2010 Archives

Big deals of the month.

In August, after Russia halted wheat exports due to severe drought, cash bids jumped for wheat shipped through Portland.

  All “latest” numbers are for October 2010 unless otherwise noted. Latest Month Previous Month Previous Year Annual Change EMPLOYMENT/BUSINESS LISTINGS Total employment State of Oregon, thousands 1,789.7 1,783.7 1,745.2 2.6% Total unemployment State of Oregon, thousands 196.2 194.6 200.9 -2.3% Unemployment rate Ore. civilian labor force, seasonally adjusted 10.5% 10.5% 10.9% -0.4 Portland/Vancouver MSA; … Read more

John Kitzhaber was elected governor for the third time in November following one of the closest elections in Oregon history. He spoke with Oregon Business managing editor Ben Jacklet recently about business and economic issues.

Sizing up three decades of ups and downs, saints and scoundrels, crashes and triumphs.

A 30-year timeline of key business events from Nike’s first Chinese factory to Intel’s new Hillsboro fab project.

This month’s Powerlist ranks Oregon MBA programs by total enrollment during the 2010-2011 school year.

Measuring the severity of Parkinson’s disease is difficult, which leaves doctors adjusting medications by “eyeballing” symptoms. James McNames, professor of electrical and computer engineering at Portland State University, thinks a little more precision might help.

As 2010 comes to an end, there seems to be no joy in Mudville. In our online survey of readers this month, the mood is considerably dark. We asked readers what signs they were seeing that the economy is improving and almost half of the 808 respondents said, “None, the economy still stinks.”

Few of our readers think the economy is getting better or that their region is headed in the right direction.