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PNW Market Look
As of market close 2.25.26
Nvidia beat earnings and continues to prop up economy with quarterly revenue of $68.1 billion, up 20% from Q3 and up 73% from a year ago
Amazon, Google, Meta, xAI and OpenAI to build their "own" electricity supply for data centers
Headline Roundup
BLM proposes 'maximum' logging ramp-up on 2.5M acres in Oregon (USAToday)
Idaho is in a severe snow drought, experts say (IDStatesman)
Snowpack in Central Cascades remains near record lows, raising summer drought concerns (BendBulletin)
A record fourth year of drought in the Yakima Basin is likely (WSS)
(OR) Murmurs: Lawmakers Look to Regulate AI Companions (WW)
(WA) In $1.6B deal, Danforth owner Kennedy Wilson to go private (DJC)
Observatory and gondola unlock new experiences at Big Sky (DJC)
Washington governor’s $1B borrowing plan to buy new ferries sinks in Legislature (KUOW)
(ID) YMCA project to benefit from sizable Albertsons donation (IBR)
The Cost of Compliance: Salem Businesses Struggle Under Stricter Sign Enforcement (SBJ)
Wyoming company's proposal shows 645-mile pipeline coming for Eastern Montana (HelenaIR)
Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek: Pace of data center growth ‘is not sustainable’ (ORLive)
Workforce housing project planned for Boise highlands (BoiseDev)
A company wants to build a stand-alone ER in the Boise area. Its charges? ‘Excessive’ (IDStatesman)
Acquisition propels Portland-area manufacturer's expansion (BizJournals)
(Microsoft founder) Bill Gates admits to affairs with Russian women, apologizes to staff over Epstein ties (Ground)
'Community first, pickleball second': Commercial development coming to Billings (BillingsGazette)
Netflix documentary will center on Portland’s ‘Jail Blazers’ era (KOIN)
Lithium Prices Jump After Zimbabwe Bans Concentrate Exports (BBG)
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Big Pink owner buys another Portland building on the cheap (ORLive)
“The Nevada auto magnate — who last year bought Portland’s iconic U.S. Bancorp Tower, also known as Big Pink — has now purchased the 267,000-square-foot Five Oak building from an out-of-town investor for just $10.5 million, public records show.
The sale price represents a 67% decline from when a subsidiary of New York-based DRA Advisors bought the building in 2014 for $31.7 million”
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