January 24, 2016, 6:07am Business
Sarah Palin is back, and so is another discussion of a Columbia River bridge. Both evoke strong emotions that are sometimes detached from reality. Read story
January 15, 2016, 4:08pm Business
Clark County home sales accelerated in December, which is normally a slow month for real estate, in another sign of a the red-hot local housing market. Read story
January 15, 2016, 6:01am Business
The entrepreneurial support event known as Startup Weekend will be offered this month in Vancouver, giving local entrepreneurs a 54-hour opportunity to learn some of the skills and secrets of startup success. Read story
January 13, 2016, 5:38pm Business
The owners of Christensen Shipyards in Vancouver have appointed a new interim president of the struggling yacht building company, which remains embroiled in legal battles stemming from its financial crash last year under its previous ownership. Read story
January 12, 2016, 6:04am Business
Three top Clark County business executives -- in fitness equipment, health care and luxury auto sales -- will be the keynote speakers at The Columbian's annual Economic Forecast Breakfast, set for Thursday, Jan 21 at the Hilton Vancouver Washington. Read story
January 7, 2016, 1:30pm Business
Pangea Motors, the tiny, Vancouver-based electric bus maker with ambitions to improve public transportation in congested cities, will be part of a research-and-development project for low-cost electrical vehicle fleets that will take place at a new Portland technology incubator operated by the British carmaker Jaguar Land Rover. Read story
January 5, 2016, 3:54pm Business
Windermere Stellar has completed a big move from stately buildings on Fort Vancouver's Officers Row to the modern Block 56 building in downtown Vancouver, bringing the real estate firm under a single roof with room to grow. Read story
January 3, 2016, 6:01am Business
Ah, it's a new year. True to form, many of us will make a new list of resolutions and remember that hope springs eternal. Read story
December 27, 2015, 6:03am Business
Clark County bounded back in a big way in 2015 from its recession-era status as the region's economic laggard, beating out other Portland-area counties in job growth and dealing with one of the problems of prosperity -- a tight housing market. Read story
December 24, 2015, 12:45pm Business
Gasoline costs less in Vancouver now than it did a year ago, with prices having gone up midyear and back down in the fall as a surplus of crude oil saturated the wholesale market. Read story
