Obama jobs bill could bring $324.2M to Oregon schools
If President Obama’s American Jobs Act is approved by Congress, Oregon public schools could be eligible for infrastructure improvement funds.
Oregon Business Team
ReVolt calls Portland its global headquarters
ReVolt Technology AS made Portland its U.S. headquarters last year, and now says its global operations are based in Oregon.
Goats get to work clearing land in Portland
Georgina Stiner’s business, Goat Rentals NW, rents goats to clear land in Portland.
Intel gets help from Google partnership
Intel gained an important partner in its quest to get its processors into smartphones—Google.
Portland tries new modest broadband plan
Portland is looking into a new, more modest broadband plan, after its last idea for a massive fiber-optic network came with a price tag of half a billion dollars.
U.S. working to remove Japanese beef import restrictions
The USDA is working with the new Japanese cabinet to try and remove restrictions limiting U.S. beef exports to Japan.
Portland firm sells out $2K razors
Portland-based Zafirro sold its entire inventory of $2000 sapphire razor blades over the weekend.
Lattice Semiconductor forecasts a sales drop
Lattice Semiconductor Corp. said it expects a drop in revenue of 4% from last quarter. This reverses its prior sales forecast of an increase of 5%.
Oregon unemployment ticks higher
Job cuts in Oregon government, primarily at school districts, have helped keep the state’s unemployment rate high. Oregon’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 9.6 percent in August, up slightly from 9.5 percent in July.
The customer is always right — and talkative
Customer’s expectations are at an all-time high and for a lot of people and a lot of companies, it is frightening. For years businesses have been able to get by treating people mediocre and still making the deal. They were able to hold a high gross profit all while having a low customer satisfaction number. Well not anymore.