From Oregon Dept. of Consumer & Business Services: Starting Jan. 1, 2013, Oregonians with a Medicare supplement plan have an annual opportunity to change insurance companies. This gives consumers a chance to shop prices or compare customer service, for example.
MEDIAmerica, publisher of Oregon Business and Oregon Home magazines, announces a new retail website: HalfOffOregon.com. The website offers lodging, dining, recreation and many other items at half off their regular cost.
Aiming to boost market share, the Finnish mobile phone maker unveiled a low cost smart phone using Microsoft Windows software.
U.S. factories boosted output last month and December ended up being their best month of growth in five years.
A pair of bills that pit jobs vs. the environment mosh were heard this week, with both sides predicting hopes and doom to the debate.
With a straw in his teeth and sunglasses pushed back on his head, Gold Hill miner Clifford R. Tracy served as his own attorney in the first day of a lively federal trial in which he is charged with illegal mining.
Intel is launching an encore fellowships program to encourage its U.S. retirees to use their professional skills in community work.
The University of Portland halted admissions to one of its graduate nursing programs two weeks before applications were due for its 2012 class.
Senator Jeff Merkley introduced a bill that would reduce the wait time for small businesses in hard-hit communities to benefit from federal aid.
The state of Oregon has forced furlough days on its workers and cut services to the poor, but it remains a cash cow for private contractors who charge as much as $300 an hour for their services, an investigation by The Oregonian shows.