• Nike will aid overseas workers
You know labor conditions in overseas factories are bad when a Fortune 500 company decides it needs to help workers learn how to form a union.

• Oregon electricity bills just got bigger
In an unusual and unusually brief session Wednesday, the Oregon Public Utility Commission approved one of the largest electricity rate increases in decades, one that will boost average home and small-farm bills by 13 percent.

• Schwab's legacy is in his business
There will be no Les Schwab Memorial Foundation.

• 2006 proves vintage year for grape sales
New vineyards throughout the state, combined with a growing global demand for Oregon wines, helped push wine-grape sales to record levels last year, according to an Oregon State University report released Wednesday.