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  1. Diane Megaw

    Oregon-based Lattice Semiconductors Mulling Purchase Of Intel’s Altera

    Oregon-based Lattice Semiconductors is exploring a bid to buy part of Altera, Intel's programmable chip business. Bloomberg reported that the Hillsboro firm, Lattice, is…

  2. Lucille McNamara

    PacifiCorp Workers Must Return Full-Time to the Portland Headquarters

    Employees of the electric utility, PacifiCorp, can no longer work from home.

  3. Lucille McNamara

    Trump’s Planned Increased Tariffs is Impacting Two Major Oregon Sportswear Companies

    Donald Trump’s plan to increase tariffs by more than 60% on goods imported from China is already impacting two of Oregon’s major sportswear corporations, Nike and…

  4. Diane Megaw

    Nvidia Knocks Intel Off Dow Jones Industrial Average Spot

    Changes in the semiconductor industry are reflected in the blue-chip Dow Jones Industrial Average Index as Nvidia replaces Intel after gaining over 170% this year, while…

  5. Lucille McNamara

    Oregon Remains in Contention for the Only Remaining Semiconductor Research Center

    Oregon may have lost out to New York and California in its bid for a semiconductor technology center funded by the CHIPS Act of 2022 but remains in contention for the…

  6. Diane Megaw

    Fred Meyer & QFC Agreement Reached With Oregon Workers: Union Approves New Contract

    After months of negotiations, workers at grocery chains Fred Meyer and QFC in Oregon and southwest Washington ratified a three-year contract that covers wage increases…

  7. Lucille McNamara

    1,035 Oregonians Face Job Losses When Wells Fargo Withdraws from Three State Locations

    UPDATE: Wells Fargo Lays Off More Than 700 Oregon Employees

  8. Diane Megaw

    Amazon’s Eastern Oregon Data Centers To Run On Nuclear Energy

    Amazon announced last week that it had reached an agreement with several energy companies to develop and build small modular nuclear reactors (SMRs) to add to the energy…