<img height="1" width="1" style="display:none" src="https://www.facebook.com/tr?id=192888919167017&amp;ev=PageView&amp;noscript=1">
Wednesday,  November 27 , 2024

Linkedin Pinterest
Businessright chevron arrow icon

Business Briefs

Merit Steel move to Longview among council discussions

May 27, 2019, 4:11pm Business

LONGVIEW -- A steel preparation company is moving into the Kemira building on Third Avenue in Longview, which has been vacant for at least two years, Longview Community Development Director John Brickey told the city council Thursday night. Read story

Duplexes, houses planned for lot near Hudson’s Bay High

May 27, 2019, 4:11pm Business

A combination of duplexes and single-family houses would be built on a nearly half-acre lot near 2009 E. 13th St., east of Hudson's Bay High School, under a plan submitted to the city of Vancouver. Read story

The bee business is booming

May 27, 2019, 6:04am Business

The effects of Colony Collapse Disorder are still reverberating in hives throughout the U.S., but the business of bees is actually booming. Read story

Amazon’s HQ2 aids housing in N. Virginia, cools NYC

May 27, 2019, 6:03am Business

Home sales in both Manhattan and Arlington, Va., jumped after Amazon.com selected the two sites for its second headquarters. Read story

PayPal backing a German startup to help users save

May 27, 2019, 6:02am Business

A German financial-tech firm that counts PayPal Holdings among its investors wants to expand its internet platform for bank-savings products to the United States. Read story

Union Pacific to lay off up to 195 in Hermiston, Ore.

May 23, 2019, 6:07pm Business Briefs

HERMISTON, Ore. -- Union Pacific Railroad filed notice this week with Oregon that it will lay off up to 195 employees at the Hinkle Rail Yard in Hermiston and close the yard's supply warehouse and mechanical shop. Read story

PCC gives partner award to Vigor Industrial

May 23, 2019, 6:06pm Business Briefs

Portland Community College named Vigor Industrial as 2019 Partner of the Year-Large Business category at its Employer Partnership Awards celebration this week at Oregon Museum of Science and Industry. Read story

MTY Food Group completes purchase of Papa Murphy’s

May 23, 2019, 6:04pm Business Briefs

MTY Food Group Inc. of St. Laurent, Quebec, announced Thursday it had completed the purchase of Vancouver-based Papa Murphy's Holdings, Inc., in a deal that was announced April 11. Read story

Southwest mechanics OK contract, 20 percent raise

May 22, 2019, 7:46pm Business Briefs

DALLAS -- Southwest Airlines mechanics have approved a five-year contract that adds up to a 20 percent raise. Read story

Apple reopening downtown Portland store May 31

May 22, 2019, 7:46pm Business Briefs

Portland -- Apple will reopen its downtown Portland store on May 31, a little more than two months after it closed for a substantial remodel. Read story