Oregon Business Team Oregon offers tax credits to e-commerce businesses, movie producers, rural physicians and homeowners who buy wood pellet stoves. But a proposal to attack stubbornly high unemployment rates by providing incentives to people who create new jobs is gaining little bipartisan support in Salem.
Retail outlet centers in the state continue to grow after strong sales numbers during the recession caught the attention of regional and national retailers.
A new food initiative by Multnomah County hopes to bring young farmers into an industry that is starved for youth.
In 2010, power sold by PGE dipped for the second year in a row, down 1.4% to the same level as 2005.
All “latest” numbers are for December 2010 unless otherwise noted. Latest Month Previous Month Previous Year Annual Change EMPLOYMENT/BUSINESS LISTINGS Total employment State of Oregon, thousands 1,778.0 1,790.1 1,721.8 3.3% Total unemployment State of Oregon, thousands 206.2 208.2 205.5 0.3% Unemployment rate Ore. civilian labor force, seasonally adjusted 10.6% 10.5% 10.6% 0.0 Portland/Vancouver MSA; … Read more
Would Oregon benefit from a state-owned bank? As small businesses struggle, the idea is debated on Main Street, in Salem and by the banking community.
Oregon’s statewide technology employment hit a two-year high in January with a total of 54,600.
Seattle developer PacLand is turning Beaverton’s Ashley Furniture HomeStore into a Walmart store.
A recent study predicting hard times ahead for lodgepole pines adds yet another worry about the future of Oregon forests.
Senators Diane Rosenbaum and Brian Boquist have teamed up to sponsor two bills that would extend unemployment benefits for between 20 and 26 weeks.