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The highly anticipated U.S. mid-term election this November appears at first glance to be a snore-fest in Oregon.

Only the relatively close governor's race is being regularly monitored in national polls and neither senator is up for re-election.

Click on the images above to find out which 24 companies and organizations had employees who contributed the most to Oregon congressional campaigns between July 1, 2017 and June 30, 2018.

The state's five congressional seats are all up for election…

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An Atlanta private equity investment firm that’s already pumped tens of millions into North Carolina companies has announced commitments of $940 million in its brand new fund, with plans to deploy the capital in the Southeast.

Don't expect tax reform to reverse the recent slowdown in merger and acquisition activity. The reason: The prices just ain't right.

Last year saw $2.93 trillion in mergers and acquisitions close in North America and Europe, down 15 percent from 2016. The falloff was more severe relative to deal volume, as the 19,510 transactions recorded in 2017 fell 16.8 percent from the prior year, according to data compiled for the Business Journals by Pitchbook.com.

Analysts have linked some of the decline…

Many tech companies saw further declines Thursday in a highly volatile day on Wall Street that followed Wednesday’s selloff.

Among Thursday’s big losers was Square, down almost 11 percent on more than five times average daily trading volume, after the fintech said late Wednesday that Chief Financial Officer Sarah Friar will become CEO at Nextdoor. That was on top of Square’s (NYSE: SQ) 10 percent decline Wednesday.

Google parent Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOG) slipped $1.90, or 0.18 percent, to…

Sears Holding Corp. is reportedly close to filing for bankruptcy.

The Hoffman Estates, Illinois-based retailer (Nasdaq: SHLD), which still has some Central Florida locations, met with some of its lenders Wednesday night in New York City, according to The Wall Street Journal, to find the capital so it can keep operating.

But the talks were unsuccessful, the Journal reported, with lenders reportedly pushing for a chapter 7 liquidation bankruptcy filing over Sears' reported plan to cut back its store…

Atlanta Business Chronicle has named our 2018 Women Who Mean Business honorees. The women will be celebrated at an awards event Oct. 18 at American Spirit Works. Here’s a Q&A with one of the winners, Kathryn Petralia, president, Kabbage:

Q: You’ve been named one of Atlanta Business Chronicle’s Women Who Mean Business 2018. How can other women leaders win similar accolades for their achievements?

A: Be obsessive about your customer and build the best experience and product possible. Focusing…

Tandra Jackson, office managing partner of KPMG, is one of this year's Women Who Mean Business honorees.

A big shift in business strategy, a big new idea for spurring innovation and the first address by Cerner's big man at its annual health conference are among the articles this week that I think you really shouldn't miss.

As a bonus, I'll give you a heads-up on how nonsubscribers can get a chance to see the premium articles we normally reserve for our paid subscribers.

1. Mariner takes a new tack — In just 12 years, Marty Bicknell has built Mariner Holdings into a finance juggernaut. Now, he's…

Fulton-based Sonatype had the largest funding round in Maryland last quarter at $80 million. The company is said to be eyeing an IPO over the next few years.