5 companies react to lower fuel prices
BY JACOB PALMER | OB DIGITAL NEWS EDITOR
Consumers love the savings they get from low oil prices, but how has business been affected?
Oregon Business Team
Taxpayer advocate: Don’t turn to IRS for help
TIME: Report states the IRS is offering the least amount of customer service it has since 2001.
Obama aims to increase spending in budget proposal
BLOOMBERG: The president’s budget requests should cause a fight with the now Republican-led Congress.
Legislature proposes increase in school funding
Lawmakers favor education spending over social services in 2015-17 budget.
Oregon receives $283M in venture capital in 2014
Startups earned the highest amount of investment since 2001.
City of Eugene continues to fine Uber
The city has been fining the rideshare company $2,000 a day for operating without licenses.
Foreclosures down across country, except rural Oregon
Portland and most of the country have emerged from the housing bubble bursting, but some areas of Oregon continue to struggle.
Erickson secures transport contract with Brazilian oil company
A subsidiary of the aviation services company will transport executives of the Polvo Oil Field to their off-shore rig 60 miles from Rio de Janeiro.
US retail sales lower than expected
BLOOMBERG: Expectations for the economy were tempered by underwhelming December numbers for purchases.
City Club convenes search committee to replace outgoing director Sam Adams
The Portland mayor announced he was leaving his job as director of the City Club to lead a climate change initiative in Washington D.C.