Facebook expands plans
Facebook plans to expand its Prineville data center, even before the first phases are complete.
LibertyBank shut down
All 15 branches of LibertyBank are reopening as branches of Home Federal Bank of Idaho.
Lithia’s revenue rises
Lithia Motor’s revenue rose 19% in the second quarter of 2010, up to $534 million from $444 million a year earlier.
Temps sue Safeway
A dozen workers hired by Aptitude temp agency say they haven’t been paid for months of work at Safeway in Clackamas.
A new way to pay
The Gifting Tree Wellness Center in Ashland accepts labor, goods or a promise to “pay-it-forward” to the community-at-large in return for services.
Oregon bridges deficient
A study by the Oregon Department of Transportation cites 1,665 bridges as functionally obsolete or structurally deficient.
Jobs Watch: Innovation, from A to Z
I got the opportunity to sit down with Matt Nees and Bryce Yonker the other day, and within an hour my story idea list had doubled in size. There’s a lot going on with tech innovation in Oregon, and Nees, who’s been president of the Software Association of Oregon for about a year now, and his colleague Yonker have a sharp inside view of not only what’s happening, but also what’s coming.
Elemental gets VC boost
Portland’s video processing startup Elemental Technologies wins $7.5 million in venture capital from The Walt Disney Co.’s Steamboat Ventures.
“Office” star sues PDX startup
Rainn Wilson responds to a suit against him by counter-suing Think Brilliant.