Tax, Estate Planning, Benefits Opportunities After Supreme Court's Same-Sex Marriage Decision

Tax, Estate Planning, Benefits Opportunities for Same-Sex Couples

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Article by Ashlea Ebelling | Featured on Forbes | Featured Image by Rena Schild / Shutterstock.com Today’s historic Supreme Court decision, Obergefell v. Hodges, affirmed a constitutional right to same-sex marriage in all 50 states, opening…
America and China in "Productivity Paradox"

America, China, and the Productivity Paradox

NEW HAVEN – In the late 1980s, there was intense debate about the so-called productivity paradox – when massive investments in information technology (IT) were not delivering measureable productivity improvements. That paradox is now back,…
Technology Replacing Workers

The End of Work as We Know It

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PARIS – In 1983, the American economist and Nobel laureate Wassily Leontief made what was then a startling prediction. Machines, he said, are likely to replace human labor much in the same way that the tractor replaced the horse. Today, with…
US Employment Report June

US created 223,000 jobs in June vs. 230,000 expected; unemployment rate at 5.3%

Original Article by Jeff Cox on CNBC American companies kicked off the summer with modest growth in hiring, sending nonfarm payrolls up 223,000 in June, according to Labor Department numbers released Thursday. In addition to the…
Apple Data Center Expansion

Grow Up, Portland

BURNSIDE 26 - IMAGE: Cameron Browne Why the Apartment Buildings You Hate Are Good For the City. They pop up seemingly overnight, multiplying faster than food carts on every street corner in the city. Just a whisper of them transforms…
Radler Day

First Annual “National Radler Day”

Press Release: One of the longest days of the year, June 22nd, will now be known as National Radler Day, the most refreshing day of the year. Arguably the most thirst quenching and easy drinking beer style around, radlers are the ultimate playful…
4 Smart Things That Would Have Changed My Small Business Life

Dear Younger Me: 4 Smart Things That Would Have Changed My Small Business Life

Running a business was exciting at first. I felt the freedom of controlling my own destiny while working with my closest friends, daydreaming about the next big breakthrough and planning for the day that financial freedom would finally arrive. Unfortunately,…
Debating the Confidence Fairy

Debating the Confidence Fairy

LONDON – In 2011, the Nobel laureate economist Paul Krugman characterized conservative discourse on budget deficits in terms of “bond vigilantes” and the “confidence fairy.” Unless governments cut their deficits, the bond vigilantes…
Gravity Payments - Isler NW

This Entrepreneur Just Announced $70,000 Minimum Salaries for His Entire 120-Person Team

After receiving our Established Entrepreneur of 2014 award, Gravity Payments founder Dan Price has just announced yet another game-changing proposition. Over the next three years, the 30-year-old plans to raise the minimum salary for…
Apple Data Center Expansion

Apple Planning Major Expansion of Oregon Data Center

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Apple's data center in Prineville, Oregon (Randy L. Rasmussen/The Oregonian) Apple is planning a large-scale expansion of its Prineville, Oregon data center, according to The Oregonian. The report claims Apple is likely to expand upon its…