<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

Columnists

Brunell: Ports in state need to be more competitive

October 17, 2017, 6:01am Business

The $5.4 billion spent to expand the Panama Canal is paying off for East Coast and Gulf of Mexico seaports; however, it is putting more pressure on the Northwest to remain competitive. Read story

Harney: Fraud in mortgages on rise, so be vigilant

October 16, 2017, 6:02am Columnists

Fraud in connection with home mortgages is on the rise, ranging from little white lies about the intended use of the property all the way up to much more sophisticated schemes. Read story

Berko: Compiling database on investors hackers’ gold mine

October 15, 2017, 6:01am Columnists

Dear Mr. Berko: My brother-in-law, who is a longtime human resources officer with a New York Stock Exchange brokerage, told me that the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority is establishing a new database to improve regulatory enforcement. This database will include information about all Americans’ brokerage accounts, their personal financial information… Read story

Local View: Washington, Oregon need compact for transportation

October 15, 2017, 6:01am Columnists

For over 50 years, Oregon and Washington have been at odds in resolving and implementing solutions for transportation and infrastructure projects. Read story

Summers: Trump tax plan won’t work

October 15, 2017, 6:01am Columnists

The Trump administration’s tax plan is not a plan. It is a melange of ideas put forth without precision or arithmetic. It is not clear enough to permit the kind of careful quantitative analysis of its expected budget costs, economic effects and distributional implications that precedes such legislation in a… Read story

Will: Automakers peer into digital crystal ball

October 15, 2017, 6:01am Columnists

Bending metal, slapping on chrome and marketing an empowering product and status marker that mesmerized 20th-century America, the automobile industry typified the Old Economy, of which General Motors was emblematic. As was its bankruptcy. Read story

Berko: Sell Sears; do not buy Coca-Cola

October 14, 2017, 6:00am Business

Dear Mr. Berko: Sears finally reported a profit last May — $2.28 a share. My stockbroker had me buy 1,000 shares in early June at $7 because he thought Sears had turned the corner to profitability. He insists Sears will trade in the low $10s this year and wants me… Read story

Robinson: We must act to contain dangerous President Trump

October 13, 2017, 6:01am Columnists

The truth can no longer be ignored: Donald Trump is dangerously unfit to be president and could lead the nation to unthinkable disaster. So what are we going to do about it? Read story

Singletary: Educate self about cybersecurity

October 13, 2017, 6:01am Business

You know the screams you hear when watching a horror movie in a theater? That’s what I want to let out every time there’s another data breach. And I’m not alone. Read story

Singletary: Scary times for financial information

October 11, 2017, 6:03am Columnists

The irony is not lost on me — nor should it be on you — that National Cyber Security Awareness Month falls at the same time we celebrate Halloween. Read story