November 4, 2015, 5:24pm Business
Papa Murphy's, the Vancouver-based maker of take-and-bake pizza, reported third-quarter revenue of $28.1 million, an increase of 26.9 percent compared to last year's third quarter, in an earnings report released Wednesday. Read story
November 4, 2015, 6:09am Business
Fred Meyer's Orchards store is among the first in the regional grocery chain to launch a new online shopping service that allows grocery shoppers to complete the task without setting foot in the store. Read story
October 29, 2015, 11:11am Business
Elson Strahan, former Fort Vancouver National Trust president and CEO, has joined Vancouver-based Vesta Hospitality as vice president of investor relations, Vesta has announced. Read story
October 21, 2015, 4:31pm Business
A Camas lighting supplier has filed suit in Clark County Superior Court to recover money it says is owed for work at Christensen Shipyards prior to the shipyard's sale to Tennessee investor Henry Luken. Read story
October 15, 2015, 3:51pm Business
Clark County's real estate market cooled in September, with declines in pending and closed sales and a sharp 14.7 percent drop in new listings, according to the latest Market Action report from RMLS, the Portland-based real estate listing service. Read story
October 11, 2015, 6:05am Business
Few people could love their job more than Clinton Cotton, an employee of the New Seasons Market at Fisher's Landing, loves his. And few could receive as much love back in return from fellow employees and customers who enjoy the charming man his father calls a "human magnet" who exudes… Read story
October 9, 2015, 5:00pm Business
Moody's Investor Service on Thursday assigned a B3 Corporate Family Rating to the Cowlitz Tribal Gaming Authority's $485 million financing for its casino in La Center, a cautionary rating that takes into account potential risks involved in debt-financed casino projects by Native American tribal organizations. Read story
October 7, 2015, 6:09pm Business
The six employees of the Red Lion Hotel Vancouver at the Quay who gathered last week to discuss the impending closure of the hotel-restaurant complex have served generations of local and out-of-town guests. The restaurant and bar once served as Vancouver's premiere window on the Columbia River, before it slid… Read story
October 4, 2015, 6:01am Business
My wife and I spent last weekend in a fabulous country home in Parkdale, Ore., in the upper reaches of the fruit-filled Hood River Valley. We woke to spectacular views of Mount Hood's north slope and signed off our two evenings there, under a full moon that lit the silent… Read story
October 4, 2015, 6:00am Business
One hundred and twenty-five years ago this week, on Oct. 10, 1890, the Vancouver Columbian introduced itself to its readers for the first time. Read story
