SunEdison, Panasonic to layoff 90 workers
The two solar power manufacturers’ layoffs reflect recent market struggles.
Agilyx retools plastic conversion process after oil decline
The Tigard-based company will instead convert plastics to styrene, which is used to produce polystyrene for packing material.
Northwest Innovation Works proposes to install methanol plants
The China-backed conglomerate has plans for two refineries in Washington and one in Oregon.
Adviser says Aequitas misled investors
Investment consultant Chris Bean said that Aequitas Capital Management hid the company’s financial instability from him and his clients. Bean offers one of the first insider perspectives of the firm’s collapse.
This Land Is Our Land
The problems facing rural Oregon won’t be solved by ceding control of federal land to the locals.
Boly:Welch Wins Best of Staffing Client and Talent Awards
Boly:Welch Wins Inavero’s 2016 Best Of Staffing® Client and Talent Awards
Virgin Galactic to launch SpaceShipTwo
CNN: The new spaceship, used for recreational spacetravel, is to be unveiled today at the Mojave Air and Space Port in California.
Will Yahoo sell its core business?
FORTUNE: Yahoo formed a committe to explore options, hinting at its vunerability.
American author Harper Lee dies at 89
BLOOMBERG: Author of ‘To Kill A Mockingbird’ died earlier today at a hospice facility in Alabama.
OSU puts $450K grant toward timber industry revival
The Federal Economic Development Administration gave Oregon State University a grant of about $450,000 to bring mass timber production, such as cross-laminated timber, back into the market.