Ice storm wreaks havoc nationwide
CNN: A rare icy weather pattern is walloping virtually the entire United States at once.
Age of disruption
Rapid technological change, natural resource depletion and economic crisis transform the world as we know it.
Justin Zeulner scores environmental win for Portland Trail Blazers
Game night, Moda Center. The arena’s approximately 16,000 light fixtures are ablaze. Water cascades from countless taps. Trash bins are filled, emptied and filled again. During each Portland Trail Blazers matchup, the energy expended on the court pales in comparison to that used up by Moda Center’s power, water and waste systems — not to mention fans’ transportation to the stadium.
Homeowners dwindle
While the real estate picture has vastly improved in Oregon and the rest of the country since the depths of the recession, falling and rising tides did not sink and lift all states equally.
DWFritz Automation: perfect prototype
Precision automation firm mirrors changing economy
Intelligent machines
Surj Patel has made a career out of bringing people, places and things online.
Industry cluster talk
Stick with natural resources, but stay abreast of new developments in science and technology. That’s one takeaway from our poll on industry clusters.
From the editor: Out of the shadows
Research editors often toil, unsung, behind the scenes, gathering information and crunching numbers, while reporters who write the narrative stories grab the glitz and the glamour.
How to measure marketing effectiveness
How can you measure marketing effectiveness? If it gets better, how can you measure the improvement? By business modeling. The modeling process itself will uncover any holes in your marketing process.
Federal Reserve could ease stimulus sooner rather than later
New York Times: News that the unemployment rate fell to a five-year low increases the likelihood that the Federal Reserve will ease stimulus efforts soon.