Andrew Selsky

Security Breach Podcast

Security Breach Podcast

January 10, 2023

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Nidec Acquires Italian Machine Tool Manufacturer

February 3, 2023

The goal of an e-commerce site should be to simplify the process by offering a wide range of products at a posted, competitive price, resulting in easy ordering and timely shipments.

Fastener E-Commerce: Putting the Best Price Forward

February 3, 2023

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Dynabrade Acquires Global Abrasive Products

February 2, 2023

Security Breach Podcast

Security Breach Podcast

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January 10, 2023

Staffs cleans the floor at the scene of a fatal fire at an apartment building in the Bronx on Sunday, Jan. 9, 2022, in New York.

Several with Grave Injuries After NYC Fire that Killed 19

A malfunctioning electric space heater started the fire.

January 10, 2022

In this April 29, 2009, file photo, Don Wood, an official with the Strategic National Stockpile, awaits another truck load of medications in Salt Lake City, Utah during a swine flu outbreak from the H1N1 virus. The 2009 H1N1 pandemic prompted the largest use to date of the stockpile, which was created in 1999. It has never confronted anything on the scale of the current COVID-19 pandemic.

US Struggles to Fill Protective Gear Requests

The pandemic has exposed some of the stockpile's shortcomings.

March 19, 2020

This May 24, 2018, file photo shows a marijuana plant in Oregon. In a new ruling, the Oregon Liquor Control Commission, which regulates both alcoholic products and recreational marijuana, says beer and other alcoholic drinks as of Jan. 1, 2020. may not contain either THC, the psychoactive component of cannabis, or CBD, the non-psychoactive part that is said to relieve stress and pain.

Ore. Bans Boozy Cannabis Beverages

The state is known for its craft beer and high-grade marijuana, but it's keeping the two apart, for now.

December 23, 2019

In this Dec. 5, 2019 photo, workers — most of them from Mexico — load Christmas trees onto a truck at Hupp Farms in Silverton, Ore. On Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2019, the U.S. House passed a bill that would loosen restrictions on hiring foreign agricultural workers and create a path to citizenship for more than 1 million farm workers estimated to be in the country illegally. The bill's fate in the Senate is unclear, and the White House hasn't said if President Donald Trump would sign it. But the 260-165 vote was a rare stroke of bipartisanship on immigration.

Immigrant Labor in Christmas Trees

Oregon’s immigrant farm workers are the driving force behind the state's $121 million Christmas tree industry.

December 13, 2019

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Family Shifted Billions from Opioid Company

A lawsuit says the Sackler family realized by 2007 that Purdue faced "catastrophic liability" from criminal and civil investigations.

September 3, 2019

In this Sept. 30, 2016, file photo, a marijuana harvester examines buds going through a trimming machine near Corvallis, Ore. In an attempt to reduce the marijuana inventory in Oregon, the state is moving toward allowing the Oregon Liquor Control Commission to refuse to issue initial marijuana production licenses, based on supply and demand.

OR to Curb Weed Production

If growing were to stop today, it could take more than six years by one estimate to consume the available legal weed.

May 31, 2019

This Sept. 12, 2018, file photo shows an Apple iPhone XR on display at the Steve Jobs Theater after an event to announce new products, in Cupertino, Calif. A Chinese national in Oregon sent hundreds of supposedly broken iPhones to Apple over two years, and got replacements under warranty of almost 1,500 devices.

Man Guilty of Defrauding Apple

He would fraudulently submit counterfeit iPhones to Apple in exchange for a replacement device.

May 23, 2019

Joe Ibrahim, head winemaker at Willamette Valley Vineyards in Turner, Oregon, displays a bottle of rose of pinot noir made from grapes grown in southern Oregon that a California winemaker canceled a contract on purchasing just before harvest, claiming they were tainted by wildfire smoke.

Shutdown Hurts Oregon Winegrowers

First fire made their grapes difficult to sell. The government shutdown then created a backlog for getting wine labels approved.

January 31, 2019

In this April 24, 2018 file photo, the first rendering from hemp plants is on its' way to becoming fully refined CBD oil in Salem, Oregon.

FDA Asked to Update Hemp-Based Food Rules

Despite a bill passed last month, the FDA Commissioner restated his agency's stance that CBD is illegal to add to food products without FDA consent.

January 16, 2019

In this April 24, 2018, file photo, the first rendering from hemp plants extracted from a super critical CO2 extraction device on its' way to becoming fully refined CBD oil spurts into a large beaker at New Earth Biosciences in Salem, Ore. Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley on Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2019, urged the head of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to update federal regulations to permit interstate commerce of food products containing a key non-psychoactive ingredient of cannabis.

FDA Urged to Update CBD Regs

CBD is a drug ingredient and therefore illegal to add to food or health products without the FDA's approval.

January 16, 2019

These pinot noir grapes await harvest at the Benton-Lane Winery in Monroe, Oregon. Officials in Oregon and at a U.S. government agency have told a California winery to back off its claims that it makes an Oregon pinot noir.

Oregon in Dispute with CA Winery

At stake is a multi-billion-dollar industry, and Oregon's reputation for producing a delicate pinot noir in its cool, rainy climate.

November 28, 2018

This photo shows vines spilling down toward the Willamette Valley in Amity, Oregon.

Vineyards Face Losses From Smoke-Tainted Grapes

A California buyer backed off of buying the grapes, which are valued at about $4 million.

October 5, 2018

In this Feb. 27, 2018, photo, Anthony Uribes processes a marijuana plant with an attached tracking label at Avitas marijuana production facility in Salem, Ore. The cannabis tracking system used by Avitas, a marijuana company with a production facility in Salem, is the backbone of Oregon's regulatory system to ensure businesses with marijuana licenses obey the rules and don’t divert their product into the black market.

Marijuana Regulators Drowning in Data

A cannabis tracking system ensures businesses with marijuana licenses obey the rules and don't divert their product into the black market.

April 27, 2018

This Jan. 28, 2015, file photo, shows the Federal Trade Commission building in Washington. The Federal Trade Commission is investigating Facebook's privacy practices following a week of privacy scandals including whether the company engaged in 'unfair acts' that cause 'substantial injury' to consumers. Facebook said in a statement on Monday, March 26, 2018, that the company remains 'strongly committed' to protecting people's information and that it welcomes the opportunity to answer the FTC's questions.

FTC Turns Up Privacy Pressure on Facebook

The attorneys general for 37 U.S. states and territories are also on the hunt for additional information.

March 27, 2018