A12 THE BULLETIN • THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2021
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TODAY
FRIDAY
TONIGHT
HIGH
45°
LOW
34°
Rain and drizzle in the
a.m., then showers
A little evening rain;
otherwise, cloudy
Cloudy with snow showers
in the afternoon
SUNDAY
42°
28°
44°
28°
ALMANAC
MONDAY
47°
38°
A bit of morning snow;
otherwise, cloudy
Cloudy, rain and drizzle in
the afternoon
TUESDAY
52°
34°
Cloudy, a couple of
showers possible; warm
OREGON WEATHER
Bend Municipal Airport through 5 p.m. yest.
TEMPERATURE
Yesterday Normal
Record
43°
45° 69° in 1930
25°
24°
2° in 1956
High
Low
SATURDAY
PRECIPITATION
24 hours through 5 p.m. yesterday
Trace
Record
0.40" in 2004
Month to date (normal)
0.28" (0.69")
Year to date (normal)
0.94" (2.22")
Barometric pressure at 4 p.m.
30.25"
SUN, MOON AND PLANETS
Rise/Set
Today
Fri.
Sun
7:00am/5:39pm 6:58am/5:40pm
Moon
10:19am/none 10:46am/12:57am
Mercury 5:57am/4:06pm 5:54am/4:00pm
Venus
6:45am/4:48pm 6:44am/4:51pm
Mars
10:05am/12:53am 10:02am/12:52am
Jupiter
6:23am/4:11pm 6:19am/4:08pm
Saturn
6:03am/3:35pm 5:59am/3:32pm
Uranus 9:35am/11:30pm 9:32am/11:26pm
First
Full
Last
New
Feb 19
Feb 27
Mar 5
Mar 13
Tonight's sky: NASA's Mars Perservence
schedule to land on Mars at 12:55 p.m.
Source: Jim Todd, OMSI
UV INDEX TODAY
10 a.m.
Noon
2 p.m.
4 p.m.
1
1
0
0
The higher the AccuWeather.com UV Index ™ number,
the greater the need for eye and skin protection. 0-2 Low,
3-5 Moderate; 6-7 High; 8-10 Very High; 11+ Extreme.
ROAD CONDITONS
For web cameras of our passes, go to
www.bendbulletin.com/webcams
I-84 at Cabbage Hill: Morning sun followed by
afternoon clouds. Snow at night.
US 20 at Santiam Pass: Heavy snow this
afternoon and tonight, 10-20 inches.
US 26 at Gov't Camp: Heavy snow this after-
noon and tonight; expect 8-16 inches.
US 26 at Ochoco Divide: Cloudy with rain,
sleet and snow this afternoon and tonight.
ORE 58 at Willamette Pass: Cloudy today
with afternoon snow, 2-4 inches. Additional
snow at night.
ORE 138 at Diamond Lake: Cloudy today with
2-4 inches of snow this afternoon.
SKI REPORT
EAST: Increasing
clouds Thursday with
3-6 inches of snow
later in the afternoon
and at night.
Seaside
48/41
Cannon Beach
48/43
Hood
River
NATIONAL WEATHER
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10s
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110s
NATIONAL
EXTREMES
YESTERDAY (for the
T-storms
Shown are today’s noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day.
Rain
Showers
Snow
Flurries
Ice
Warm Front
Stationary Front
Cold Front
Source: OnTheSnow.com
Reebok
Continued from A11
But those numbers fail to
capture the actual scale of the
brand’s descent. For a brief
moment in the late 1980s, Ree-
bok actually surpassed Nike
to become the biggest brand
in the industry. Powered by a
simple, massively popular aer-
obics shoe, Reebok actually
topped Nike in sales and mar-
ket share .
Ric Long, a veteran of the
shoe industry now retired,
worked at Reebok in those
years.
“It was crazy,” he said. “It
was management by chaos and
panic.”
Reebok asked Long to lead
its entry into the basketball
shoe business.
“I questioned why we would
do that,” he said. “We were so
popular in fitness and with
women, what did we want with
basketball?”
As far as Long is concerned,
This stock image
shows a pair of Ree-
bok shoes. Adidas,
which bought Ree-
bok in 2006, an-
nounced Tuesday
that it would sell
Reebok.
123RF
it was bad marketing that pro-
pelled Reebok’s decline. Near
its peak, the brand unveiled its
“UBU” ad campaign, which
Lithium
Yesterday
City
Hi/Lo/Prec.
