http://www.kgw.com/news/business RSS Feed for KGW - News - Business en-us Thu, 23 May 2013 11:02:22 GMT 2013-05-23T11:02:22Z en-us http://www.kgw.com/news/business/Amys-Baking-learns-how-to-do-everything-wrong-with-branding-208487561.html Wed, 22 May 2013 14:49:36 GMT http://www.kgw.com/news/business/Amys-Baking-learns-how-to-do-everything-wrong-with-branding-208487561.html 2013-05-22T14:49:36Z http://www.kgw.com/news/business/Amazon-wants-giant-bio-domes-for-Seattle-complex-208503881.html Amazon has redesigned the heart of its proposed Denny Triangle campus. At the center, instead of a low rise office building, new renderings show three orbs with exteriors made almost entirely of glass. Wed, 22 May 2013 16:36:17 GMT http://www.kgw.com/news/business/Amazon-wants-giant-bio-domes-for-Seattle-complex-208503881.html 2013-05-22T16:36:17Z http://www.kgw.com/news/business/Finishing-touches-being-put-on-Portland-City-Target-208581071.html The country's newest City Target in the historic Galleria is now in the final stages before opening this July. Thu, 23 May 2013 02:13:33 GMT http://www.kgw.com/news/business/Finishing-touches-being-put-on-Portland-City-Target-208581071.html 2013-05-23T02:13:33Z http://www.kgw.com/news/business/208401371.html DETROIT (AP) — Volkswagen is replacing the fuel tank covers on more than 200,000 of its diesel vehicles sold in the U.S. and Canada to remind owners to fill their tanks with diesel — not gasoline. Tue, 21 May 2013 23:02:50 GMT http://www.kgw.com/news/business/208401371.html 2013-05-21T23:02:50Z http://www.kgw.com/news/business/208617631.html DENVER (AP) — Contraception coverage by for-profit companies faces a prominent test in Denver. Thu, 23 May 2013 11:02:22 GMT http://www.kgw.com/news/business/208617631.html 2013-05-23T11:02:22Z http://www.kgw.com/news/business/208562391.html WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans pushed through a bill Wednesday to bypass the president to speed approval of the Keystone XL oil pipeline from Canada to Texas. Democrats criticized the legislation as a blatant attempt to allow a foreign company to avoid environmental review. Thu, 23 May 2013 07:02:11 GMT http://www.kgw.com/news/business/208562391.html 2013-05-23T07:02:11Z http://www.kgw.com/news/business/208580401.html MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin signed into law Wednesday a novel measure aimed at protecting companies from so-called patent trolling, the practice of making deceptive claims of patent infringement in the hopes of collecting licensing or settlement money. Thu, 23 May 2013 11:02:05 GMT http://www.kgw.com/news/business/208580401.html 2013-05-23T11:02:05Z http://www.kgw.com/news/business/208498911.html NEW YORK (AP) — A gay-rights group has filed a legal complaint against the Exxon Mobil Corp., accusing it of anti-gay discrimination in handling job applications. Wed, 22 May 2013 17:02:51 GMT http://www.kgw.com/news/business/208498911.html 2013-05-22T17:02:51Z http://www.kgw.com/news/business/208296871.html REDMOND, Wash. (AP) — Microsoft thinks it has the one. Wed, 22 May 2013 02:07:19 GMT http://www.kgw.com/news/business/208296871.html 2013-05-22T02:07:19Z http://www.kgw.com/news/business/208519791.html SWARTHMORE, Pa. (AP) — Student activists at more than 200 colleges are trying a new tactic in hopes of slowing the pace of climate change: They are asking their schools to stop investing in fossil fuel companies. Thu, 23 May 2013 07:02:37 GMT http://www.kgw.com/news/business/208519791.html 2013-05-23T07:02:37Z