14 May Retail sales rebound as gas prices drop
Lower-priced gasoline allowed Americans to step up their spending at retailers in April, from cars and clothes to electronics and appliances. The rebound from a...
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13 May Retailers counting on service, tech, tax laws to win over web shoppers
A recent study, by Seattle-based group Placed, found 40% of the shoppers participated in showrooming and concluded the threat to retailers may be more serious...
07 May Senate approves online sales tax; House support isn’t so certain
A bill that would authorize states to collect sales taxes for online purchases easily passed the Senate on Monday with bipartisan support, but it faces...
02 May Thousands of children’s products contain toxic chemicals including footwear, report says
The report, called "Chemicals Revealed," identified more than 5,000 products such as footwear, car seats and arts and crafts supplies that include developmental or reproductive...
30 Apr Full Steam Ahead on Tax Overhaul, Thanks to Camp-Baucus Duo
Now that Baucus has announced his retirement from Congress, presumably he has motivation to establish as part of his distinctly mixed legacy a wholesale repair...
30 Apr Bill on Sales Tax for Internet Purchases Divides Republicans
For years, conservative Republican lawmakers have been influenced heavily by the antitax activists in Washington, who have dictated outcomes and become the arbiters of what...
28 Apr DC Tax Update: GOP moves away from entitlements and toward tax reform in budget deal
Reining in spending on Social Security and Medicare remains an important policy goal for the GOP. But House leaders launched a series of meetings last...
27 Apr Economic growth picked up to 2.5 percent last quarter
Economic growth accelerated from near zero to a 2.5 percent rate in the winter quarter as consumers went on a spending spree, the Commerce Department...
20 Apr Nike Expands its World Headquarters
Since 2007, Nike's employment in Oregon has grown by nearly 60 percent. More than 8,000 Nike employees and contract workers are employed at its headquarters...
18 Apr Nike Employee Grant Fund gives $250,000
April 17--Nike has granted $250,000 to 25 local nonprofits and schools through the Nike Employee Grant Fund of The Oregon Community Foundation for its Spring...