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Local Business News Is All That Really Matters AnywayYou do not need the Internet to stay on top of the local business news.
Just go to the coffee shop where the experts in local and gossip congregate every morning from six thirty to nine in the morning.
Then go to the Rotary Club, the Chamber of Commerce, The Lions Club, etc. etc. for local updates from your friends - there will be at least 2 or 3 of them meeting every day if you live in a town of 10,000 or more.
Local is everywhere, so why the big deal about the Internet?
Well the Internet makes connecting local business news, both real and imagined, old local and breaking local a seamless continuous collection and analysis process. I believe that without access to interest news, your local news gathering ability will be sub-optimized.
That sub optimization will be death to your business if you competitors are out there gathering competitive intelligence from every local outlet - to use against you in the quest for new business and repeat customers.
You logicize your operation is an initial, but its not - peruse the industry
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Bud Clark Commons lands top design prizeA Portland low-income housing project has captured a prestigious architecture award.
The American Institute of Architects named the Bud Clark Commons as the group?s top 2012 Housing and Urban Development design. The award will be given to Dave Otte, the lead architect on the project, on Saturday.
The facility opened last summer in Portland?s Old Town
The Washington, D.C.-based AIA praised:
The shelter?s ?abundance of natural light and wood finishes inside,? exemplified by the sustainably...<div class="feedflare">
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</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/bizj_portland/~4/t-9n7kXcGW8" height="1" width="1"/>H&M to open at Lloyd CenterH&M, the fashion retailer also known as Hennes & Mauritz, opens its fourth Portland mall store at noon, June 7, at Lloyd Center.
H&M has stores at Pioneer Place, Washington Square and Clackamas Town Center.
The 21,226-square-foot Lloyd Center location employs 30.
The popular retailer carries men's and women's apparel. The first 100 customers on opening day will receive an H&M t-shirt and a gift card worth $10 to $300.
Store hours are 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday to Saturday and 11 a.m. to 6 p.m....<div class="feedflare">
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</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/bizj_portland/~4/Jug-x1rTJoE" height="1" width="1"/>Icahn urges Mentor shareholders to withhold director votes<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/portland/news/Icahn_carl2_carousel*100.jpg?v=1'>Using a quote from Thomas Jefferson, billionaire shareholder activist Carl Icahn on Thursday lashed out at Mentor Graphics for extending its poison pill and refusing to renominate two of his favored board members.
As a result, Icahn is urging Mentor Graphics shareholders to withhold votes for incumbent directors Gregory Hinckley, Peter Bonfield, Kevin McDonough, Patrick McManus and Mentor CEO Walden Rhines. In doing so, he touted a similar recommendation from ISS Proxy Advisory Services.
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</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/bizj_portland/~4/PJ0nUiPYRBw" height="1" width="1"/>Regional stocks: Market slide continues<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/twincities/news/StockMarketDown*100.jpg?v=1'>The major indices continued their slide on Wall Street.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed down 156.06 points to 12,442, the NASDAQ closed down 60.35 points to 2,813 and the S&P 500 closed down 19.94 points to 1,304.
The Davidson 99, which measures stocks in seven western states, including 19 in Oregon, closed down 3.47 points to 168.16.
Among the biggest percent losers regionally were Lithia Motors (NYSE: LAD), which closed down 8.4 percent to $22.14, Paulson Capital (NASDAQ: PLCC), which...<div class="feedflare">
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</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/bizj_portland/~4/cR1iv7C7_-M" height="1" width="1"/>Craft Brew launches gluten-free Omission nationwide<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/portland/news/Craft%20brew%20omission%20carousel*100.jpg?v=1'>Craft Brew Alliance Inc. will start distributing its line of gluten-free beers nationwide in coming weeks.
Portland-based Craft Brew (Nasdaq: Brew) launched its Omission Lager and Omission Pale Ale in Oregon in March. Thursday, it said it will begin distributing the brand nationwide, starting on the West Coast and hitting the rest of the country by mid-June.
