Portland bioscience company receives $200K
Sedia Biosciences Corp. received a grant from the National Institutes of Health to develop a rapid HIV test to use in developing countries.
Oregon legal pot campaign to spend $2.3M
The “Yes on 91” campaign, which supports the legalization of marijuana for adults, will purchase $2.3 million worth of television advertising.
Portland startup partners with Vevo
Vadio Inc., a startup that aims to turn Internet listeners into viewers, will partner with the music-video website to help Web radio services host music videos.
Albertina Kerr invests $6.5M to upgrade Gresham facility
The mental health nonprofit will undertake a $6.5 million reconstruction of its Gresham campus.
Portland rises
Portland is in the middle of another construction boom, with residential and office projects springing up downtown, in the Pearl and Old Town. OB Web Editor Jessica Ridgway documents the new wave.
Dollar General enters bid for Family Dollar
BBC: Dollar General made a $9.7 billion offer for the discount retailer, triumphing the $8.5 billion offer Dollar Tree made last month.
More than a third of Americans lack retirement savings
TIME: A new survey found that 36% of Americans have not set aside any money for retirement.
Tech industry boosts Portland rent, job growth
Tech jobs account for 12.6% of all new office jobs in a two-year period; high-tech companies account for 20% of major leasing activity in the United States in 2014.
Intel tax breaks make a 30-year guarantee
The chipmaker would exempt up to $100 billion in equipment from the property taxes that other businesses pay.
UO seeks new sports product-focus grad programs
The University of Oregon wants to create two new sport product-related master’s degrees — in product design and the management of product design teams.