Portland-based Night and Day Studios has in the past two years transitioned from building media installations for museums into a mobile app company. Founder Nat Sims managed to steer the company through an economic recession by shifting industry, radically restructuring, and following a fortuitous idea after reading a children’s book to his daughter.
Surging gas prices and a slow recovery in the job market have caused the first rise in Trimet rush-hour ridership in months.
Portland-based Canvas Dreams LLC has successfully lured away customers from GoDaddy after the company’s CEO was caught in a scandal.
Stanford University is dedicating its Knight Management Center, named for Phil Knight, at its School of Business Management.
Governor John Kitzhaber is putting his 14 years of emergency room experience to work on the Oregon budget, by prioritizing cuts.
The business publication Kiplinger picked Portland as one of its 2011 “Comeback Cities.”
Every business leader should understand the role that cities play in economic, and corporate, growth. A good way to get that understanding is Ed Glaeser’s new book, The Triumph of Cities.
Glaeser makes the critical point that cities are where people communicate the most.
Medford-based Jetray Corp. has designed remote controlled robotic arms for automated nondestructive testing of aircraft.
The economy has turned many gardeners’ focus from flowers to food, and nurseries are adjusting to the change.
Intel is growing its work force for the first time in five years, with an interest in new skills from a younger generation.