Omission is brewed under Craft Brew?s Widmer Brothers Brewing label. Each batch is tested to ensure it complies with international standards...<div class="feedflare">
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</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/bizj_portland/~4/u7ReCIdVXls" height="1" width="1"/>Milwaukie light rail line attracts $85M from feds<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/portland/news/Trimet%20max%20carousel*100.jpg?v=1'>Oregon?s U.S. senators announced jointly Thursday that the Portland area?s transit agency will receive $85 million in federal money for the new Portland-Milwaukie light-rail line.
The money, which goes to TriMet, comes from the U.S. Department of Transportation New Starts program.
Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden announced the funding on Thursday afternoon shortly before TriMet revealed it had also collected $7.5 million in federal grants to buy 18 buses, including four hyrbid vehicles.
The...<div class="feedflare">
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</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/bizj_portland/~4/6X-yN7wrR7o" height="1" width="1"/>Portland business leaders happy with mayoral options<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/portland/blog/mayoral%20candidates*100.jpg?v=1'>Portland?s business community has delivered a mostly positive verdict in the mayor's race following Tuesday?s election.
After Portland voters winnowed down the number of 23 candidates ? really, they narrowed the field of three front-runners to two, knocking Eileen Brady out of the running ? some prominent business leaders are saying that either of the general election combatants Charlie Hales and Jefferson Smith could be a positive force for the business community.
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</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/bizj_portland/~4/P7-HNnIEL2g" height="1" width="1"/>Timbers, Jeld-Wen Field featured in new Adidas ad<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/portland/blog/Timbers-army-screengrab*100.jpg?v=1'>The Portland Timbers, star forward Darlington Nagbe, and the Timbers Army feature prominently in a new 30-second TV ad making its debut this weekend from Adidas? U.S. soccer division.
Portland-based Adidas America is pushing its micoach SPEED_CELL technology, which uses a chip embedded into the soccer boot to capture the player?s 360-degree movements and document various performance metrics.
The chips store up to seven hours of data and can wirelessly sync to smartphones and be shared through...<div class="feedflare">
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</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/bizj_portland/~4/W6NjTdFxTHM" height="1" width="1"/>Oregon regional economies make gains<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/portland/news/growth*100.jpg?v=1'>Eugene-Springfield and Central Oregon have joined the Portland metro area in nearing their average economic growth rates, according to the University of Oregon Regional Economic Indexes.
The regional indexes measure economic growth using variables including new housing permits, home sales, sector employment data, the unemployment rate, and airport passenger data. Zero is used to indicate the average growth rate posted between 1998 and 2011.
In Portland, the average economic growth rate for the...<div class="feedflare">
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</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/bizj_portland/~4/5j4XIMKWNgw" height="1" width="1"/>Precision Castparts surpasses $7B in annual sales<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/portland/news/Precision_castparts_Donegan_web*100.jpg?v=1'>Precision Castparts Corp. on Thursday said it gained ground in new markets as it boosted fourth-quarter and full-year sales by 16 percent.
The Portland-based manufacturer of key metal components for commercial aircraft and energy markets (NYSE: PCP) reported earnings of $336.1 million, or $2.30 per share, on nearly $2 billion in sales for the final quarter of fiscal 2012. That was a sizable improvement over the prior year when it had earnings of $271 million, or $1.87 per share, on $1.7 billion...<div class="feedflare">
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Bud Clark Commons lands top design prize
A Portland low-income housing project has captured a prestigious architecture award.
The American Institute of Architects named the Bud Clark Commons as the group?s top 2012 Housing and Urban Development design. The award will be given to Dave Otte, the lead architect on the project, on Saturday.
The facility opened last summer in Portland?s Old Town
The Washington, D.C.-based AIA praised:
The shelter?s ?abundance of natural light and wood finishes inside,? exemplified by the sustainably...<div class="feedflare">
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H&M to open at Lloyd Center
H&M, the fashion retailer also known as Hennes & Mauritz, opens its fourth Portland mall store at noon, June 7, at Lloyd Center.
H&M has stores at Pioneer Place, Washington Square and Clackamas Town Center.
The 21,226-square-foot Lloyd Center location employs 30.
The popular retailer carries men's and women's apparel. The first 100 customers on opening day will receive an H&M t-shirt and a gift card worth $10 to $300.
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Icahn urges Mentor shareholders to withhold director votes
<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/portland/news/Icahn_carl2_carousel*100.jpg?v=1'>Using a quote from Thomas Jefferson, billionaire shareholder activist Carl Icahn on Thursday lashed out at Mentor Graphics for extending its poison pill and refusing to renominate two of his favored board members.
