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LeBron James unveiling; iPhone 6 hits Portland; minimum wage increase; Top Workplaces 2014; BPA scandal: Top Weekly Oregon Business Stories [The Oregonian, Portland, Ore.](Oregonian (Portland, OR) Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Sept. 20--1: LeBron 12 shoe unveiling: Nike and LeBron James, by the numbers (photos) Nike brought NBA superstar LeBron James to its headquarters near Beaverton on Tuesday to unveil its LeBron 12 shoes, the latest edition of James' signature footwear. --Mike Rogoway 1a: LeBron 12: LeBron James visits Oregon to show off Nike's newest hightop 2: Apple iPhone 6 and 6 Plus available for order: Trade-in values and options for selling your old one Apple began taking orders for its new iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus on Friday and immediately sold out its launch-day inventory. For some models, from some outlets, wait times now stretch into November. But Apple and the wireless carriers are still taking orders, and retailers and wireless carriers are jockeying for position -- trying to win consumers by offering trade-ins for older models of the iPhone. -- Mike Rogoway 2a: Apple's new iPhone 6 and 6 Plus draw long lines in Portland and around the world (photos) 2b: Trade-ins offset iPhone 6 prices amid frenzy of promotional deals 3: Homebuyers beware: 'Nanny cam' could be listening during a showing Once upon a time, would-be homebuyers could duck into another room while touring a house to have a discreet, private conversation. Not anymore, a Washington Association of Realtors lawyer says. --Elliot Njus 4: The more fulfilling the work, the more employees want to stay: Top Workplaces 2014 We started the Top Workplaces coverage in 2012, a time when the regional economy felt very much like it was still in the shadow of the Great Recession. Three years on, things feel different.-- Scott Nelson 5: Financing secured for 21-story apartment building at Burnside Bridgehead The developers of a planned 21-story apartment tower at the Burnside Bridgehead have secured a $71.75 million construction loan. --Elliot Njus 6: Silicon Forest 25: Regional tech finally getting younger, larger (infographic) The Silicon Forest, long reliant on a handful of old-growth tech companies and interlopers from out of state, is at last producing some hearty saplings. And those homegrown upstarts are, in turn, producing the fastest growth the regional tech industry has seen in years. --Mike Rogoway 7: Oregon minimum wage will increase to $9.25 in 2015 Oregon's minimum wage will increase 15 cents to $9.25 an hour in 2015, state labor officials announced Wednesday.--Molly Young 8: Heathman Hotel in downtown Portland is for sale The venerable Heathman Hotel in downtown Portland is for sale, its general manager confirmed Friday. --Elliot Njus 9: BPA hiring scandal fallout continues: Agency facing more lawsuits alleging discrimination and retaliation The legal fallout from Bonneville Power Administration's hiring scandal continues, even as federal power marketing agency says it has completed a remediation process designed to redress violations of federal hiring policies that became public last summer. --Ted Sickinger 10: Mystery shotgun blast the latest twist in strange saga of Shannon Egeland, one-time Desert Sun whisteblower The 911 call came into the Canyon County Sheriff's Office in Caldwell, Idaho, just after 2 a.m. on July 31. The caller said he'd been shot and left for dead by a motorist he'd pulled over to assist. The victim: Shannon Egeland, a recent transplant from Central Oregon. The sheriff's office didn't know at the time that it had just been sucked into one of the most bizarre and long-running white-collar criminal cases in recent Oregon history. --Jeff Manning ___ (c)2014 The Oregonian (Portland, Ore.) Visit The Oregonian (Portland, Ore.) at www.oregonian.com Distributed by MCT Information Services [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ] |