Abilene
21/17/0.00
Akron
24/3/0.02
Albany
24/13/Tr
Albuquerque
38/24/0.02
Anchorage
29/22/0.01
Atlanta
53/23/0.00
Atlantic City
34/27/0.00
Austin
32/23/0.75
Baltimore
37/24/0.00
Billings
22/15/0.02
Birmingham
51/18/0.12
Bismarck
18/-8/0.04
Boise
38/29/0.01
Boston
30/23/0.00
Bridgeport, CT 32/24/0.00
Buffalo
24/6/Tr
Burlington, VT
23/10/0.00
Caribou, ME
20/14/0.08
Charleston, SC 52/34/0.00
Charlotte
49/29/0.00
Chattanooga
45/21/Tr
Cheyenne
29/17/0.03
Chicago
27/6/0.00
Cincinnati
23/4/Tr
Cleveland
22/3/0.02
Colorado Springs 31/10/0.11
Columbia, MO
18/0/0.19
Columbia, SC
50/28/0.00
Columbus, GA
57/25/0.00
Columbus, OH
24/5/Tr
Concord, NH
26/17/0.00
Corpus Christi
41/30/0.13
Dallas
27/17/0.18
Dayton
23/0/0.00
Denver
30/14/0.02
Des Moines
15/-4/0.03
Detroit
22/-4/Tr
Duluth
11/-22/0.03
El Paso
56/32/Tr
Fairbanks
8/-7/0.05
Fargo
7/-6/0.01
Flagstaff
34/15/Tr
Grand Rapids
22/-12/0.00
Green Bay
23/-12/0.00
Greensboro
43/25/0.00
Harrisburg
31/23/0.00
Hartford, CT
31/20/0.00
Helena
25/22/0.07
Honolulu
82/71/0.02
Houston
37/32/0.54
Huntsville
38/16/0.05
Indianapolis
22/2/Tr
Jackson, MS
36/19/0.70
Jacksonville
57/41/0.00
Today
Friday
Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W
27/11/s
44/26/s
31/21/sn 27/10/sn
25/20/sn 32/17/sn
37/18/s
44/25/s
30/9/c
15/-4/pc
47/35/sh 48/28/pc
39/36/sn
37/31/r
34/20/sn
41/21/s
33/31/sn
39/24/sf
25/15/pc
36/23/c
44/26/c
42/22/s
17/-4/pc 29/16/pc
37/29/s
40/28/c
30/28/sn 33/25/sn
31/29/sn 36/26/sn
27/22/sn 31/18/sn
26/18/c
30/19/sn
18/-1/pc
19/7/c
66/45/t
48/35/r
38/35/sh
49/26/r
46/29/r
44/22/pc
25/11/s
35/18/pc
26/11/sf
20/0/c
29/13/sn
26/5/c
30/20/sn 25/11/sn
25/7/s
44/15/s
23/4/c
29/17/pc
45/40/r
46/31/sh
55/39/r
52/29/s
32/17/sn
26/5/sn
28/20/sn 30/19/sn
41/26/pc
49/29/s
31/15/c
36/22/s
28/12/sn
24/3/sn
29/13/pc 44/21/pc
18/2/pc
22/12/s
26/14/sn
28/11/c
14/0/c
17/-5/pc
47/26/s
55/33/s
6/-18/sn -9/-29/pc
13/-5/pc
16/5/s
36/13/s
51/22/s
24/10/c
26/12/sn
25/10/c
20/3/c
32/32/i
45/23/r
32/29/sn
39/24/c
27/25/sn 33/22/sn
27/18/pc 39/20/pc
81/71/sh 80/70/sh
38/25/c
44/25/s
38/21/r
36/16/c
25/10/sn
21/5/c
36/22/sh
37/17/s
82/61/t
63/36/r
Amsterdam
Athens
Auckland
Baghdad
Bangkok
Beijing
Beirut
Berlin
Bogota
Budapest
Buenos Aires
Cabo San Lucas
Cairo
Calgary
Cancun
Dublin
Edinburgh
Geneva
Harare
Hong Kong
Istanbul
Jerusalem
Johannesburg
Lima
Lisbon
London
Madrid
Manila
52/39/r
58/42/s
75/57/s
61/41/pc
90/73/s
40/11/s
55/51/pc
48/39/pc
65/49/r
50/31/pc
84/71/s
75/53/s
59/49/pc
27/16/pc
85/72/pc
47/40/pc
48/39/r
56/41/pc
78/60/t
71/60/s
42/36/sn
44/39/sh
83/63/pc
78/68/c
62/54/sh
50/40/r
61/38/pc
84/72/pc
City
Juneau
Kansas City
Lansing
Las Vegas
Lexington
Lincoln
Little Rock
Los Angeles
Louisville
Madison, WI
Memphis
Miami
Milwaukee
Minneapolis
Nashville
New Orleans
New York City
Newark, NJ
Norfolk, VA
Oklahoma City
Omaha
Orlando
Palm Springs
Peoria
Philadelphia
Phoenix
Pittsburgh
Portland, ME
Providence
Raleigh
Rapid City
Reno
Richmond
Rochester, NY
Sacramento
St. Louis
Salt Lake City
San Antonio
San Diego
San Francisco
San Jose
Santa Fe
Savannah
Seattle
Sioux Falls
Spokane
Springfi eld, MO
Tampa
Tucson
Tulsa
Washington, DC
Wichita
Yakima
Yuma
Yesterday
Hi/Lo/Prec.
