Logging comeback uncertain
Oregon loggers’ hopes are high even though the industry needs home construction to return to prerecession levels in order to recover.
Oregon Business Team
Boeing contract will create Oregon jobs
In a huge win for the Pacific Northwest, Boeing won a $35 billion contract with the Air Force to build aerial tankers.
Search is on for clean tech leaders
A program created by a Portland investment firm seeks to spearhead the development of hot new clean tech companies by identifying proven leaders and bringing them together.
PDC passes the torch to Quinton
Portland’s urban renewal agency celebrated a changing of the guard at its meeting on Wednesday, officially appointing Patrick Quinton as its new executive director while bidding thanks and farewell to the retiring leader he replaces, Bruce Warner.
Politics intrude on Oregon-Israel event
A new Oregon-Israel chamber of commerce that hosted businessmen and politicians last night to discuss potential business ventures was met at the door by pro-Palestine advocates denouncing a so-called “apartheid state.”
Clans compete over Morrison Bridgehead property
Multnomah County’s request for proposals to develop the Morrison Bridgehead property has pitted two powerful local families against each other: the Marks and the Goodmans.
Portland cab drivers want to form union
A group of 40 cabbies in Portland hope to form a unionized cab company.
Oregon wants health insurance cap for state workers
During a bargaining session with state workers’ union representatives, state labor negotiators proposed a cap on health insurance and an end to the 6% PERS pickup.
Avoiding Arrogance
If management consultant Tom Cox had a nickel for every time a client started a sentence with “I don’t understand why people can’t just…” he would be very rich. In his view, managers who see things that way should consider taking a look at the mirror.
Obama praises Intel for investing in Oregon
President Obama gave full credit to Intel Friday for investing and manufacturing in the United States as part of an ongoing campaign to improve relations with the business community.