Oregon Business Team 
Tech startup Element One this month launched a product that transforms methanol and water into hydrogen, paving its way to enter markets in the developing world. Its “Pegasus hydrogen generator” could provide fuel for hydrogen cells that power rapidly expanding telecommunication networks.
During the last four years, permits for new housing in Oregon, both single-family and multi-unit, have been going over a cliff.
All “latest” numbers are for August 2010 unless otherwise noted. Latest Month Previous Month Previous Year Annual Change EMPLOYMENT/BUSINESS LISTINGS Total employment State of Oregon, thousands 1,787.4 1,774.9 1,757.8 1.7% Total unemployment State of Oregon, thousands 205.1 207.9 216.3 -5.2% Unemployment rate Ore. civilian labor force, seasonally adjusted 10.6% 10.6% 11.2% -0.6 Portland/Vancouver MSA; … Read more
The stakes are high for Oregon tribes, private business investors and the state in the race to get a casino close to the lucrative Portland market.
Oregon’s health plan providers are facing new challenges as national health care reform rolls out.
Police gather vehicle and driver information in two problematic ways. They can either enter license plate numbers into a computer, which requires them to be inside their cruisers and distracts them while driving, or they can call a human dispatcher and wait for clear radio bands. Warren Harrison, head of Portland State University’s computer science department, decided to do something about it.
Downtown Portland business owners and shoppers would welcome a Target store, even as they shun Walmart.
Columbia Biogas LLC plans to build an anaerobic digester facility in Portland to turn food waste into electricity.
Many people prefer to live and work in Washington and shop in Oregon to save money, but Washington’s Initiative 1098 could change that.
Oregon’s late wine grape harvest is being confounded even more with the arrival of migrating birds.