Welcome back, Portland. You’ve got a lot to do this month. Better get to it…after perusing all the stuff you might’ve missed these past few days. Here it is We’d been waiting for Moda to reveal a big investment, and the nature thereof, for a few weeks now. It did so late Friday afternoon. As such, Delta Dental is now a 50 percent owner of the Portland company. Moda said the move will allow it to expand across the country. Kap and trade Nike made headlines yesterday. Boy, did Nike make headlines. And,…

Josephine County’s federal lawsuit challenging Oregon’s cannabis laws appears doomed after a magistrate judge recommended the case be dismissed. The Southern Oregon county, struggling to enact limits on cannabis grows on rural residential lots, had argued the state’s cannabis legalization is preempted by the federal prohibition under the Controlled Substances Act. But counties don’t have the right to sue over state statutes in federal court, a judge said in a recommendation released Friday. “As…

A self-driving car developed by Apple Inc. was rear-ended in a low-speed crash in Sunnyvale late last month, marking the company’s first road accident to date. It appears the company’s car, a self-driving 2016 Lexus RX 450h, was not at fault, according to a DMV report published Friday. It was California’s 41st self-driving car accident so far this year. Apple says its car was attempting to turn left onto southbound Lawrence Expressway from Kifer Road when someone in a 2016 Nissan Leaf rear-ended…

Colin Kaepernick, the former NFL quarterback who inspired a player protest movement but who has been out of a job for more than a year, has signed a new, multiyear deal with Nike that makes him a face of the 30th anniversary of the sports apparel company’s “Just Do It” campaign, Nike confirmed Monday.

The program hopes it can help both low-income renters and elderly homeowners short of income.

Chinese e-commerce conglomerate Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. is reportedly struggling to hire and retain Silicon Valley talent, and that’s hampered the company’s goals to grow its cloud business in the United States. Alibaba is halting plans to expand its U.S. cloud business, The Information reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the matter. The company opened its U.S. headquarters in San Mateo in 2015 as a launching pad to take on the big players in the cloud market — Amazon.com’s Amazon…