Chinese electric car maker Nio, whose U.S. headquarters is in San Jose, is set to go public next week. It will be the 19th IPO this year from a company with a headquarters in the region and there are five more lined up to follow it.

Cisco Systems executive Hilton Romanski is leaving the company to help private equity firm Siris Capital Group establish a team in Silicon Valley. As San Jose-based Cisco’s chief strategy officer, the 18-year company veteran helped lead its nearly $30 billion in acquisitions across about 60 deals, including last year’s $3.7 billion acquisition of AppDynamics and the recently announced intent to acquire Duo Security for $2.4 billion. Romanski also helped to oversee Cisco’s $2 billion startup…

T-Mobile’s customer growth has typically outpaced rivals AT&T and Verizon, but Washington state regulators said one promotion went too far.

Oregon has a new very big wine player with the announcement Wednesday that Great Oregon Wine Co. has purchased Duck Pond Cellars. The price wasn’t disclosed, but the deal gives Great Oregon Duck Pond’s Dundee winery and tasting room along with 300 acres of vineyards in the Willamette and Umpqua valleys. Great Oregon is owned by Integrated Beverage Group, which purchased the company, maker of the familiar Rascal brand, in 2016. “We are thrilled to add Duck Pond Cellars to the Great Oregon…

Greg Robeson has spent decades building brands in wine, food and tourism across the Portland metro. Now he is building his own startup business.