Original Article by Jeff Cox on CNBC
American companies kicked off the summer with modest growth in hiring, sending nonfarm payrolls up 223,000 in June, according to Labor Department numbers released Thursday.
In addition to the…
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Why the Apartment Buildings You Hate Are Good For the City.
They pop up seemingly overnight, multiplying faster than food carts on every street corner in the city.
Just a whisper of them transforms…
Press Release: One of the longest days of the year, June 22nd, will now be known as National Radler Day, the most refreshing day of the year. Arguably the most thirst quenching and easy drinking beer style around, radlers are the ultimate playful…
Running a business was exciting at first. I felt the freedom of controlling my own destiny while working with my closest friends, daydreaming about the next big breakthrough and planning for the day that financial freedom would finally arrive.
Unfortunately,…
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LONDON – In 2011, the Nobel laureate economist Paul Krugman characterized conservative discourse on budget deficits in terms of “bond vigilantes” and the “confidence fairy.” Unless governments cut their deficits, the bond vigilantes…
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After receiving our Established Entrepreneur of 2014 award, Gravity Payments founder Dan Price has just announced yet another game-changing proposition.
Over the next three years, the 30-year-old plans to raise the minimum salary for…
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Apple's data center in Prineville, Oregon (Randy L. Rasmussen/The Oregonian)
Apple is planning a large-scale expansion of its Prineville, Oregon data center, according to The Oregonian. The report claims Apple is likely to expand upon its…
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Landy and Sophia in front of their North Portland home.
Portland: family-friendly bedroom community to the world?
Consider the maximally mobile 21st-century human, the person who could pretty much live anywhere. Landry…
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DELHI – In a recent exchange between former US Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke and former US Treasury Secretary Larry Summers on the plausibility of secular stagnation, one point of agreement was the need for a global perspective. But…
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Wildflowers, waterfalls, and panoramic views—what more could you ask for? Plus 3 springtime travel ideas not to miss!
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Balsamroot blooms at the top of Mosier Plateau.
Occupying the sunbathed hillsides…
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