Oregon Business

Oregon Business is a prestigious magazine that has been in circulation since 1981. It connects with over 20,000 leaders in business, politics, and community across Oregon. The magazine covers a diverse array of business-related subjects, appealing to a broad audience.

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Portland Businesses File $80M Class-Action Complaint Over Blitz Of Bad-Faith ADA Complaints

6 days ago | oregonbusiness.com | Garrett Andrews

The federal lawsuit alleges a network of ‘fake testers’ helped lawyers extort money from Oregon businesses. Share this article!A network of lawyers who allegedly extorted small businesses around the country with threats of Americans with Disabilities Act complaints now faces a $80 million class-action lawsuit.
The Analytics of Comedy

1 week ago | oregonbusiness.com | Joan McGuire

Roboticist Naomi Fitter performs stand-up comedy with a small humanoid robot to gather data on human-machine interactions. Share this article!In a typical black-box performance space, a 2-foot humanoid robot stands on a square IKEA end table. In this YouTube video, a human arm from the edge of the frame holds a microphone to the robot’s smooth shiny head. “Hello, I am Jon,” he says and waves his small plastic arm, the joints at his shoulder and elbow whirring.
Trump Paves Way for Increased Timber Cutting on Public Lands

1 week ago | oregonbusiness.com | Garrett Andrews

Executive action could open 50% of forest service lands to timber harvest. Share this article!President Donald Trump’s administration issued an emergency directive this month that opens more than half of U.S. national forests to logging projects. An emergency designation of 176,000 square miles of U.S. Forest Service land effectively rolls back environmental protections and accelerates the timber permitting process for logging projects.
Portland’s Pike Place

1 week ago | oregonbusiness.com | Garrett Andrews

Two decades in the making, the James Beard Public Market speeds toward a 2026 opening, though uncertainty remains. Share this article!After two decades and two failed attempts to build a world-class public market in Portland, Jessica Elkan understands if the public is skeptical.
Bend Airport to Install Air Traffic Control Tower

1 week ago | oregonbusiness.com | Garrett Andrews

Despite being the third busiest in the state, Bend Municipal Airport is one of few high-activity airports in the region with no air traffic control facility or staff. Share this article!Big changes are headed to Bend Municipal Airport, including an 8-story air traffic control tower that — in addition to improving safety and efficiency — will be the tallest building in Central Oregon.
Tactics: Joyce Tsang Zooms In

2 weeks ago | oregonbusiness.com | Joan McGuire

In the thick of the Great Recession, Tsang left her job as an engineer to take wedding videos, beginning a journey that took her to the Super Bowl preshow and beyond. Share this article!In 2009 Joyce Tsang was working as an engineer at 3M, designing orthodontic products. It was the work she trained to do in college, and she was successful — she holds a couple of patents from that period. “The science part of it was great,” she says, but she never felt comfortable in the corporate work environment.
Owner Opts To Retain Mt. Bachelor

2 weeks ago | oregonbusiness.com | Garrett Andrews

Powdr Corp. chooses to keep the popular Central Oregon ski resort after listing it for sale last year. And in a nod to locals, kids under 12 will now ski free (with conditions). Share this article!A year after listing it for sale, Mt. Bachelor ski resort’s corporate owner has chosen to retain the Pacific Northwest’s largest ski area for the time being. Eight months ago, Utah-based Powdr Corporation listed Mt. Bachelor for sale through JP Morgan Chase.
Feds Accelerate Lithium Project On Nevada-Oregon Border

2 weeks ago | oregonbusiness.com | Garrett Andrews

The yearslong effort by HiTech Minerals to search for the lucrative chemical element got a sudden boost from the Bureau of Land Management. Share this article!The federal government appears poised to grant permission to an Australian company looking to drill for lithium in a dry lakebed on the Oregon-Nevada border — an area said to contain one of the world’s highest concentrations of the profitable soft metal.
The Future is Now

2 weeks ago | oregonbusiness.com | Joan McGuire

How Oregon workplaces work in 2025Share this article!In the fall of 2020, Oregon Business approached a variety of business leaders with one big question: What is the future of work? The results, published in the January 2021 Power Book, reflect a swirl of uncertainty. Most Americans did not have access to the COVID-19 vaccine, and case counts (along with rates of hospitalization and death) were still high. Some offices remained remote-only; others had reopened.
Adidas Plans North American Headquarters Expansion

2 weeks ago | oregonbusiness.com | Garrett Andrews

The Red building at the sportswear brand’s North Greeley Avenue campus will get a $7.9M facelift. Share this article!Adidas plans to spend around $7.9 million to renovate the Red building at its North American headquarters at 5030 N. Greeley Ave. The sportswear giant has submitted applications for facility permits now under review with the Portland building department.