New real estate term "surban" a sign of the times
Developers are betting that millennials are demanding a new type of neighborhood.
New tech school tackles diversity challenge head on
Warner Pacific University partners with business community to provide new technical degrees.
Federal government steps up probes into foreign real estate deals
The change could make investors nervous.
OBOpinion
Biz tips: Three mistakes to resist in developing a strategy
Why most business plans don't work.
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Politics
Why businesses are resorting to shooter defense training
In an age of frequent mass shootings, employers teach staff how to fight back against violent intruders.
What the Democratic supermajority means for business
Democrats hold all the cards, but they’ll need to play them wisely.
Oregonians react to ballot measure results, Brown's win
All but one of the ballot initiatives were defeated.
Economy
The Emissary
The state's director of outdoor recreation on fixing overcrowded campsites and boosting private-lands vacationing.
Updated: Harvard economist scores Oregon on access to the American dream
Rural areas outperform their urban counterparts.
Gresham sees surge in industrial development
A manufacturing hub springs up on the outskirts of the Portland metropolitan area.
The brave new world of impact investing
As impact investing gains popularity, it addresses new challenges.
Restaurants and Retail
Retail returns to historic Portland department store building
A Japanese retailer opens a store in the iconic Meier & Frank building in time for the holiday shopping season.
Entrepreneurial shift
A new business incubator encourages members of the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs to become independent entrepreneurs.
Cultivating coffee culture
Dutch Bros CEO discusses his strategy behind a new private-equity investment.
Riding the Wave
Bamboo Sushi founder seeks to change the way people think about seafood.
Tech
Should your company get political on social media? Experts weigh in.
Brands will take edgier political stances on social media in 2019, experts predict
Blockchain venture studio to open in Portland
Business leaders aim to make Portland hub for blockchain revolution
Reality check
Digimarc wades into a hyper-competitive retail market to save in-person shopping.
Cyber crime busters: An inside look
An advanced threat research lab locates vulnerabilities in emerging technologies.
Energy and Environment
The fish crisis: businesses called on to do more to conserve stocks
Unsustainable fishing practices are part of the problem.
Promising solutions rise to the top of the wildfire discussion
Part three of a series of stories that investigates business solutions to climate change.
Design with nature: working wetlands, water quality trading and Willamette restoration
Part two of a new series of stories that investigates how the business community is creating solutions to climate change…
Oregon's water infrastructure hasn't been upgraded for 100 years. Some think it's time to fix that.
Part one of a new series of stories that investigates how the business community is creating solutions to climate change…
