Business

I wouldn’t have liked to earn my living in public relations. Not that there’s anything intrinsically wrong with the occupation. Still, I think I would have foundered on moral dilemmas. For example, I wouldn’t have wanted to work on the PR…

Guy Fieri, the celebrity star of “Diners, Drive-ins and Dives” on the Food Network passed through Ashland Thursday. At 10:30 a.m. he tweeted, “1st stop on the family road trip to Yellowstone – Emigrant lake in Ashland, Oregon. Used to come…

At its year-end company call Friday, Oregon Shakespeare Festival announced that, mainly because of lost revenues from smoky air, it will trim seven positions from the acting company and five from non-acting posts in development, artistic…

Ashland’s long-empty Safeway grocery store is slated for re-opening as a Safeway market about the first of November, with many features that make it “an entirely new store.” The re-born Safeway will have an all-new Starbucks department…

Electric motorcycle maker Brammo Inc. said today the Hong Kong government will replace its existing conventional fuel-burning motorcycles with Brammo's Enertia Plus motorcycles. "This is a significant milestone in the adoption of electric…

ASHLAND — Minnesota-based off-road and powersports vehicle maker Polaris Industries has acquired a stake in electric motorcycle developer and manufacturer Brammo Inc. Privately held Brammo said this morning it has completed a $28 million…

Tai Babilonia wears a gold half-moon charm around her neck, given to her by Stevie Nicks of Fleetwood Mac. The only time it ever came off was at the 1980 Olympics in Lake Placid, New York; she will never take it off again. That year, an…

Currently in the construction business there are pretty much two different ways one can build a house, according to inventor and carpenter David Ward. Inventor David Ward explains the operation of his Strawjet machine, which uses a…