38/28/0.13
23/2/0.05
22/-8/Tr
57/44/0.00
23/2/0.02
16/-1/Tr
22/15/0.56
71/34/0.00
26/10/0.02
18/-14/0.00
23/14/0.29
83/72/0.11
27/6/Tr
10/-3/0.07
31/15/0.08
57/31/0.04
33/22/0.00
33/22/0.00
38/33/0.00
22/10/0.28
16/-2/Tr
68/60/0.02
72/52/0.00
19/-6/0.01
33/24/0.00
67/45/0.00
27/8/0.02
28/16/0.00
35/24/0.00
47/28/0.00
18/-3/Tr
42/24/Tr
42/26/0.00
27/3/0.02
62/42/0.00
19/2/0.05
35/27/0.48
45/23/0.13
64/49/0.00
64/44/0.00
64/39/0.00
38/18/0.01
56/36/0.00
48/36/Tr
10/-2/0.04
35/21/Tr
19/12/0.25
74/56/0.01
64/39/0.00
28/12/0.29
38/26/0.00
23/8/0.02
42/13/0.00
71/49/0.00
Today
Hi/Lo/W
39/35/c
23/5/pc
24/10/c
57/40/s
29/16/sn
18/3/s
33/14/c
72/47/s
31/17/sn
22/4/c
28/14/sn
84/75/pc
27/12/c
17/2/pc
34/18/sn
47/33/c
29/28/sn
30/29/sn
41/38/r
24/5/pc
17/4/pc
85/68/pc
70/48/s
21/3/c
30/29/sn
67/44/s
29/24/sn
28/22/c
30/29/sn
36/35/i
22/0/s
50/36/c
34/33/i
26/21/sn
61/48/pc
23/7/c
35/29/c
34/21/sn
69/48/s
61/53/pc
65/47/pc
33/11/pc
72/49/t
43/40/r
15/2/pc
31/28/sn
24/4/c
82/70/s
62/38/s
27/8/pc
33/31/sn
25/8/s
33/26/sn
68/41/s
Friday
Hi/Lo/W
39/30/sn
33/21/pc
26/10/sn
64/43/s
26/8/c
25/10/pc
33/15/s
71/49/s
29/9/c
18/-1/c
29/13/s
85/63/pc
21/6/c
17/1/pc
32/15/pc
49/34/s
35/25/sn
35/25/sn
40/32/r
33/16/s
24/16/s
76/47/r
75/52/s
19/9/pc
36/27/sf
72/48/s
28/15/sf
30/19/sn
36/26/sn
43/27/r
29/16/c
55/34/c
41/25/r
31/20/sn
59/40/pc
27/16/pc
43/35/sn
44/25/s
68/52/s
59/50/pc
63/45/r
41/19/s
51/37/sh
47/40/r
20/8/s
33/28/sn
32/17/pc
71/48/r
73/46/s
33/18/pc
41/26/sf
32/18/pc
41/25/pc
73/45/s
equated Reebok with noncon-
formist individualism.
