Mike Rogoway

5 days ago | oregonlive.com | Mike Rogoway

De Beers Group is getting out of the business for lab-made diamond jewelry, shutting down its Lightbox brand and refocusing on naturally occurring gems after a steep decline in the price of manufactured diamonds. Lightbox diamonds come from a $100 million factory in Gresham that opened five years ago. The Oregon site will continue operating, De Beers said this week, but will now make diamonds for semiconductor manufacturers and other industrial customers.

5 days ago | seattletimes.com | Mike Rogoway

The share of Oregonians working two or more jobs has risen rapidly over the past two years to its highest point in more than a decade. About 6% of Oregon workers are holding down multiple jobs, according to the latest state and federal data, about 1 in 16 workers overall. The share of Oregonians working multiple jobs has been up in each of the last two years.

1 week ago | oregonlive.com | Mike Rogoway

A Chinese semiconductor manufacturer plans to spend $100 million on a facility in east Vancouver, where the company says it will employ 100. YST Semiconductor Technology Corp. makes chips used in telecommunications and information technology and hopes, with its new Northwest foothold, to expand its sales in the U.S. The Columbia River Economic Development Council, Clark County’s business development agency, said Tuesday that YST has leased 150,000 square feet in east Vancouver.

1 week ago | oregonlive.com | Mike Rogoway

One of Oregon’s most enduring and decorated weekly newspapers will print its last edition Wednesday and shut down completely at the end of the month. The pending closure of the Malheur Enterprise in eastern Oregon marks the latest in a long succession of small papers that have shut down across the state over the past several years.

1 week ago | oregonlive.com | Mike Rogoway

Portland-based tech firm Smarsh has stopped offering a digital messaging app called TeleMessage, notably used by Trump administration official Mike Waltz, after hackers breached the app. “TeleMessage is investigating a recent security incident. Upon detection, we acted quickly to contain it and engaged an external cybersecurity firm to support our investigation,” Smarsh said in a written statement Monday.