Intel reports best quarter, ever
Despite the recent economy, Intel reported the company’s best quarter yet and raised its profit outlook.
Oregon Business Team
Guitar pick guru thrives in Talent
Steve Clayton, Inc. has grown into one of the top two guitar pick manufacturers in the country, and the only company to provide online pick customization.
Roots Organic Brewing closes
Portland’s first certified all-organic brewing company has closed abruptly.
New water purification tech
Beaverton company Puralytics has invented a water purifier that uses ultraviolet light rather than chemicals or filters.
Environmentalists oppose desert wind farms
Environmental groups disapprove of Columbia Energy Partners’ proposed Harney County wind farms.
Jobs Watch: A materials library for Portland
Sohrab Vossoughi is a great person to call if you’re running short on ideas. The high-energy CEO of Ziba Design specializes in big ideas delivered with enthusiasm, and his latest, the Portland Center for Innovation and Design, merits a closer look.
Oregon may ban plastic bags
State lawmakers propose making plastic bags illegal and charging 5 cents for paper bags, starting in 2012.
Suterra opens $35 million headquarters
“Biorational” pest control company Suterra opened a $35 million headquarters in Central Oregon.
Startup sues “The Office” star
Portland startup Think Brilliant has sued actor Rainn Wilson over his website, SoulPancake.
Pacific Power “rate shock”
Customers face a possible rate increase of more than 14% that would take effect in January.