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According the newly published report Executive Excess 2011 by the Institute for Policy Studies, of last year’s 100 highest-paid corporate
Business is booming . . . for those catering to the rich. The New York Times recently reported that luxury
Oregon’s middle class is fraying, with well-paying jobs in short supply and the cost of raising a family dramatically increasing.
The American Dream used to mean that if you put in a hard day’s work, you could expect good wages,
Oregon’s middle class is fraying, with well-paying jobs in short supply and the cost of raising a family dramatically increasing.
Today’s state economic and revenue forecast makes the case for the legislature to consider extending the temporary, top tax rates
A corporate-funded study says that Oregon has the fifth lowest “total effective business tax rate” in the country, a ranking
Total personal income in Portland jumped 3.1 percent in 2010 from the prior year, growing at a faster clip than
In case you missed it, last week the IRS published income tax data for 2009.
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