Filling the Gender Gap in Portland’s Construction Industry
Connie Ashbrook has seen hundreds of women pass through Oregon Tradeswomen Inc.’s (OTI) pre-apprenticeships since she helped found the organization in 1989. One that sticks out in her memory is a 24-year-old student who relocated to Portland, Oregon, all the way from Wyoming because she wanted a career that mixed brain with
Los cerveceros locales aplauden las disposiciones del senador de Oregón en la fusión de los gigantes cerveceros
PORTLAND, OR (KPTV) – Oregon Senator Jeff Merkley announced several provisions Thursday in Portland that will take some of the bite out of a major beer merger. AB Inbev and SABMiller filed for a merger and that had many craft brewers across the country worried that they would not be
Sens. Brown, Merkley Want More Info From Regulators About Fintech Oversight
Sens. Sherrod Brown and Jeff Merkley called on financial regulators to provide more information about their oversight of fintech companies, while raising concerns that a murky framework could be harmful to consumers and small businesses. Brown, the ranking member of the Senate Banking Committee, and Merkley, the top Democrat on the
Brown, Merkley Press Agencias federales sobre la supervisión de la tecnología financiera
WASHINGTON, DC – Los senadores estadounidenses Sherrod Brown (D-OH) y Jeff Merkley (D-OR) pidieron hoy a los líderes de las agencias bancarias y de protección al consumidor de EE. UU. que describan los pasos que están tomando para garantizar una supervisión efectiva de la tecnología financiera emergente. , o mercado “fintech”. Los senadores hicieron su solicitud en un
28 senadores de EE. UU. alientan a CFPB a fortalecer las reglas propuestas para préstamos en dólares pequeños
WASHINGTON, DC – Hoy, 28 senadores estadounidenses, encabezados por los senadores Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Dick Durbin (D-IL), Sherrod Brown (D-OH) y Chris Coons (D-DE), escribieron a Consumer Financial Oficina de Protección al Consumidor (CFPB, por sus siglas en inglés) expresando su apoyo a la regla de préstamos en dólares pequeños de la agencia y alentando a la agencia del consumidor a fortalecer las protecciones al consumidor en la regla propuesta
Democrats Say Government, Contractors Shouldn’t Be Exempt From Robocall Rule
Ten Senate Democrats want to know how the Federal Communications Commission and the Office of Management and Budget “intend to help protect consumers from receiving intrusive robocalls from the federal government and its contractors” following a recent FCC decision to exempt the government from those rules. “We are concerned that consumers
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