Last month, Boeing set back the first delivery of its 787 Dreamliner by about 15 months. But many airlines have since discovered the delay for their first plane is even worse -- between two years and 30 months for some of the...

RealNetworks Chairman and Chief Executive Rob Glaser called the casual-games business his company has built "an incredible entrepreneurial success story."

The Boeing Co.'s delayed 787 Dreamliner may give its two main unions extra leverage in contract talks with the world's second-biggest commercial aircraft maker.

The three biggest U.S. carriers said Thursday they have again raised ticket prices, this time by $20 roundtrip, to recoup rapidly rising fuel costs.

The Pacific Northwest cherry crop will be about 27 percent less than anticipated and about 18 percent less than record crops of the last two years because of April freezes in Washington and Oregon.

IT IS OFTEN said that a democracy only works if the citizens are well informed.

Caught in the maelstrom of higher gas and food prices, Americans -- even more affluent ones -- are seeking shelter in wholesale clubs and discount apparel chains.

Northwest Airlines will begin daily nonstop service from Sea-Tac Airport to Beijing on March 1, 2009.

When Westfield Southcenter began construction two years ago on a massive expansion, few predicted the housing-market slump and credit crunch now dragging down the U.S. economy.

Google Inc.'s top executives expressed hope Thursday that the Internet search leader will be able to form a potentially lucrative advertising partnership with Yahoo Inc. -- a deal that would lower the odds of Microsoft Corp....

On an assembly line inside Boeing's Renton plant, machinists are putting together a special 737.

California has awarded $271 million in grants to build 12 stem cell research centers in the state, even as one of the political rationales for the building program might soon disappear.

Emboldened by President Bush's threat to veto a Democratic plan to help homeowners in danger of foreclosure, House Republicans threw up repeated roadblocks to delay debate of the legislation on Wednesday, prompting an angry...

Amazon.com Inc. Chief Executive Jeff Bezos sold 2.15 million shares of stock last week, bringing him about $168 million. After the transaction, he still held about 97 million shares, according to a recent filing with the...

The worst of the nation's credit crisis may have passed, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said Wednesday, although he acknowledged that rising gas prices will blunt the effect of 130 million economic stimulus checks.

The Food and Drug Administration says ZymoGenetics omitted important facts when announcing the launch of its first commercial product, Recothrom, and it has asked the company to revise the news release.

Comcast Corp., the nation's second-largest Internet service provider, is considering setting an official limit on the amount of data that subscribers can download per month and charging a fee for those who go over.

It's hard to believe that Google Inc. actually looked vulnerable just two months ago. The Internet search leader's stock had plummeted 45 percent from its peak. And its two biggest rivals, Microsoft Corp. and Yahoo Inc., appeared...

Expeditors International shareholders rejected a proposal Wednesday to adopt a written policy banning discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation.

The FBI has withdrawn a secret administrative order seeking the name, address and online activity of a patron of the Internet Archive after the San Francisco-based digital library filed suit to block the action.

The race to bring consumers ultrafast wireless Internet service is on.

Mortgage lender Countrywide Financial, under investigation for inflating certain borrowers' fees, acknowledged Tuesday it has made errors and pledged to take steps to improve its operations.

DaVita -- one of the area's largest private employers -- is searching for a new office building and not making any promises about staying in Tacoma.

Puget Energy's push to increase its wind, coal and natural-gas generation paid off last quarter with a slightly higher profit even as a shortfall in regional hydropower crimped earnings at most utilities.

Bellevue Square is in a gem of a location for a shopping center: next to a tall building where 1,100 Microsoft employees work and surrounded by 19 ZIP codes with average annual household incomes above $90,000.

After fending off months of threats by Microsoft Corp., Yahoo Inc.'s directors still will have to fight for their jobs as the company's own irate shareholders plot a mutiny.

A day after Berkshire Hathaway's shareholder meeting, billionaire buddies Warren Buffett, Berkshire's chairman, and Bill Gates, a Berkshire director, were interviewed today on Fox Business Channel. Here's a short story...

IN WHAT COULD BE seen as a sign that The Boeing Co. believes it is finally getting its Dreamliner back on track, reporters will soon get an up-close-and-personal look at the 787 assembly line in Everett.

Jack Faris, who has served as president of the Washington Biotechnology and Biomedical Association for the past three years, will step down from his post in December.

Beginning Sept. 1, Adam Warby, will become the second CEO of Avanade, an 8-year-old Seattle-based IT consulting company founded by Microsoft and Accenture. Warby, who has served as executive vice president of sales and marketing,...

The last time 1,000 people worked at one company in Houghton, they were building minesweepers at a shipyard along Lake Washington.

Qwest Communications International Inc., the local phone company in 14 U.S. states including Washington, scrapped a wireless partnership with Sprint Nextel Corp. and replaced it with Verizon Wireless.

Microsoft Corp. says it will start selling downloadable television shows for its Zune portable media device -- including selected programs from NBC, the network that split from market leader Apple Inc.

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. began offering three months worth of prescription drugs for $10, stepping up the fight to attract U.S. consumers seeking cheaper medicines.

REI is trying to show that one body can incorporate an eco-friendly ethic and a billion-dollar business.