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• Electric Lightwave, formerly Integra, to be acquired for $1.4B

  30-11-2016 18:34 via feeds.bizjournals.com
  Zayo Group Holdings Inc. said it's buying a Washington state fiber network provider that serves the western U.S. for $1.42 billion in cash.Boulder, Colo.-based bandwith infrastructure company Zayo (NYSE: ZAYO) is buying Electric Lightwave of Vancouver, Wash.“Electric Lightwave has both strong metro fiber assets in key West Coast markets and capacity and routes that will augment Zayo’s intercity footprint," said Dan Caruso, chairman and CEO of Zayo, in a statement.Electric Lightwave h
  
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• 5 things to know for Wednesday, and where to find some head-turning holiday gifts

  30-11-2016 16:23 via feeds.bizjournals.com
  Hope your November is wrapping up well, Portland. Here're Five Things to help seal the deal.Ducking outAs expected, UO football coach Mark Helfrich is out of a job.He did, though, collect $11 million on his contract buyout, KGW reports.And while the Ducks won't have a bowl game to worry about this year (a 4-8 record will do that), expect a flurry of coverage on Helfrich's replacement. The Oregonian's John Canzano believes he knows where UO, and benefactor Phil Knight, are looking.Cool beansA&hel
  
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• Portland, PSU work to steer more businesses toward B Corp certification

  30-11-2016 15:59 via feeds.bizjournals.com
  Several Portland business and political leaders want more city enterprises to operate more responsibly.A new between the city of Portland, Hispanic Metropolitan Chamber, Venture Portland and Portland State University aims to encourage businesses to participate in a B Labs Benefit Corporation program .The "Measure What Matters B Corp Challenge" urges businesses to take an assessment from the Wayne, Penn.-based B Labs to determine whether the businesses can attain B Corp certification.The designat
  
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• UO jettisons coach Mark Helfrich, has his successor already been tapped?

  30-11-2016 15:02 via feeds.bizjournals.com
  After four years — and one national championship game appearance — University of Oregon football coach Mark Helfrich has been relieved of his duties.As KGW, a news partner of the Portland Business Journal, reports, Helfrich was told of the decision Tuesday in a meeting with UO athletic director Rob Mullens.The Ducks went 4-8 in a rebuilding year. Three of the five starters on the team's offensive line, the engine of Oregon's complicated attack, were redshirt freshmen.UO made the nati
  
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• Zoom+ plans to cut back on 'alt care' for next year

  30-11-2016 14:31 via feeds.bizjournals.com
  Zoom+’s health plan is cutting back on alternative care options, including acupuncture, for 2017.Zoom issued a statement confirming that it had removed alternative care as a benefit, but said it was "providing better access to affordable alternative care through our retail clinics — evidenced by our expanded naturopathy and upcoming chiropractic services."That doesn't sit well with Sarah Hammer, a licensed acupuncturist with To the Point PDX. Hammer is advising clients to shop around
  
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• Take a look inside the Leupold & Stevens factory (Photo)

  30-11-2016 01:00 via feeds.bizjournals.com
  Leupold & Stevens employees like to tell a story about a Louisiana gun owner whose gun safe ended up underwater after Hurricane Katrina.After the flood, the guns inside the safe were destroyed. The Leupold & Stevens scope on top of the rifles worked like new.The story is easy to believe after a tour of the company's Washington County factory.Founded 109 years ago, the 650-employee, fifth-generation company is known for top-of-the-line scopes, which can cost thousands of dollars, but come
  
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• Intel reaches self-driving car partnership; NTSB taps the brakes on GM's 'Super Cruise'

  30-11-2016 00:05 via feeds.bizjournals.com
  The self-driving car industry is accelerating in fits and starts. Intel Corp. this week has fired up plans to race into the self-driving car industry, while U.S. highway safety regulators have questions about General Motors' plan to keep semi-autonomous vehicles from crashing.Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) will enter into a partnership in which it will provide computer chips to U.K-based auto supplier Delphi Automotive (NYSE: DLPH) and Mobileye (NYSE: MBLY), an Israeli company that specializes in vision&h
  
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