Construction ending at Facebook’s Prineville data center
Final construction on Facebook’s Prineville data center is anticipated for the end of this year.
Trail Blazers rename Rose Garden the Moda Center
After 18 years, the Trail Blazers’ home arena will get a paid-for name, the Moda Center.
Coburg OKs Materne tax break
The Coburg City Council voted to approve a 15-year property tax break for French applesauce producer Materne that is hoping to build a new factory at the former Monaco site.
Consumer Cellular grows call center
Consumer Cellular is growing employment at its Redmond call center, essentially offsetting all the jobs lost when T-Mobile left the facility last year.
Roseburg company looking for call center site
Roseburg-based First Call Resolution is looking for a site for a call center that could employ several hundred people.
New CRC plan still includes light rail
The new $2.75 billion plan for the Columbia River Crossing increases risks for state tax payers, and would require a special session of the Legislature.
U.S. charges two men in ‘London Whale’ scandal
Reuters: Two former JPMorgan Chase & Co employees are facing criminal charges related to the trading scandal that cost the bank $6.2 billion last year.
Egypt declares national emergency
BBC: Egypt has declared a month-long state of emergency after scores of people were killed when security forces stormed protest camps in Cairo.
Portland may have to pay millions for bike share
Portland transportation officials are considering using city money to finance $4.6 million of the startup costs for a bike-share program.
Pinkstaff Elected as Board President of Court Appointed Special Advocates of Clackamas County
Lane Powell Counsel to the Firm John C. Pinkstaff was recently elected to serve as president of the board of directors for Child Advocates, Inc., Court Appointed Special Advocates (“CASA”) for Clackamas County. Pinkstaff has been actively involved with CASA, serving on the board of directors for the past five years.