Oregon Business Team All “latest” numbers are for October 2010 unless otherwise noted. Latest Month Previous Month Previous Year Annual Change EMPLOYMENT/BUSINESS LISTINGS Total employment State of Oregon, thousands 1,789.7 1,783.7 1,745.2 2.6% Total unemployment State of Oregon, thousands 196.2 194.6 200.9 -2.3% Unemployment rate Ore. civilian labor force, seasonally adjusted 10.5% 10.5% 10.9% -0.4 Portland/Vancouver MSA; … Read more
John Kitzhaber was elected governor for the third time in November following one of the closest elections in Oregon history. He spoke with Oregon Business managing editor Ben Jacklet recently about business and economic issues.
Sizing up three decades of ups and downs, saints and scoundrels, crashes and triumphs.
A 30-year timeline of key business events from Nike’s first Chinese factory to Intel’s new Hillsboro fab project.
This month’s Powerlist ranks Oregon MBA programs by total enrollment during the 2010-2011 school year.
Measuring the severity of Parkinson’s disease is difficult, which leaves doctors adjusting medications by “eyeballing” symptoms. James McNames, professor of electrical and computer engineering at Portland State University, thinks a little more precision might help.
SolarWorld’s five-year expansion has ended on target, with the company’s addition of its 1,000th worker in Hillsboro.
Lattice Semiconductor Corp.’s new CEO says he wants to focus more on the company’s Hillsboro headquarters rather than continue the shifting of jobs to Asia.
Jon Thenhaus’s latest business idea grew out of a simple desire to have an infinite supply of fresh basil within easy reach in the kitchen. That wish grew more complicated as he refined his ideas and followed his muse, from herbs to worms and fish. Nine prototypes and several “massive failures” later, the 37-year-old founder of Fishy Farm has developed an ingenious ecosystem for the kitchen or the back yard.
Fiscal calamity or a decade of budget austerity loom for Oregon as the recession leaves thousands of Oregonians jobless and the demand for government money outpaces its ability to pay for services, business and political leaders agreed on Monday.