The campaign made one
thing clear: It wasn’t a sports
52/45/0.49
47/32/0.00
73/61/0.00
70/66/0.00
93/77/0.00
36/9/0.00
52/48/2.16
44/35/0.21
69/43/0.00
41/31/0.10
81/64/0.00
75/57/0.00
54/45/0.03
21/12/0.14
84/72/0.03
50/42/0.17
48/40/0.22
57/39/0.14
69/59/0.21
76/64/0.00
37/30/0.04
42/33/0.23
79/50/0.00
84/69/0.00
61/52/0.00
52/46/0.24
61/39/0.00
90/73/0.00
50/46/c
59/45/pc
74/59/s
64/44/s
90/71/s
57/21/pc
57/50/sh
48/34/sh
64/47/t
43/33/c
81/63/pc
76/54/s
63/48/pc
36/15/c
85/70/t
53/47/r
50/47/r
57/35/pc
81/62/t
71/62/s
40/30/pc
44/41/sh
85/64/s
76/67/pc
62/56/pc
51/49/sh
62/39/s
81/69/pc
brand, Long said.
Reebok recognized it needed
to earn its sports bona fides. In
1987, it paid $180 million for
Avia, a fast-growing sneaker
startup here in the Portland
area.
But it never clicked, just as
the Adidas acquisition never
worked two decades later.
Reebok’s moment in the sun
was brief.
Nike came back quickly,
retook the industry lead and
never looked back.
Mecca
Mexico City
Montreal
Moscow
Nairobi
Nassau
New Delhi
Osaka
Oslo
Ottawa
Paris
Rio de Janeiro
Rome
Santiago
Sao Paulo
Sapporo
Seoul
Shanghai
Singapore
Stockholm
Sydney
Taipei City
Tel Aviv
Tokyo
Toronto
Vancouver
Vienna
Warsaw
83/72/0.05
78/47/0.00
16/3/0.04
14/9/0.23
83/61/0.00
82/73/0.00
78/57/0.00
40/28/0.00
27/23/0.35
19/-4/0.04
55/46/0.00
82/75/0.07
54/44/0.02
79/55/0.00
82/68/0.60
35/21/0.13
23/8/0.00
46/31/0.00
88/75/0.00
25/23/0.16
76/63/0.10
64/59/0.04
52/44/1.63
55/42/0.01
23/3/0.00
45/32/Tr
50/30/0.12
33/28/0.42
74/56/pc
76/41/s
22/15/pc
9/-5/s
83/56/pc
83/73/pc
80/54/pc
42/32/pc
34/30/sn
22/14/pc
54/37/r
85/74/t
59/43/s
76/54/pc
83/66/t
35/25/sn
34/21/s
49/34/s
88/76/c
29/26/pc
76/68/sh
64/51/s
59/46/sh
48/36/pc
26/19/sn
41/38/r
49/35/pc
23/11/s
79/58/s
72/44/s
24/18/sn
8/-8/s
84/58/s
83/71/pc
81/55/pc
49/40/pc
40/30/sh
24/12/sn
55/48/pc
84/75/t
60/42/pc
81/55/s
83/67/t
33/23/c
49/38/s
64/45/s
87/76/c
35/30/sh
77/70/sh
70/51/s
57/52/sh
53/40/s
28/15/sn
45/38/sh
46/33/pc
37/32/sh
Nike has surpassed $40 bil-
lion in annual sales. Reebok’s
are in the neighborhood of $2
billion.
Adidas is expected to reveal
more about its divestiture plan
in March when Adidas reveals
its annual financial results.
“Adidas and Reebok will be
able to significantly better re-
alize their growth potential
independently of each other,”
Chief Executive Kasper Ror-
sted said.
Stocks end mostly lower,
led by drops in tech
Continued from A11
The lawsuit said the data
flies in the face of earlier water
reviews in the area by the bu-
reau, trout population studies
by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service and the Nevada De-
partment of Wildlife and the
bureau’s own grouse protection
strategy.
“BLM has wholesale ignored
the inconsistency of the mine
with BLM’s sage grouse plans
and associated regulations,” the
lawsuit said, noting the project
borders one of Nevada’s larg-
est remaining populations of
greater sage grouse.
Bureau spokeswoman
Heather O’Hanlon said in an
email the agency doesn’t com-
ment on pending litigation.
Lithium Americas didn’t im-
mediately respond to requests
for comment.
The Thacker Pass mine is
planned on federal land above
an extinct volcano formed
millions of years ago about
25 miles south of the Neva-
da-Oregon line. It’s projected
to produce 1,000 jobs during
construction and 300 once
completed, generating $75 mil-
lion in state and local tax reve-
nue over a decade.
The bureau issued a final en-
vironmental impact statement
and record of decision approv-
ing the mine in December,
subject to additional permit-
ting at the state level.
