Powerlist
Housing hits wood jobs
Effects of a slumping housing market and cost of lumber have started showing in the state’s wood-product industry, with dozens of job cuts in central and southern Oregon announced in January.
Street tax goes to voters
Following outcry and fierce lobbying efforts by Portland small businesses, a $460 million road maintenance fee proposed by council member Sam Adams will be decided by voters in November rather than by the city council.
Sinar Mas buys four mills from Pope & Talbot
As part of the Portland lumber company’s bankruptcy proceedings, Indonesian conglomerate Sinar Mas Group will buy four of Pope & Talbot’s pulp mills, including its sole Oregon mill in Halsey, for approximately $231 million.
Angel investors get the pitch
Last year, the matchmaking sent Portland-based data visualization company M-Six home with $230,000. That’s what we call love.