Matthew Kish

2 days ago | omahadailyrecord.com | Matthew Kish

Series: Nike’s Gold Standard:Testing Nike’s Corporate Responsibility Claims“Sometimes when we talk about trade, we think of Nike,” Obama said, before making his pitch for a trade deal with Asian countries that he described as the “highest-standard, most progressive trade deal in history.”President Donald Trump canceled that deal, known as the Trans-Pacific Partnership, less than two years later.

1 week ago | oregonlive.com | Matthew Kish

In May 2015, President Barack Obama gave a big speech about dropping trade barriers with other nations. He delivered it on a sunny day at Nike’s world headquarters in Oregon. “Sometimes when we talk about trade, we think of Nike,” Obama said, before making his pitch for a trade deal with Asian countries that he described as the “highest-standard, most progressive trade deal in history.”President Donald Trump canceled that deal, known as the Trans-Pacific Partnership, less than two years later.

1 week ago | propublica.org | Matthew Kish |Rob Davis |Sarahbeth Maney |Sharon Lerner

This article was produced in partnership with The Oregonian/OregonLive. Sign up for Dispatches to get stories like this one as soon as they are published. In May 2015, President Barack Obama gave a big speech about dropping trade barriers with other nations. He delivered it on a sunny day at Nike’s world headquarters in Oregon.

1 week ago | oregonlive.com | Matthew Kish

One of Nike’s most powerful executives will retire as part of the biggest leadership reshuffle to date under CEO Elliott Hill, who’s working to reboot the company. Heidi O’Neill, a 26-year Nike veteran, will leave her job as president of consumer, product and brand, arguably the company’s No. 2 job. She oversaw product creation, marketing and how Nike served consumers. Nike said Monday it will essentially split O’Neill’s job into three separate roles, with new executives tapped to oversee each one.

1 week ago | oregonlive.com | Matthew Kish

The University of Portland’s business school is no longer named after Robert Pamplin Jr.“The association of Dr. Pamplin’s name with the University of Portland School of Business was subject to an agreement that has concluded,” a University of Portland spokesperson said in an email to The Oregonian/OregonLive. Pamplin’s name appears to have been removed from the university’s website and correspondence in the past month. The university declined to elaborate on its statement.