PDX eyes nonstop flights to Paris
Delta Air Lines is making its nonstop flights from Portland to Amsterdam and Tokyo permanent, and is considering adding flights to Paris.
Settlement tightens coast logging rules
A court settlement requires the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality to develop stricter rules on logging on Oregon’s Coast Range.
Insurance companies must open enrollment to kids
A new rule states that Oregon insurance companies must open enrollment to children under 19 twice a year.
PDX hosts nation’s premier wind energy control facility
Iberdrola Renewables will operate its National Control Center in Portland, becoming the nation’s most advanced wind energy control facility.
Restaurants go mobile
More Portland restaurants are adding a mobile component to their businesses to compete with food carts.
Lululemon’s ground-level business strategy
Athletic apparel company Lululemon’s marketing strategy includes cupcakes, camp outs, dances and running clubs.
Reader Input: Business support increases for nonprofits
Surveys reveal support
ISITE boosts its digital strategy business
It was a classic dotcom deal. ISITE Design co-founders Paul Williams and Jeff Cram were on the 70th floor of the Trump Building on Wall Street in 2000, entertaining a tempting offer from an investment firm pushing a reverse merger with a publicly traded company. Everything was first class, including the meal cooked by the chef flown in from Italy to celebrate the birthday of one of the firm’s partners.
Entrepreneurs take a flying leap
Craigslist forever changed the world of classified advertising, but anyone who uses the site is aware of its shortcomings. “Buried in the 500 replies you get from India and everywhere else maybe you get 10 people who follow directions and are local,” says Ethan Smith-Gillespie, co-founder of The Program, a Portland design firm. So he and Program co-founder Coe Lottis decided to do something about it.
Short summer douses wildfire industry
The shortest summer in recent memory has left once-mighty private wildfire fighting companies struggling to survive amid massive layoffs.