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Even as the global economy weakens and unemployment rises, Amazon.com Inc. is hiring by the hundreds.
Oil prices have fallen more than 26 percent from their July 11 record high of $147.27 a barrel, and all evidence points to further declines.
Prices of single-family homes fell nationwide in the second quarter, but at a slower rate than in the previous three-month period, an economic-analysis company said Thursday.
Conventional wisdom had long held that some industries would collapse if oil topped $100 a barrel. As oil neared $150, sending costs higher for everything from jet fuel to plastic jars, the question was how many companies would...
Yahoo Inc.'s stock sank to its lowest level in nearly five years Thursday, magnifying the challenge facing the Internet company as its management tries to justify their rebuff of Microsoft Corp.'s $47.5 billion takeover bid.
Comcast Corp. is appealing an FCC ruling that the company is improperly blocking customers' Web traffic, triggering a legal battle that could determine the extent of the government's authority to regulate the Internet.
Troubled by the Bear Stearns debacle, former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan is advocating a new way of dealing with government bailouts of companies whose sudden collapse could wreak havoc on the country's economic and...
Microsoft's much-anticipated advertising campaign, expected to be a counter to withering Apple attacks on its most important product, debuted on network television Thursday night.
Hard Rock Café plans to open its first Northwest restaurant next year a half-block from Pike Place Market.
What's he eating for lunch? Is she showing up for class? What subjects are they weak in? Software is helping unravel the mystery.
Boeing Co. aircraft assembly workers voted overwhelmingly to strike for the second time in three years but union leaders agreed to hold off on the walkout for 48 hours at the request of Washington Gov. Chris Gregoire and a...
The Boeing Co. is being sued by the federal government over claims the company unlawfully inflated the price it charged the Air Force for missile-decoy systems for the B-1 bomber.
A high-ranking Air Force official pressed the Pentagon on Wednesday to expedite the award of a disputed $35 billion contract for new aerial refueling tankers so the service can retire Eisenhower-era aircraft.
Boeing Co. will serve as consultant to Mitsubishi Heavy Industries for its mid-sized regional jet - the first "made in Japan" passenger aircraft in three decades, the Japanese machinery maker said Thursday.
Paris-based advertising giant Publicis Groupe has acquired Seattle advertising firm PBJS, which handled launch events for Windows Vista.
Early reports from several retailers show a sluggish start to the back-to-school season. Here is a snapshot of some of the same-store sales results announced Wednesday, a day before a majority of merchants are expected to report...
Montana has lost its federal disease-free status for brucellosis, triggering mandatory testing of cattle being shipped out of state.
A survey being released Thursday by the Mercer consulting firm found 59 percent of companies intend to keep down rising health care costs in 2009 by raising workers' deductibles, copays or out-of-pocket spending limits.
Researchers at the Yale School of Medicine have linked a chemical found in everyday plastics to problems with brain function and mood disorders in monkeys -- the first time the chemical has been connected to health problems in...
Should the Machinists union vote today to strike Boeing for the fourth time in two decades, some of the region's highest-paid industrial workers likely would have to pinch pennies for the duration, and businesses that cater to...
A strike by The Boeing Co.'s largest union looms if the Chicago-based airplane maker doesn't sweeten what it has called its best and final offer to the Machinists who assemble its jets.
The Boeing Co. is being sued by the federal government over claims the company unlawfully inflated the price it charged the Air Force for missile-decoy systems for the B-1 bomber.
Investors are fleeing commodities in another massive exodus, reviving debate about whether the futures bubble has burst or is just going through a temporary contraction.
Google Inc.'s new Web browser, called Chrome, does much of what a browser needs to do these days: It presents a sleek appearance, groups pages into easy-to-manage "tabs" and offers several ways for people to control their...
Apple plans to host a special event next week, feeding speculation that it may release updated models of the iPod media player to spur holiday sales.
In its strategy to present a healthy menu, Starbucks Corp. has whittled down 200 potential breakfast options to five, which will be sold for the first time Wednesday morning.
2008 could herald the greatest technological revolution on the U.S. West Coast's working waterfront since containerization.
It's desperation time for the Big Three automakers. They are awash in gas-guzzling vehicles nobody wants to buy, bleeding red ink and running out of cash.
