State may drop Cover Oregon
The agency’s board will vote on a proposal to use the federal health insurance marketplace.
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Portland casting director raising funds for Oregon-made films
Lana Veenker, president of Portland-based Cast Iron Studios, is hoping to attract investors to finance Oregon projects.
Don’t reorganize. Fix the fundamentals instead
Too many of us in business choose to reorganize rather than fix underlying issues.
TriQuint forecasts big jump in Q2 revenue
The Hillsboro-based tech company, awaiting a merger, projects a 16% increase in second-quarter revenue.
Phil Knight creates trust for Nike stock
Knight rolled $350 million of Nike stock into a new trust as part of his estate plan.
Clinicient to lease office space downtown
The Portland medical billing software company leased 27,000 square feet at the historic Mohawk building.
Salem cherry processor products certified GMO-free
Oregon Cherry Growers added a new line of maraschinos that are free of genetically modified organisms.
Lake Oswego company pays mothers for their breast milk
Medolac Laboratories converts breast milk into a certifiably clean and storable product.
GM recalls affect profits
BBC: General Motors first quarter profits were hit by a $1.3 billion charge to cover the cost of a huge recall over defective ignition switches.
Science confirms paper money covered with infectious bacteria
TIME: A study of the bacterial content of dollar bills found that “money could function as a form of transmission.”