The year 2017 was very eventful for the Technology sector as there was something new better and more advanced coming up every month for the tech savvy people that made things better for them. There have been more than 2000 different additions in the technological world starting from lifestyle, medicines, luxury, cars, security, construction and […]
Article Featured on The New York Times | By Neil Irwin Get used to jobs numbers like those newly reported for the United States Friday morning — if we’re lucky. It’s not that the new data blew the lid off expectations or pointed to some radical acceleration in job growth in the opening weeks of 2016. […]
Portland Hosts CiderCon—and Embraces a Growing Cider Culture Article by Brian Yaeger | Featured on Portland Mercury | Image Credits: Portland Mercury or Otherwise Indicated STEVE JONES, Portland’s most celebrated cheesemonger, cuts off a sliver of Ferns’ Edge Mt. Thielson, a Comté-style goat cheese. Swirling a Wandering Aengus’ Bloom—the Salem cidery’s sweet but not treacly cider—in his […]
Article by JOSEPH E. STIGLITZ | Featured on Project Syndicate SHANGHAI – China’s shift from export-driven growth to a model based on domestic services and household consumption has been much bumpier than some anticipated, with stock-market gyrations and exchange-rate volatility inciting fears about the country’s economic stability. Yet by historical standards, China’s economy is still performing well […]
Article Featured on Quartz turtix / Shutterstock.com Like most people, I look up to and admire the heroes of Silicon Valley (the real ones, not the ones from the TV show). They’ve given rise to services (e.g., Google, Facebook, Uber, LinkedIn, Airbnb) that we use every day and make the world a better place. They’ve […]
By Nigel Jaquiss | Featured on Willamette Week In the feverishly-paced 35-day legislative session that began Feb. 1, few issues are more important to lawmakers than doing something to address Portland’s shortage of affordable housing.
Article By Paul Bonner | Featured on Journal of Accountancy The IRS’s tax return e-filing system was back in operation Thursday afternoon, a day after a computer hardware failure knocked out it and other IRS system services. According to the IRS, taxpayers do not need to take any additional steps or action due to the outage. […]
Article by Elizabeth Hayes | Featured on BizJournals | Image Credit: photo.ua / Shutterstock.com After a difficult two years, Moda Health CEO Robert Gootee has a plan to guide the company through the turbulent waters ahead. It’s a plan that could include layoffs among Moda’s 1,750-person workforce. The Lund Report on Wednesday reported that the company […]
Article by Andy Giegerich | Featured on BizJournals A slew of successful business operators will offer inside tips on building a bustling enterprise. The Portland Business Journal and Entrepreneurs Organization will present the EO Talks event on Feb. 4. The 90-minute event features presentations from four noted business operators renowned for their commercial savvy.
Article by Robert W. Wood | Featured on Forbes.com | Image Credit: Julie Clopper / Shutterstock.com The Powerball jackpot rose to $1.3 billion. These astounding numbers seem even more likely to brew big potential liabilities. Of course, the taxes on winning tickets are an unavoidable downside. Yet even after taxes, most people assume they will end up with a […]