Ecotrust helps create jobs
Ecotrust CDE has allocated over $60 million in tax credits to businesses that are creating green jobs in struggling timber communities.
Oregon Business Team
Portland costs rise
The cost of living in the Portland region is higher than 84% of all other metropolitan areas.
Showers Pass expands
Portland-based Showers Pass Inc. sells high-end bicycling gear through about 400 retailers in the U.S. and Canada.
Umpqua cruises into Hawthorne
Umpqua Bank opened its newest location today on SE Hawthorne Boulevard, a branch styled as a folksy hangout to further the bank’s goal of embedding in Portland neighborhoods. This is the first of five “stores” that Umpqua plans to build through 2011, an expansion by 25% within the metro area for Oregon’s dominant regional bank.
Powin joins sustainable energy game
Tigard’s Powin Corp. launched a wholly-owned subsidiary that will provide manufacturing services to the renewable energy industry.
Nike on track for a $20 billion year
Nike’s fiscal second-quarter earnings increased 22%, exceeding analyst expectations of Oregon’s largest company.
Timbers rev up for debut
The Portland Timbers expect to surpass 10,000 season tickets sold by the end of the year in advance of their inaugural season as a Major League Soccer franchise.
Dealing with difficult people
CEOs have to deal with difficult people all the time – and sometimes they themselves are the difficult ones. What are some proven ways to deal with difficult people?
Readers want more sales, less weight
We asked our readers what personal and business goals they had for 2011.
From the Editor: 30 years and counting
Thirty years ago, I was just a few years out of school and working as a copy editor at the Sun-Sentinel, a daily paper in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.