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…
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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,…
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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…
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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,…
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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.
One…
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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…
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…
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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…
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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…
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By Nigel Jaquiss | Featured on Willamette Week
Local governments usually pay legal settlements rather than collect them.
But on Jan. 5, Multnomah County disclosed that, unlike dozens of counties across the country, it had…
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