Finding Meaning in Numbers
BY MAKS GOLDENSHTEYN
Beaverton firm’s business intelligence platform rivals that of industry heavyweights.
The Block that Innovation Built
BY ERIN J. BERNARD
Old Town Portland’s White Stag Block has long been an incubator for big ideas. Over the course of a century, its historic buildings have busily churned out everything from sportswear to sawmill machinery as the city beyond expanded and modernized.
Chipotle eschews GMO ingredients
OREGONLIVE.COM: Chipotle announced Monday it will no longer include genetically modified ingredients in its food.
iPhone 6 sales drive increase in profits, revenue for Apple
BLOOMBERG: Apple experienced a 33 percent boost in profit in the first quarter.
Convention Center hotel bill passes legislature
Bill’s passage would validate Metro’s plan without a popular vote.
Drone startup lands $4M in venture round
Skyward aims to be a ‘digital airspace manager.’
For-profit college purged from Portland
Students left in lurch as parent company shuts down campuses after hefty fine.
Mizuno is latest athletic company to expand in Portland
Japan-based company hires former Columbia Sportswear, Nike exec to grow Running Center of Excellence.
SamplingLab targets millennials with giveaways
North Portland marketing company has signed up 6,000 members to test products.
Energy Stream
BY LINDA BAKER
Oregon already ranks as the nation’s second largest generator of hydroelectric power. (Washington is No. 1). Now an elegant new installation in Portland is putting an unconventional, sharing economy twist on this age-old water-energy pairing. The new system, launched this winter, uses the flow of water inside city water pipes to spin four turbines that produce electricity for Portland General Electric customers.