As a result, Icahn is urging Mentor Graphics shareholders to withhold votes for incumbent directors Gregory Hinckley, Peter Bonfield, Kevin McDonough, Patrick McManus and Mentor CEO Walden Rhines. In doing so, he touted a similar recommendation from ISS Proxy Advisory Services.
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Regional stocks: Market slide continues
<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/twincities/news/StockMarketDown*100.jpg?v=1'>The major indices continued their slide on Wall Street.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed down 156.06 points to 12,442, the NASDAQ closed down 60.35 points to 2,813 and the S&P 500 closed down 19.94 points to 1,304.
The Davidson 99, which measures stocks in seven western states, including 19 in Oregon, closed down 3.47 points to 168.16.
Among the biggest percent losers regionally were Lithia Motors (NYSE: LAD), which closed down 8.4 percent to $22.14, Paulson Capital (NASDAQ: PLCC), which...<div class="feedflare">
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Craft Brew launches gluten-free Omission nationwide
<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/portland/news/Craft%20brew%20omission%20carousel*100.jpg?v=1'>Craft Brew Alliance Inc. will start distributing its line of gluten-free beers nationwide in coming weeks.
Portland-based Craft Brew (Nasdaq: Brew) launched its Omission Lager and Omission Pale Ale in Oregon in March. Thursday, it said it will begin distributing the brand nationwide, starting on the West Coast and hitting the rest of the country by mid-June.
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Milwaukie light rail line attracts $85M from feds
<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/portland/news/Trimet%20max%20carousel*100.jpg?v=1'>Oregon?s U.S. senators announced jointly Thursday that the Portland area?s transit agency will receive $85 million in federal money for the new Portland-Milwaukie light-rail line.
The money, which goes to TriMet, comes from the U.S. Department of Transportation New Starts program.
Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden announced the funding on Thursday afternoon shortly before TriMet revealed it had also collected $7.5 million in federal grants to buy 18 buses, including four hyrbid vehicles.
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Portland business leaders happy with mayoral options
<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/portland/blog/mayoral%20candidates*100.jpg?v=1'>Portland?s business community has delivered a mostly positive verdict in the mayor's race following Tuesday?s election.
After Portland voters winnowed down the number of 23 candidates ? really, they narrowed the field of three front-runners to two, knocking Eileen Brady out of the running ? some prominent business leaders are saying that either of the general election combatants Charlie Hales and Jefferson Smith could be a positive force for the business community.
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Timbers, Jeld-Wen Field featured in new Adidas ad
<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/portland/blog/Timbers-army-screengrab*100.jpg?v=1'>The Portland Timbers, star forward Darlington Nagbe, and the Timbers Army feature prominently in a new 30-second TV ad making its debut this weekend from Adidas? U.S. soccer division.
Portland-based Adidas America is pushing its micoach SPEED_CELL technology, which uses a chip embedded into the soccer boot to capture the player?s 360-degree movements and document various performance metrics.
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Oregon regional economies make gains
<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/portland/news/growth*100.jpg?v=1'>Eugene-Springfield and Central Oregon have joined the Portland metro area in nearing their average economic growth rates, according to the University of Oregon Regional Economic Indexes.
The regional indexes measure economic growth using variables including new housing permits, home sales, sector employment data, the unemployment rate, and airport passenger data. Zero is used to indicate the average growth rate posted between 1998 and 2011.
In Portland, the average economic growth rate for the...<div class="feedflare">
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Precision Castparts surpasses $7B in annual sales
<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/portland/news/Precision_castparts_Donegan_web*100.jpg?v=1'>Precision Castparts Corp. on Thursday said it gained ground in new markets as it boosted fourth-quarter and full-year sales by 16 percent.
The Portland-based manufacturer of key metal components for commercial aircraft and energy markets (NYSE: PCP) reported earnings of $336.1 million, or $2.30 per share, on nearly $2 billion in sales for the final quarter of fiscal 2012. That was a sizable improvement over the prior year when it had earnings of $271 million, or $1.87 per share, on $1.7 billion...<div class="feedflare">
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