In addition to robbing Bar-
tell Ranch of its grazing and
water rights in the high des-
ert, the lawsuit said the proj-
ect threatens trout habitat that
Bartell Ranch “has gone to
great lengths to protect.”
A couple of showers
possible
INTERNATIONAL
48 contiguous states)
National high: 88°
at Immokalee, FL
National low: -43°
at Ely, MN
Precipitation: 2.36"
at Alexandria, LA
In inches as of 5 p.m. yesterday
Ski resort
New snow
Base
Anthony Lakes Mtn
5
0-48
Hoodoo Ski Area
3
0-85
Mt. Ashland
0
60-64
Mt. Bachelor
4
111-125
Mt. Hood Meadows
12
0-172
Mt. Hood Ski Bowl
12
54-73
Timberline Lodge
14
0-150
Willamette Pass
16
0-60
Aspen / Snowmass, CO
3
44-60
Mammoth Mtn. Ski, CA
0
70-115
Squaw Valley, CA
0
0-125
Park City Mountain, UT
12
60-70
Sun Valley, ID
0
87-104
Cooler with a couple of
showers possible
NATIONAL
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City
Hi/Lo/Prec. Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W
City
Hi/Lo/Prec. Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W
City
Hi/Lo/Prec. Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W
Astoria
49/41/0.07 47/41/sh 47/38/r
La Grande
37/27/0.01 34/31/sn 40/27/sn
Portland
49/37/0.04 42/40/r
49/40/r
Baker City
38/27/Tr
32/26/sn 39/25/c
La Pine
41/23/0.06 38/29/sh 38/25/sn
Prineville
41/28/0.00 44/32/sh 38/28/sf
Brookings
52/37/Tr
48/44/r
49/41/r
Medford
49/31/0.02 44/39/r
49/37/sh
Redmond
46/27/Tr
43/30/sh 44/27/sn
Newport
46/39/0.01 48/43/r
47/41/r
Roseburg
50/37/0.03 49/43/r
49/40/r
Burns
39/23/0.01 34/30/sf 40/24/sn
Eugene
51/35/0.00 47/42/r
50/40/r
North Bend
52/39/0.12 51/45/sh 50/42/r
Salem
50/33/0.07 45/40/r
48/39/r
Klamath Falls
41/23/0.00 38/31/c 42/26/sh
Ontario
42/25/0.02 36/29/c 40/28/c
Sisters
41/26/0.00 46/34/r
45/29/sn
Lakeview
38/13/0.00 34/31/sn 39/25/c
Pendleton
39/32/Tr
33/30/c 41/33/pc
The Dalles
50/37/0.04 35/32/r
44/33/c
Weather(W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow flurries, sn-snow, i-ice, Tr-trace, Yesterday data as of 5 p.m. yesterday
-0s
44°
30°
TRAVEL WEATHER
Umatilla
34/28
Rufus
Hermiston
33/31
34/28
36/32
Arlington
Hillsboro Portland
Meacham Lostine
35/32
42/37 42/40
34/30
Wasco
34/30 Enterprise
Pendleton
The Dalles
CENTRAL: Cloudy
Tillamook
34/27
32/29
33/30
Sandy
35/32
McMinnville
49/41
Thursday; rain and
Joseph
Heppner
La
Grande
43/41
Maupin
Government
44/40
snow in the afternoon
34/31
33/27
Camp
34/31 Condon 36/31
Union
and at night. Snowfall Lincoln City
34/31
36/32
33/30
Salem
49/44
Spray
of 4-8 inches above
Granite
Warm Springs
45/40
Madras
41/33
Albany
30/29
4,000 feet.
Newport
Baker City
39/33
42/34
Mitchell
48/43
46/40
32/26
WEST: A chilly rain
Camp Sherman
38/32
Redmond
Corvallis
John
Yachats
Unity
Thursday; areas of
44/36
43/30
46/40
Day
Prineville
49/44
30/29
fog. Rain tapering to
Ontario
Sisters
44/32
Paulina
40/32
36/29
showers Thursday
Florence
Eugene 46/34
Bend Brothers 36/29
Vale
night. Showers Friday. 50/45
47/42
45/34
36/29
Sunriver
35/28
Nyssa
41/33
Hampton
Cottage
La Pine
37/28
Juntura
Oakridge
Grove
38/29
36/29
OREGON EXTREMES Coos Bay
Burns
36/31
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48/43
Fort
Rock
49/45
34/30
Riley
YESTERDAY
Crescent
38/30
34/33
High: 52°
37/30
Bandon
Roseburg
Christmas Valley
Jordan Valley
at Brookings
Beaver
Frenchglen
Silver
50/45
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40/31
36/30
Low: 13°
Marsh
Lake
40/30
Port Orford
36/28
38/31
at Lakeview
Grants
Burns Junction
Paisley
50/46
Pass
42/33
Chiloquin
40/31
45/41
Rome
Medford
38/32
Gold Beach
44/39
44/34
49/44
Klamath
Fields
Ashland
McDermitt
Lakeview
Falls
Brookings
39/31
44/40
38/31
36/30
48/44
34/31
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Astoria
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WEDNESDAY
BY DAMIAN J. TROISE
AND ALEX VEIGA
The Associated Press
Stocks mostly pulled back
from recent highs Wednesday,
weighed down by a slide in
technology companies.