A new FAA program gives aerospace manufacturers such as Jamco America, and soon Boeing, the power to certify their own products as safe -- an approach that concerns some critics.
Home prices are plummeting, food and energy costs are sky high and, for many families, disposable income is stagnant or falling. Economic forecasters say conditions are the worst they've seen in a presidential election year in...
Boeing has said it might drop out of the competition if it doesn't get more time, a move analysts are calling shrewd in a very Washingtonian game of chess, as major corporations and their political allies jockey for a program...
Americans are changing the game plan for retirement, with millions laboring past the traditional retirement age and working into their late 60s and beyond. While the average retirement age remains 63, that standard might soon be...
The Democratic ticket of Barack Obama and Joe Biden should hit the ground running against John McCain by casting the Republican presidential candidate as President Bush's hapless sidekick and warning that he would send precious...
Google Inc. is releasing its own Web browser in a long-anticipated move aimed at countering the dominance of Microsoft Corp.'s Internet Explorer and ensuring easy access to its market-leading search engine.
It sounded like a winning proposition - free money - for Internet access providers. By tracking their subscribers' personal Web surfing habits, they could help deliver ads targeted to the consumers' interests, and claim a share...
Advertisers are grappling with the idea of Google, which spent many of its early years avoiding -- and infuriating -- advertising agencies, now shifting to embrace them.
The punch of Hurricane Gustav appeared to fall softly Monday on the vast energy complex along the U.S. Gulf Coast, allowing oil market traders to focus not on storm damage, but on their growing anxiety over the state of the...
The American Petroleum Institute and four other business groups filed suit Thursday against Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Director H. Dale Hall, joining Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's...
The economy pulled out of a dangerous rough patch in the spring, thanks largely to strong exports, but the rebound isn't expected to last. Economic slowdowns overseas could make exports tail off just as Americans are hunkering...
Dell stunned investors with a 17 percent decline in quarterly profit and a warning that a slowdown in technology spending in the United States had begun to spread to Asia and Europe.
First an iPhone price cut left early buyers feeling foolish, and then came reports that some iPods were spitting sparks. Now the new iPhone 3G has been marred by bugs, spotty service, disappearing programs for the device and a...
The U.S. economy expanded faster than previously estimated in the second quarter, helped by a surge in exports that will probably wane as Europe and Japan head toward recessions. Gross domestic product increased at a 3.3 percent...
Comcast Corp., the nation's second-largest Internet service provider, Thursday said it would set an official limit on the amount of data subscribers can download and upload each month.
Microsoft has agreed to buy Greenfield Online, owner of European price comparison website ciao.com, for about $486 million to boost its Internet search and e-commerce business in Europe.
Google, facing U.S. Justice Department scrutiny of its advertising partnership with Yahoo, will proceed with the agreement by early October, Chief Executive Officer Eric Schmidt said.
Like millions of motorists, Eric Hanson used a GPS unit in his Chevrolet TrailBlazer to find his way around. He probably didn't expect that prosecutors would eventually use it too - to help convict him of killing four family...
Boeing and its Machinist union remained far apart on a new contract Wednesday, but negotiations between union officials and the company could effectively be over by lunchtime today.
The Pentagon is in danger of missing a self-imposed deadline to award a politically charged $35 billion deal to The Boeing Co. or Northrop Grumman for Air Force refueling tankers ahead of the next administration. Boeing's recent...
Seattle's Alaska Air Group Inc. confirmed it will lay off 80 non-unionized Alaska Airlines managers, at various levels, by Monday. Most of the affected workers are based in Seattle.
The next version of Microsoft Corp.'s Web browser makes it easier for people to surf the Internet without leaving a trace.
EBay sellers made headlines in the spring when they rebelled against policies put in place by eBay?s new chief executive, John Donahoe. The griping continued this month, with the start of a rule that prevents identical listings...
The ultramodern wireless network expected to showcase Google's operating system and applications for mobile phones is becoming entangled in an old-fashioned political squabble.
Howard Schultz and about 130 other Starbucks executives will receive no salary increases next year, according to a memo sent to employees on Monday. Schultz's salary has been $1.2 million since 2004, although other compensation...
