Columbia buys “gem”
Columbia Sportswear Co. plans to buy OutDry, a water-proofing company, from Milan-based Nextec.
Columbia Sportswear Co. plans to buy OutDry, a water-proofing company, from Milan-based Nextec.
You know times are hard when you can count on one hand the public companies that gained over the past year.
Oregon’s unemployed drained more than $318 million from the state’s unemployment insurance trust fund in fourth-quarter 2008, as the number of claimants rose to 105,451 by year’s end.
FEBRUARY 2009: INDICATORS, THE STATE WE’RE IN All “latest” numbers are for November 2008 unless otherwise noted. Latest Month Previous Month Previous Year Annual Change EMPLOYMENT/BUSINESS LISTINGS Total employment State of Oregon, thousands 1,826.2 1,841.4 1,849.0 -1.2% Total unemployment State of Oregon, thousands 156.4 132.4 98.2 59.2% Unemployment rate Ore. civilian labor force, seasonally adjusted … Read more
After more than a year of vociferous conflict between federal, state and regional officials and the owner of the Central Oregon and Pacific Railroad, the International Port of Coos Bay has said it will buy the 126-mile line for $16.6 million.
In the final five months of 2008, somewhere between 2,000 and 2,400 workers in Silicon Forest lost their jobs.
In the face of the current economic downturn, Oregon’s software industry is enjoying solid growth.