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Columbian business reporter

HP has an office in the Columbia Tech Center but is planning to build a corporate campus in east Vancouver.

HP board: Reject $35 billion offer from Xerox

HP has an office in the Columbia Tech Center but is planning to build a corporate campus in east Vancouver.

March 6, 2020, 3:10pm Business

PC and printer maker HP Inc. announced Thursday that it would reject a roughly $35 billion exchange offer from competitor Xerox. HP’s board of directors unanimously voted to urge the company’s shareholders to reject the deal, arguing that the terms undervalued HP. Read story

The American Equities office at 4225 N.E. St. James Road in Vancouver.

Receiver files suits in American Equities case

The American Equities office at 4225 N.E. St. James Road in Vancouver.

March 6, 2020, 6:05am Business

Financial consulting firm Hamstreet & Associates has filed a blitz of lawsuits against several business entities with alleged financial ties to American Equities, the Vancouver-based investment firm that made headlines last year when more than a dozen of its mortgage investment pools were declared insolvent. Read story

Pipes sit on a trailer waiting to be unloaded and installed as part of the Willamette Water Supply Program, which will add a new water filtration plant and more than 30 miles of pipeline to accommodate future population growth in Washington County, Ore.

Vancouver-based Northwest Pipe gross profit best since ’08

Pipes sit on a trailer waiting to be unloaded and installed as part of the Willamette Water Supply Program, which will add a new water filtration plant and more than 30 miles of pipeline to accommodate future population growth in Washington County, Ore.

March 3, 2020, 4:43pm Business

Vancouver-based water transmission company Northwest Pipe released its 2019 fourth-quarter and end-of-year results late Monday, reporting that it had achieved its highest quarterly gross profit since 2013. The news follows a string of highly successful quarters for the company. Read story

Skip Ballweber, founder and longtime owner of the Wiener Wagon, prepares a hot dog in 2001. Ballweber recently passed away, leaving behind a decadeslong legacy in the Vancouver community.

Skip Ballweber, man behind first Vancouver food cart, was well-loved

Skip Ballweber, founder and longtime owner of the Wiener Wagon, prepares a hot dog in 2001. Ballweber recently passed away, leaving behind a decadeslong legacy in the Vancouver community.

February 27, 2020, 5:00am Business

“He had the thing down to a science.” Read story

Fiberglass technician Brad Cherry takes one side of a life ring cabinet out of the mold to finish cooling at Cheyenne Manufacturing in Vancouver. The company specializes in storage cases for marine safety products, and is currently embarking on a fundraising project to build and install loaner life jacket cabinets in state parks.

Cheyenne Manufacturing of Vancouver spearheads life jacket project

Fiberglass technician Brad Cherry takes one side of a life ring cabinet out of the mold to finish cooling at Cheyenne Manufacturing in Vancouver. The company specializes in storage cases for marine safety products, and is currently embarking on a fundraising project to build and install loaner life jacket cabinets in state parks.

February 26, 2020, 6:00am Business

A Clark County manufacturer has put itself at the forefront of a campaign to install life jacket loaner stations at every public-accessible waterway in Washington. Read story

WareHouse &#039;23 is in the former Red Lion Hotel building, which is slated for demolition as part of the Terminal 1 redevelopment project.

WareHouse ’23 in Vancouver will close at the end of the year

WareHouse &#039;23 is in the former Red Lion Hotel building, which is slated for demolition as part of the Terminal 1 redevelopment project.

February 24, 2020, 8:03pm Business

Vancouver riverside restaurant and event space WareHouse ’23 has officially announced that it will close permanently at the end of the year. Read story

Nautilus CEO Jim Barr (Courtesy of Nautilus)

Sales continue to decline for Vancouver-based Nautilus

Nautilus CEO Jim Barr (Courtesy of Nautilus)

February 24, 2020, 4:20pm Business

Vancouver-based exercise equipment company Nautilus released is fourth quarter and end-of-year financial results on Monday, detailing what CEO Jim Barr described as signs of improvement at the tail end of a challenging year that saw a loss of more than 20 percent of the company’s revenue base, continuing a multi-year… Read story

A model home at the Ginn Development community The Landing at Salmon Creek illustrates multiple recent design trends, including an open floorplan that connects the kitchen and living room and dark-color kitchen cabinets rather than an all-white design.

What’s hot, what’s not in Clark County housing

A model home at the Ginn Development community The Landing at Salmon Creek illustrates multiple recent design trends, including an open floorplan that connects the kitchen and living room and dark-color kitchen cabinets rather than an all-white design.

February 23, 2020, 5:55am Business

Clark County is in the midst of a housing boom, fueled by rapid and sustained population growth throughout the region. Home sales are brisk, new listings are barely keeping pace and the region’s homebuilders are busier than ever. Read story

AMC&#039;s updated concession counter at the Vancouver Mall theater includes the multiplex chain&#039;s &quot;Feature Fare&quot; food menu and new Coca-Cola &quot;Freestyle&quot; fountains.

Film fans express dismay with changes since AMC took over Cinetopia locations

AMC&#039;s updated concession counter at the Vancouver Mall theater includes the multiplex chain&#039;s &quot;Feature Fare&quot; food menu and new Coca-Cola &quot;Freestyle&quot; fountains.

February 22, 2020, 5:05am Business

It’s been about eight months since movie theater megachain AMC bought Vancouver-based Cinetopia and reopened the local company’s locations under the AMC banner. Read story

Workers for State Grid, China&#039;s state utility company, work in the field using RealWear&#039;s augmented-reality headset.

Clark County businesses adjust to coronavirus impacts

Workers for State Grid, China&#039;s state utility company, work in the field using RealWear&#039;s augmented-reality headset.

February 21, 2020, 5:07pm Business

Apple CEO Tim Cook made headlines earlier this month when he said that the company would be negatively impacted by the ongoing outbreak of a novel coronavirus in China, because some of the company’s suppliers are located in the Wuhan region where the COVID-19 virus originated. Read story