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"“The pandemic was an equal-opportunity disaster." → Read More
Some manufacturers are already cutting back, anticipating leaner times ahead. → Read More
Intel pledged Wednesday to effectively eliminate all its greenhouse gas emissions by 2040, following a wave of other large tech companies that have made similar promises. → Read More
Social CBD was plagued by lawsuits, layoffs and rape accusations against the brand's former CEO. → Read More
Since April, laid-off Powell's workers have had to apply for their old jobs. → Read More
Oregon added just 2,200 jobs in April – one-tenth as many as in March. That’s a worrying sign for the state’s economic outlook and parallels a national hiring slowdown. → Read More
A former executive at mobile payments company Square has launched a financial technology startup in Vancouver. → Read More
Facebook plans to add two more huge data centers in the small central Oregon town of Prineville. The mammoth, $2 billion complex will have 11 data centers when Facebook finishes its latest expansion in 2023. → Read More
Oregon’s unemployment rate climbed to 6.4% in December, up from 6.0% the prior month. It’s the first increase in seven months as the state hunkered down amid a sharp increase in COVID-19 infections. → Read More
"Part of what we loved about that store, and about bookselling in general, was it allowed us to be very specific to the Portland community." → Read More
Passenger volumes at Portland International Airport were down 69 percent from a year ago during the 10-day Thanksgiving holiday period, according to preliminary data. → Read More
More than 3,700 Les Schwab Tire Centers employees in Oregon are due to receive $2,500 checks this month as part of a settlement over a 2017 class-action lawsuit that alleged the chain hadn’t given workers enough time for lunch. → Read More
PORTLAND — Two women whose SUV broke down on Interstate 5 near Portland’s Fremont Bridge were killed in the wee hours Saturday morning by a driver police say was intoxicated. → Read More
Powell’s Books says it won’t sell on Amazon anymore, declaring that the online retail giant undermines communities by siphoning business from the real world and replacing it with internet commerce. → Read More
PORTLAND — Oregon’s largest company said Wednesday that it is beginning layoffs the company announced last month as it shakes up the company’s leadership and realigns its strategy under newly installed CEO John Donahoe. → Read More
PORTLAND — Oregon’s jobless rate fell sharply in June as businesses called tens of thousands of employees back to work, according to new data out Tuesday. Employers added nearly 57,000 jobs in aggregate, dropping the state’s unemployment rate by 3 percentage points to 11.2%. → Read More
Les Schwab Tire Centers has suspended efforts to sell the Bend, Ore., company, saying prospective buyers cannot easily evaluate the business’ value during the coronavirus pandemic → Read More
Daimler has exited the transit technology business in the U.S. by selling off Moovel North America, a Portland-based division that once sought to remake urban transportation. → Read More
PORTLAND — Facebook said Thursday that it has begun construction of its ninth data center in Prineville, which it says will bring its total spending in the Central Oregon community to more than $2 billion. → Read More
PORTLAND — Upscale retailer Nordstrom plans to reopen five Oregon stores next week, but not its flagship store in downtown Portland. → Read More