Oregon Business

Downtowns are getting a new life.

From where he sits as vice president of Hoffman Construction, Bart Eberwein sees a good amount of gray hair peppering his workforce.

As a result of mounting investor pressure in recent years, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has changed the requirements regarding the way companies disclose and value various elements of executive compensation in their annual proxy statements that go to all shareholders.

There’s been an explosion of farmers’ markets around the state, and with it a casualty list. Can there be too much of a good thing?

You’ve always had to have big ideas. Right now you have to  have a very, very  big idea." — JAY EISENLOHR,  AMBRIC

Was it a good session for business? Yes, says Kari Chisholm, a political consultant and an editor at blueoregon.com, one of the most prominent left-leaning blogs in the state.

Oregon’s snazziest young high-tech company is Corvallis-based MyStrands and the 50-employee operation has a cool $25 million to prove it.

Despite the efforts of a regional business coalition to increase Pentagon contracts awarded in Oregon, last year the state fell to its lowest ranking in defense spending per state in 10 years.

Work-life balance is key for the next generation of lawyers.

It won’t be easy, but Oregon’s coastal ports are in a position to play a major role in the next wave of local and international shipping.

During the 2004-05 school year, Oregon community colleges graduated 573 students from registered nursing programs; colleges and universities contributed another 524, for a total of 1,097 graduates.

Business leaders say Salem’s health care reform effort is a major step forward, but specifics are few and questions are many.

Now that the backslapping in Salem over this year’s renewable energy bill has died down, here’s the real news about wave energy: It’s going to be at least five years before the state discovers which, if any, of the seven much-touted wave energy projects are viable.

The Oregon Legislature heads into what should be its final two months, with leaders calling for a late June adjournment. A few business-related bills flying just below the radar could pop up for floor votes in the last wave of activity.

The biggest name on Wall Street bought into the Portland real estate market this year, but the deal didn’t have staying power.

Liquid natural gas is a story, like so many in an energy-fixated world, that begins and ends with demand. Not just a demand for cleaner, cheaper or more sustainable, but a demand for more. More for Europe. More for Asia. A whole lot more for North America.