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For This Startup, Scale Was A Matter Of Necessity

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Well, according to Cofounder and CEO Eric Breon, scaling was a matter of necessity when Vacasa first started out because rental homes were illegal in the company’s home turf of Portland, Oregon, in all but commercial areas (which greatly limited the company’s initial reach). Italy, Spain, Belize and Chile.

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AWS’ Amazon Neptune Goes Live For Financial Services

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Developers can also benefit from Neptune’s advanced security capabilities, including network security through Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), and encryption at rest using AWS Key Management Service (KMS). West (Oregon) and EU (Ireland) regions. There are plans to expand to additional regions in the coming year.

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Late Payments Sound Sour Notes in US

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In Oregon, and as reported by The Statesman Journal , the Willamette Country Music Festival may be cancelled in future years amid widespread late payments to that festival’s vendors. In one example, police departments have said that they will not provide security to the event as a local sheriff’s department has been owed $78,000.

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ID Experts Light Up Portland

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News out of Oregon implies significant appetite among investors for cybersecurity firms. Early in the year, the company raised $5 million from backers that included BlueCross BlueShield Venture Partners and Oregon-based Rogue Venture Partners. A lot has been happening for a firm called ID Experts. The company hired a new CFO in March.

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Governments Fuel Blockchain’s Global Proliferation

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A regional government in Russia is now working with state-backed VEB, reports in CoinDesk said this week, as authorities explore how to use blockchain “to improve the quality of management decisions.”. Securities and Exchange Commission has halted the trading of three companies based in Oregon after examining their balance sheets.

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Love: There’s An App For That

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Facebook , with its official entrance into the world of online dating in September, notably aimed to fix these problems with a dating platform designed to be safe, secure and private from the get-go. “We Rural Oregon is a somewhat different story, and no matter how good a matching algorithm is, it is limited by what is available locally.

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The top-performing community banks of 2021

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Cumberland Security Bank, Inc. First Security Bank of Deer Lodge. Genesee Regional Bank. We strive to bring the community bank model to mortgage banking,” says Ryan Dempster, president and CEO of the bank, which has 17 locations in Oregon, Washington and Idaho. Philip Pecora, president and CEO, Genesee Regional Bank.