BEND, OR — Business Oregon will lead a delegation of five outdoor gear and apparel companies, including Bend’s Hydro Flask, to an outdoor trade show in Germany. The show, witch features more than 900 exhibitors from 40 counties runs Thursday through Sunday.
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Thomas J. Sayeg, attorney at Karnopp Petersen in Bend, has been selected for the Oregon Super Lawyers 2014 list. In addition, Karnopp Petersen’s Erin MacDonald has been identified by Super Lawyer as a Rising Star. That marks seven straight years attorneys with the Central Oregon firm have been recognized by their peers.
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Victoria Malendoski has become a member of the Family Access Network’s Foundation Board. Malendoski has lived in Bend for nearly 20 years, and is currently a senior mortgage specialist for Directors Mortgage.
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Two U.S. House representatives called for the shutdown Wednesday of three Foster Farms plants implicated in a nationwide salmonella outbreak and demanded that federal authorities release more information. Reps. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT., and Louise Slaughter, D-N.Y., sent a letter to Brian Ronholm, acting undersecretary for food safety, saying the U.S. Department of Agriculture should close the slaughterhouses in central California linked to at least 621 illnesses in 29 states, including Oregon, and Puerto Rico.
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The United States runs in the middle of the pack when it comes to the financial knowledge and skills of 15-year-old boys and girls, according to an international study released Wednesday. China’s financial hub of Shanghai had the highest average score for teens who participated in the testing for the Paris-based Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. A total of 18 countries and economies were studied. Shanghai was followed by the Flemish Community of Belgium, Estonia, Australia, New Zealand, the Czech Republic, Poland, Latvia, the U.S., Russia and France.
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A new study by Fidelity Investments found that 64% of parents and children can’t agree on when to have conversations about financial preparedness. The Intra-Generational Finance Study surveyed 1,058 parents and 159 adult children. Based upon the study, Fidelity concluded that money is still a taboo subject for many parents and their adult children. Many families disagree about when to sit down and have detailed conversations about important later-life financial issues such as retirement, estate planning and elder care. According to the study, around 40% of parents indicated they haven’t discussed these matters with their adult children.
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