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Walmart rolled through 2024, but challenges appear ahead in 2025
NEW YORK — Walmart delivered another year of strong sales and profits with its competitive prices an increasingly…
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Federal Reserve officials see risks of higher inflation ahead, support pause in rate cuts
WASHINGTON — At a meeting last month, Federal Reserve officials pointed to rising risks that inflation could worsen,…
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What’s the key to surviving a plane crash? Skilled crew, strong seats and wings that detach
Experts say a combination of training and technology were critical to all 76 passengers and four crew members…
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Oregon farm regulators look to expand poultry options
The Oregon Department of Agriculture wants lawmakers to change its authority, allowing it to give poultry producers more…
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Economists: Oregon overtime laws reduce profitability, worker earnings
An economic analysis confirms what farmers already believed — Oregon’s new agricultural overtime rules will negatively affect farm…
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This was one of the largest flour mills in Oregon. Now it’s a winery
The decor of the Sunshine Mill Winery in The Dalles might best be described as “grandma’s bomb shelter.”…
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Oregon farmworker wins damages in unusual discrimination case after company hired foreign laborers
A federal jury has awarded a Madras man $190,000 for emotional distress and $17,000 for lost wages after…
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Professional firms expand in downtown Portland, capitalizing on tech’s exodus
Twenty-six floors up, Pat Becker Jr. can see an ever-shifting downtown Portland at his feet. The CEO of…
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Redmond tech company helps nonprofits, businesses use AI
Neesh. AI, a Redmond tech company, wants to show businesses and nonprofits how to use artificial intelligence to…
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Two retailers to close soon Big Lots, a discount store at the Forum Shopping Center in east Bend,…
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