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DOW closes down, Intel up nearly 5% in a day, 15 month old technology podcast acquired by OpenAi, Portland Mayor considering charging vacant buildings, US plans military expansion in Greenland, Portland considering “pothole tax,” two-person startup built $1.8B company.

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PNW Market Look

As of market close 4.2.26

Technology podcast TBPN sells to OpenAI for “low hundreds of millions” after ~ 15 months in existence

KKR raises $23B PE fund

SpaceX boosts target IPO price to $2T

Headline Roundup

Pam Bondi out as Trump’s attorney general (WSS)
NBA fines Trail Blazers $100K, suspend assistant GMs for breaking rules scouting Chinese center (OPB)
HASCO increases Lynnwood plan to 124 affordable units (DJC)
Why millions of seniors from Idaho to New England have suddenly lost health care coverage (IBR)
Use of mass timber expanding in health care projects (DJC)
College of Western Idaho announces Micron Academic Center build (IDP)
Portland Mayor Keith Wilson and ZGF’s Nolan Lienhart share their strategy for a downtown comeback. (PBJ)
Starbucks rolls out performance bonuses, tipping changes for baristas (ST)
Drugmakers to face 100% tariff unless they cut prices or produce drugs in US, Trump administration says (Ground)
Amazon to Apply 3.5% Fuel Surcharge to Third-Party Sellers (WSJ)
Audit questions $37M in child care payments in WA (WSS)
FWP mulls 20,000-acre easement on western Montana timber lands (Missoulian)
(WA) 8,600 acres closed to public after unauthorized use, rule violations (CDP)
How. A.I. Helped One Man (and His Brother) Build a $1.8 Billion Company (NYT)
Baby Chinook salmon hatch in Upper Klamath for first time in a century (SJ)

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