>>Burgerville coming to Bend
(Vancouver, WA)--The Burgerville restaurant chain has announced its intention to come to Bend sometime before mid-2025. The chain has 39 locations, mostly in the Portland-Vancouver market. It has been eight years since Burgerville has opened a new location. Wilsonville will be the first in the expansion; opening this spring or summer.
>>A Look Ahead At The Coming Week In Business News
(Undated) -- Coming up in the business week ahead, things will get off to a slow start Monday with no major economic or earnings reports on the horizon. Fast forward to Tuesday and Google parent Alphabet's fourth quarter results will be in the spotlight alongside Microsoft. We'll also get word on job openings, consumer confidence and the S&P Case-Shiller home price index. The following day brings an announcement from the Federal Reserve on interest rates and the ADP employment report. Weekly first-time unemployment claims come in Thursday, as well as earnings results from Amazon and Apple. Ending the week on Friday, the monthly jobs report will be released.
>>Oil Futures Jump After Attack
(Undated) -- Oil futures jumped Sunday night after a drone attack in Jordan killed three U.S. servicemembers. The White House blames the attack, which also injured more than two dozen Americans, on Iranian-backed militants. West Texas crude jumped half a percent to 78-dollars and 41-cents a barrel.
>>X Hiring Content Moderators
(Austin, TX) -- Social media site X is looking to hire a hundred content moderators for its new office in Austin. The main focus for the new hires will be to fight child abuse content. The company is opening up the "Trust and Safety center of excellence" and is hoping to fill the positions by the end of the year.
>>Levi Strauss to Cut 15% of Global Workforce
(San Francisco, CA) -- Levi Strauss & Company plans to slash its global workforce by as much as 15 percent. The cuts, which are expected to come during the first half of this year, are part of the San Francisco-based company's two-year restructuring plan to reduce costs and simplify operations. The layoffs were announced on the same day a 170-million dollar, 10-year extension was revealed for naming rights to Levi's Stadium, where the San Francisco 49ers play football.
>>Tax Season Begins
(Undated) -- Income tax season is here. You can start filing your 2023 federal income tax return today. Internal Revenue Service Commissioner Danny Werfel says that they are ready to make tax filing as "smooth and easy as possible."
