Startup PDX boosts diversity
This year’s contest puts more emphasis on the companies’ makeup in choosing winners.
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Biggest donors to mid-Valley Willamette races
The list includes Oregon Right to Life and timber baron Andrew Miller of Stimson Lumber.
Keen triples production at Swan Island factory
Keen Inc., a footwear retailer, will make 300,000 shoes this year at its Portland shoe factory.
ESI forecasts steep decline in current quarter
Electro Scientific Industries reported a 24% decline in sales last quarter and lost $8.3 million, 27 cents per share.
ESCO shuts down production line in NW Portland
The manufacturer will lay off 20 full-time employees and about 50 temporary workers from its original Northwest plant.
Jive Software tops quarterly sales forecast
Jive’s Q2 sales totaled $43.4 million, up 23.2% from last year.
Music City firm acquires Rumblefish
Nashville-based SESAC purchased the Portland company, which developed a platform for musicians to micro-license music for use on websites. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Oregon lags in export growth
The state’s share of the nation’s exports has fallen from 1.5% in 2008 to 1.2% in 2013.
ViaWest sells for $1.2 billion
The data center operator with a facility in Hillsboro was acquired by Shaw Communications, a Canadian telecommunications and media company.
FEI reports another weak quarter
The Hillsboro-based tech company profits totaled $24.9 million, or 59 cents per share.