The Sunday Oregonian will feature a great article from business reporter Mike Rogoway on the history of Mentor Graphics and the current bid by activist investor Carl Icahn. Mentor was founded in Oregon by former Tektronix employees in 1981 and continues to be headquartered in Wilsonville.
From The Oregonian:
For decades, Icahn has been using his billions [...]
The Oregonian newspaper broke a major story in the Sunday paper (7/4/10) regarding the ongoing case of missing Kyron Horman. According to a source, a landscaper for the Horman home was asked by Terri to kill her husband, Kaine, just months before Kyron went missing.
OregonLive.com has the full story online:
She [Terri] reportedly offered the landscaper, [...]
The Oregonian newspaper reported on Saturday that bankrupt but loved retailer G.I. Joe’s is set to return to operations in Oregon very soon. The investment firm that owned Joe’s but it into bankruptcy last year but now some company execs are raising it from the dead and hope to take it back to the old [...]
In its latest report, the Audit Bureau of Circulation says that The Oregonian newspaper lost nearly 5,000 subscribers in the past 6 months to fall to a total of 263,600. The Sunday edition, which has a larger total circulation than a regular subscription, dropped by over 10,000 subscriptions to 315,515 subscribers in the same 6 month time [...]
Twitter has been abuzz this week with the news that Fast Company Magazine profiled Portland as one of their top 10 cities in the US to start a business in. It would be hard to find an Oregonian that disagrees and those of us here at ThePortlander are no different.
From FastCompany.com:
It rains an average of [...]
Buds are sprouting, flowers are blooming and the grass is growing again ― spring is here and Metro wants to help residents get outside and get growing. Throughout the summer, Metro and the Oregon State University Extension Service are teaming up with local organizations and experts to offer dozens of free workshops and seminars that [...]
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