Shazam eclipses $1B valuation mark
TELEGRAPH: Music recognizing app Shazam now valued at more than $1 billion following a $30 million funding round.
Report: State’s wine industry valued at $3.35B
The production of alcohol in Oregon is proving lucrative as an industry review indicates growth and breweries expand across the state.
Records leak costs two UO staffers their jobs
The president’s office of the University of Oregon saw about 22,000 pages of records — some with confidential information — released to a professor before ensuring the release complied with the law.
State sees little of tech industry’s $7B year
Oregon tech companies accounted for a record year in deals in 2014, but state coffers will not be significantly bolstered by that growth.
Businesses across state embroiled in lawsuits
Klamath Falls sued by PacifiCorp; blueberry growers settle with Department of Labor; Multnomah County commissioner accused of retaliation fire.
Adidas aims to correct its ‘America problem’
The president of Adidas Group North America discusses the company’s strategy to compete more successfully against Nike and Under Armour.
Elon Musk project, SpaceX, to be backed by Google
BLOOMBERG: The search-engine giant wants to spend $1 billion to explore new ways of increasing Internet access.
SCOTUS declines hearing debit-card fee case
BLOOMBERG: Retailers’ bid to overturn a regulation they say unfairly hurts them was rejected by the Supreme Court.
14 Oregon companies win Good Food awards
RAFT Syrups, of Portland, was honored for quality in “authentic, socially responsible” products.