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I Was There! by Mike Daiseynew

I decided to travel to ancient Egypt, alone, to personally witness — to see with my own eyes — the brutality behind these pyramids we love so much.

The Portland Mercury | Mike Daisey | 03-26-2012 | Business & Labor

Tags: Mike Daisey, The Agony and Ecstasy of the Pharaohs

Does Greek Cusina Owner Really Have a Legal Case Against the City?new

THE EMBATTLED Greek Cusina closed its doors on January 1, after a year and a half of paying more than $200,000 for near-constant city-imposed fire inspections. Now, Ted Papas is now seriously considering filing a lawsuit in federal court against the person he squarely blames for the closure: City Commissioner Randy Leonard.

The Portland Mercury | Amanda Waldroupe | 01-07-2010 | Business & Labor

Tags: Cindy's Adult Bookstore, fire bureau, Greek Cusina, Kim Kosmas, OLCC, Ted Papas, food carts, Randy Leonard

Meet a Professional Rat Catchernew

Tim TenBrink has run Critter Control in Portland for 10 years. He moved here from Michigan, after deciding he didn't want to teach high school science there any more because the job wasn't as fulfilling as he'd expected. So he got a part-time job in Portland doing pest control, and stayed.

The Portland Mercury | Matt Davis | 05-29-2008 | Business & Labor

Tags: Portland, business & labor, Critter Control, pest control, rats

I Needed a Job. Hyphire Solutions Was Hiring. That Didn't Work Out So Well.new

Googling the company yielded a weird mix of job ads, vague corporate websites, and pages that implicated Hyphire as a scam connected to the multilevel marketing giant known as DS-Max. I could've taken their word for it. But I figured ... why not find out for myself?

The Portland Mercury | Christine McCurdy | 11-29-2007 | Business & Labor

Tags: business & labor

Portland Learns from San Fran's Sweat-Free Mistakesnew

Commissioner Sam Adams' office is taking the approach that involving suppliers in drafting the city's anti-sweatshop policy will lead to a less adversarial relationship between the city and the industry -- unlike in San Francisco.

The Portland Mercury | Scott Moore | 09-06-2007 | Business & Labor

Tags: business & labor

Raising a Red Flagnew

Neighbors complain about new bar.

The Portland Mercury | Amy J. Ruiz | 08-16-2007 | Business & Labor

Tags: business & labor

Dis-Organizednew

Food Front employees to leave union?

The Portland Mercury | Tom Lundby | 08-16-2007 | Business & Labor

Tags: business & labor

So Long, Clownsnew

Alberta Clown House Packs it In

The Portland Mercury | Scott Moore | 07-05-2007 | Business & Labor

Tags: business & labor

Tow Jobnew

Northeast Portland towing skirmish goes statewide.

The Portland Mercury | Thomas Lundby | 06-21-2007 | Business & Labor

Tags: business & labor

Court Ruling May Set Portland's Murals Freenew

In an unexpected victory for local artists, a circuit court judge ruled that the city could conceivably produce more wall murals -- without having to allow for more commercial billboards.

The Portland Mercury | Scott Moore | 06-01-2007 | Business & Labor

Tags: business & labor

Will Portland's City Workers Get Screwed?new

Workers will be considered "at will" and can be fired by city commissioners for no reason -- what's unclear, though, is how many bureau employees will be affected by the change, and whose jobs might be at risk when it goes into effect in January.

The Portland Mercury | Scott Moore | 05-24-2007 | Business & Labor

Tags: business & labor