Capital Pacific Bank, a Portland-based community bank serving businesses, professionals and nonprofit organizations, today announced that it has earned recognition as a Certified B Corporation by B Lab, a nonprofit organization dedicated to building a community of socially responsible businesses. The bank is one of six financial institutions across the country to achieve B Corp status.
Lane Powell attorney Jeremy Babener has been appointed as chair of the Legal Committee for the Society of Settlement Planners (“SSP”), a national nonprofit education and public policy association of settlement planners who assist injured claimants in the settlement process.
Seventeen Lane Powell attorneys have been named 2013 “Oregon Super Lawyers,” and another nine have been named “Oregon Rising Stars” by Super Lawyers magazine.
George Pernsteiner, chancellor of the Oregon University System, is expected to recommend today that Robert Berdahl, a veteran university administrator, be named interim president at UO to replace ousted President Richard Lariviere.
Onetime Portland social networking company Jive Software is moving closer to an initial public offering by setting a price range for its shares at $8 to $10.
Eugene metal fabricating company Mohawk Metal has tripled its employees in the past three years, from 17 to 52.
The number of people who applied for unemployment benefits last week fell nationwide, but rose in Oregon.
Development Partners Group LLC proposes to build a $850 million gas plant in Troutdale, competing with PGE to keep rates low for customers of Oregon’s regulated utilities.
Kennedy Wilson Auction Group is preparing for a combination auction to sell off 70 bank-owned properties in Oregon and California.
Oregon State University’s Energy Efficiency Center will double the size of its program with help from a $1.5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy.