Oregon Business

ABC News: McDonald's CEO Don Thompson responded to a 9-year-old girl who accused him of trying to "trick kids into eating food that isn't good for them."

Forbes: Arrested Development's comeback has elicited more angst than celebration inside the TV business.

Eighteen Western Oregon counties will receive $2 million in federal timber payments held up under the sequester law.

Portland's planned healthy convenience store chain Green Zebra Grocery has landed $1.1M of its first funding round.

The Skagit River I-5 bridge collapse highlights the need to invest more in infrastructure, supporters of the Columbia River Crossing project say.

U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell visited Portland to announce $4.2 million for 22 conservation projects that will provide 600 jobs for young adults.

The Oregon Senate approved a bill that allows the Portland Meadows racetrack to add electronic gambling machines.

With so many new beers and breweries in Oregon, craft brewers are having to find new ways to stand out from the pack.

Arts and crafts retailer Hobby Lobby plans to open its first Oregon store in Albany in early 2014.

Nike quietly supplied uniforms for the National Women's Soccer League.

New York Daily News: Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) is trying to introduce an amendment to the Senate farm bill removing protections granted in recent legislation to companies making generically-modified seeds, in particular Monsanto.

USA Today: Chevrolet's Spark electric vehicle will be available for lease at $199 per month.

Jordan Cove Energy Project filed a formal application to build a liquified natural gas export facility in Coos Bay.

The Oregon House passed an expansion of the foreclosure mediation program created by the Legislature last year.

Oregon lawmakers want to crack down on charities that use too little of the money they raise to actually help people.

TriMet's board of directors approved a new $485 million operating budget.