That sound you heard early this morning was thousands of mouthfuls of coffee being blown out Portlanders' noses as they got to the story in the Oregonian [http://www.oregonlive.com/business/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/business/1197352506216900.xml&coll=7&thispage=1] headlined, "Hotel above Macy's over
If you can find your way out, there is much to be learned from a visit to Ikea.
The Oregonian [http://www.oregonlive.com/news/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/news/1197433531322420.xml&coll=7] is running a fascinating story about fallout from the feds' June raid of Portland's Fresh Del Monte Produce plant, which arrested 167 people in a sweep targeting illegal workers.
News that Paul Allen is hot to sell naming rights [http://www.oregonlive.com/business/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/news/119752172892270.xml&coll=7] for the Rose Garden–the spaceship-like home of his Portland Trailblazers–has us pondering possibilities.
News that Oregon Health & Science University is looking to lay off [http://sanantonio.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2008/01/14/daily33.html] up to 300 of its 12,000 employees has Portlanders either aghast, steaming – or, in the case of one legal-eagle blogger [http://bojack.org/2008/01/ohsu_money
