largest Superfund site.