China and Iraq have reached a tentative agreement for a Chinese state-owned oil company to help develop the Ahdab oil field, an Iraqi Embassy spokesman said Thursday.
Scientists have transformed one type of cell into another in living mice, a big step toward the goal of growing replacement tissues to treat a variety of diseases
The Federal Communications Commission has spent nearly a year testing devices designed to use empty television channels, known as white spaces, for high-speed Internet service. As those tests near conclusion, the agency is...
Even as they grappled with inflation worries, most Federal Reserve officials at their August meeting didn't believe the Fed's key interest rate was too low given harder-to-get credit conditions straining consumers and businesses...
Shares of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac climbed for a second day Tuesday amid expectations in some Wall Street quarters that the mortgage finance giants will be able to weather the housing storm without a government rescue.
Americans became more optimistic in the economy amid declining gas prices in August, marking the biggest jump in two years.
Boeing Co. on Tuesday said it has made an improved second offer to the Machinists union under ongoing contract talks.
Starbucks unveiled the high-priced and high-taste Clover brewing systems at several Seattle stores Tuesday and says more will follow, as part of a recent deal that set the coffee community abuzz.
Seattle-based Amazon.com has bought social-networking site Shelfari for an undisclosed sum.
A Malaysia-based hospital operator run by Seattleites and backed by local investors says there's money to be made by treating India's upwardly mobile to American-style health care. And it's betting big bucks on it.
Boeing presented to the Machinists union Tuesday an improved contract proposal that offers more money and removes two of three issues that union officials had previously labeled "deal-breakers."
Todd Shipyards Corp. said it's been awarded a contract by the U.S. Navy to provide overhaul and maintenance services to four Nimitz Class aircraft carriers.
Washington ranked No. 4 in the country in new hybrid car purchases last year, with residents buying 13,107, according to new car registrations.
The government has largely argued that the private sector is better suited to tackle the problem. But big corporations say it's too big for them to handle.
Seattle and Portland, Ore., were among the top 10 metro areas in the nation with the most pronounced drop in home sales last month compared with July 2007, according to The Associated Press-Re/Max Monthly Housing Report, which...
Sales of existing homes nationwide rose in July, surpassing expectations, as buyers snapped up deeply discounted properties in parts of the country hit hardest by the housing bust, according to figures released Monday by the...
Irvine-based chip maker Broadcom Corp. moved to acquire Advanced Micro Devices Inc.'s digital television business for $192.8 million Monday, aiming to become a leader in the growing market.
Just as trees need good soil and climate to create healthy forests, so do startup companies exist within what network industry entrepreneur Judy Estrin calls an innovation ecosystem.
Reported incidents of mortgage fraud jumped 42 percent nationwide, with Florida reporting the highest number of cases, according to industry data released Monday.
Shelfari is a social network that allows groups of people to create virtual bookshelves and share titles with friends. It was co-founded by Josh Hug, the former director of device engineering at Seattle's RealNetworks.
Melich warned investors in a report last week to be cautious about retail stocks overall, even though some shares have fallen so far they may look enticing.
Corn prices turned lower on Monday, giving up earlier gains as forecasts arrived for much-needed rain in the Midwest. Energy prices rebounded after Friday's massive pullback, however, as Tropical Storm Gustav developed in the...
A senior Northrop Grumman Corp. executive criticized The Boeing Co. on Friday for its request to the Pentagon for additional time to assemble its offer for a disputed $35 billion contract to build a refueling tanker.
The average monthly household bill for Puget Sound Energy customers is likely to go up -- 8.25 percent for electricity and 5 percent for natural gas.
The Boeing Co. made its first full offer on key economic issues to the Machinists union Friday, providing for an increase in pensions and a general wage increase for each year of a new three-year contract.
A countdown clock on a Web site operated by Nehemiah Corp. of America is ticking off the days, hours, minutes and seconds until a new government ban will terminate virtually all seller-funded, down-payment assistance programs in...
Over the next year, the two aircraft programs will bring to market new jet derivatives: the 747-8 and the 777 Freighter. Both new Boeing planes play prominent roles at the aerospace company's Everett factory.
An appeals court yesterday upheld the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, dismissing arguments that the government's attempt to protect investors from repeats of the scandals at Enron and WorldCom gave federal overseers unchecked power.