The S&P 500 slipped less
than 0.1% after giving up an
early gain, while the tech-
heavy Nasdaq composite gave
back 0.6%. Small-company
stocks also fell.
The Dow Jones Industrial
Average inched higher, good
enough for its second straight
all-time high. The modest
pickup was due in large part
to gains in Verizon Commu-
nications and Chevron, which
USGS
A Nevada rancher is suing the federal government over the approval of
a lithium mine just south of the Oregon border.
Among other things, Bartell
has moved cattle away from
fish habitat, altered grazing ro-
tations and built fences to pro-
tect streams.
The agency’s refusal to con-
sult with the Fish and Wildlife
Service to determine whether
the mine could harm trout is
a violation of the Endangered
Species Act, the lawsuit said.
Bartell Ranch was held to a
higher standard when it joined
with the bureau and the Fish
and Wildlife Service to con-
struct about 3,000 feet of
fence in 2017 to keep cattle
out of a creek with threatened
trout.
But when Bartell’s lawyers
pressed the agency to explain
why it didn’t consult with the
Fish and Wildlife Service about
the much larger mining proj-
ect, the lawsuit says its only re-
sponse was that effects on trout
“are not anticipated to occur
from the project, therefore, no
formal ... consultation was re-
quired.”
Intel
Continued from A11
In the 2016 layoffs, work-
ers over age 40 were more
than twice as likely to lose
their jobs as younger work-
ers. Those over 60 were eight
times more likely to be laid off
than those under 30.
The EEOC document in-
dicates only one of the eight
cases of alleged age discrim-
ination involved an Oregon
employee. Intel is the state’s
largest corporate employer,
with 21,000 people working at
its Washington County cam-
puses.
climbed after Warren Buffett’s
Berkshire Hathaway said it
made major new investments
in them in the second half of
last year.
Treasury yields, which have
been climbing recently on ex-
pectations of higher inflation,
mostly fell.
The yield on the 10-year
Treasury note held near its
highest level in a year.
Energy prices rose again,
adding to a sharp increase the
day before due to the frigid
weather that’s impacted much
of the U.S.
The S&P 500 dipped
1.26 points to 3,931.33. The
benchmark index’s win-
ners and losers were roughly
evenly split. The Dow added
90.27 points, or 0.3%, to
31,613.02. The Nasdaq fell
82 points to 13,965.49. The
Russell 2000 index of smaller
companies lost 16.78 points,
or 0.7%, to 2,256.11.
Optimism that Washington
will come through on trillions
of dollars of more aid for the
economy and encouraging
company earnings reports
have helped stocks grind
higher this month, along with
hopes that the coronavirus
vaccine rollout will set the
stage for stronger economic
growth in the second half of
this year.
The EEOC has repeatedly
declined to explain why it has
taken several years to investigate
the allegations against Intel.
However, advocates for
older workers say the drawn-
out process reflects a chronic
failure to investigate and en-
force age discrimination in
the workplace. They say the
commission lacks funding
to properly investigate alle-
gations, and that federal law
requires a higher standard of
proof for age discrimination
than discrimination against
other protected classes.
Congress and the Oregon
Legislature have each consid-
ered stronger protections in
the past few years, but neither
has acted. However, U.S. Rep.
Suzanne Bonamici, D-Bea-
verton, said Tuesday she is
optimistic a bill that passed
in the Democratic House last
year will fare better in the
Senate now that Democrats
control that chamber, too.
“Age discrimination is still
too prevalent in the work-
place,” Bonamici said in a
written statement. “My office
has been working closely with
people who have filed age dis-
crimination complaints, but
the burden and outcomes are
often very uncertain.”