Mary Volm celebrated the kickoff for her campaign for city commissioner last week at the Radio Room on Alberta Street. Volm is running against Commissioner Dan Saltzman. Volm was the spokesman for a variety of city government bureaus. Read the complete article
NEW YORK (AP) -- The stock market zigzagged after reports on factory orders and housing gave mixed signals about the economy. The modest moves Tuesday came a day after the Dow Jones industrials soared more than 150 points on upbeat manufacturing reports in the U.S. and China.
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TUMWATER, Wash. (AP) -- The minimum wage in Washington remains at $8.55 an hour in 2010. This is the first year it hasn’t gone up since a 1998 initiative tied it to inflation. Read the complete article
Apple Inc. has purchased online music retailer Lala.com, a Silicon Valley startup that has threatened “the end of the MP3” with its fast song-streaming application... Read the complete article
Shortly after issuing the 24th annual “Trouble in Toyland” report, the authors got a call from the lawyers representing Fast Forward New York, a manufacturer.
The Elmo Lunch Bag, which contains an excess of the plastic-softening chemical diisodecyl phthalate, is not a toy, said the lawyers. Therefore, it is not subject to the phthalate regulations of children's toys... Read the complete article
PORTLAND, Oregon (AP) -- At the newly opened Cannabis Cafe, people sit around taking tokes from a “vaporizer” -- a contraption with a big plastic bag that captures the potent vapors of heated marijuana without causing combustion. Glass jars hold donations of dried, milky-green weed, and the cafe serves up meals and snacks for the hungry. Read the complete article
Oregon is among a minority of states that tax the income of families living below the poverty line, according to a report released today by the Washington, D.C.-based Center on Budget and Policy Priorities... Read the complete article
For many of the people laid off during the recession, the next career move is a home-based business. It's an ideal solution for many, but these new entrepreneurs need to be aware of some caveats in running a company from home. One is taxes. It's much easier to ... Read the complete article
