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True Green at Work: 100 Ways You Can Make the Environment Your Business By Kim McKay and Jenny Bonnin
February is the month of amour, and one of the most romantic of indulgences is an overnight stay amid beautiful scenery at a destination winery.
Corporate retreats now include adventure travel to build camaraderie
Cellular pioneer John Stanton leads a home-based educational program for 2- and 3-year-olds
Independent soft-drink makers try to keep up with the Joneses ... and the Pepsis.
Why Washington entrepreneurs aren't interested in the public markets
At the UW, a quest to become the best public business school in the country
South Lake Union includes eco-friendly buildings, unique shopping
A Spokane engineering firm commits to high-performance - and local - projects
Watson Furniture Group crafts eco-friendly office furniture
From manufacturers to restaurants, businesses redefine what it means to be local
Advertising agencies have a new set of tools for the information age
Businesses bring attorneys on staff to make strategy and avoid mistakes
Relocation offers a chance for fresh office design
In today's wired world, what?s new becomes old at blinding speed
Tacoma is the second largest metropolitan area in the state. Pierce County as a whole is considered by the federal government to be a metropolitan division within the Seattle/Tacoma Consolidated Metropolitan Area.
BELLEVUE - Wright Runstad & Co. of Seattle has plans for a 36-acre urban village in Bellevue's Bel-Red corridor that could eventually have 800 apartments, ground-floor retail, open space and more than 3 million square feet of...
Seattle-based nail salon Butter London, which offers a nontoxic product line, is rapidly growing its brand at airports...
Record high prices for hay have prompted warnings from the state government to farmers to be on the alert for scams and fraud.
Community leaders in Yakima and Walla Walla are raising glasses to celebrate the increased number of visitors coming to sample local wines.
Many southwest Washington businesses bootstrapped themselves back into operation after December's devastating storm, but a shortage of skilled workers in key construction trades could slow the recovery.
Gordon Brandt has been promoted to president of Nastech Pharmaceutical Co. Inc., Bothell.Fay L. Chapman has retired as senior executive vice president and general counsel for Washington Mutual.Stewart Landefeld, partner at...
David Filo said at the December ribbon-cutting, which included Whitman County resident Wylie Gustafson, the real-life source of the distinctive Yahoo! yodel used in the company's advertising.
Wenatchee continued to have the nation's hottest housing market last fall. A federal report released late last year showed that home values had increased 15.7 percent in the third quarter of 2007, compared with the same quarter...
Sure, Washington is home to Microsoft, Nintendo of America and dozens of independent video game makers. But just how big a deal is the video game industry to the state?
The big barista is back and he says he's going to unclog the filter. Last month Seattle-based Starbucks announced it was removing CEO Jim Donald after a three-year run, replacing him with long-time chairman and co-founder Howard...
The subprime housing mess shouldn't cause a nationwide recession, economist Bill Conerly says, but the mortgage meltdown does raise the odds.
The Puget Sound region's commercial real estate market is hotter than the sun, with experts declaring it second only to New York City and predicting continued growth over the next several years.
Seattle's strong economy - buoyed by technology, medical research, construction, vibrant retail sales, foreign trade...
Executive editor Executive Editor Leslie Helm travels to Portland to learn about a new business plan Oregon has put together to create jobs and increase the competitiveness of its economy.
What have you found to be most effective in reducing your company's environmental footprint while boosting profits?
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As a subscriber to Washington CEO, I thoroughly enjoy the informative articles from around our region that are included each month. I was however a bit surprised to receive the latest issue which contained an article on Patty...
Just wanted to write a quick note about the Downtown Dog Lounge article in your latest issue. I already know how much my dogs love hanging out there while I’m at work, but how cool to see that it’s such a great...
Many thanks to Karen Hoffman and the staff at Washington CEO for the wonderful article on Aviation High School. Sebastian is smiling ear-to-ear about having his picture in the article, and we are all grateful for the coverage you...
Great article in Washington CEO about our archaic tax system. But you missed one fairly glaring point.
In 1985 Washington state’s budget was about $7 billion. Last year’s budget was $24 billion plus – a 350...
I was appalled to read the article, "High-end Retail Sprouts Up in Bellevue" in the December issue. In two decades of managing numerous commercial developments and working with journalists who cover such projects I have...
SEATTLE - Sound Transit is proposing an extension of its light rail line - which is on track to link Seattle's University District in the north with Sea-Tac Airport in the south - to Lynnwood, the Port of Tacoma and the...
SEATTLE - Tay Yoshitani has been named the new chief executive of the Port of Seattle. Yoshitani replaces Mic Dinsmore, who announced his resignation last year after 16 years leading the port. Yoshitani has held the top spots for...
OLYMPIA - The state Supreme Court has ruled that rural property owners can't overturn King County's strict development rules by referendum. The court's 7-2 decision maintains critical-areas rules that angered landowners after the...
KIRKLAND - Wireless broadband company Clearwire is going public with a planned $400 million initial public offering, the largest from any Washington company since AT&T's $10 billion IPO in April 2000. Wireless pioneer Craig McCaw...
OLYMPIA - Washington made the chalky, top-heavy Red Delicious the international image of apples with the Washington Apple Commission, founded in 1931. Today, the newly formed Washington Beer Commission hopes to spread the word...
BELLEVUE - Puget Sound Energy is reviewing proposals to develop the Pacific Northwest's largest solar-powered generating facility at the company's Wild Horse Wind Project in eastern Washington. At 500 kilowatts, the pilot solar...
SEATTLE - Two local nonprofits, one working on global and one on local issues, have won Social Capitalist Awards from Fast Company magazine and the Monitor Group. The awards recognize businesses that tackle social problems using...
PULLMAN - Washington State University is one of four schools receiving $5.3 million in U.S. Department of Agriculture money to train Iraqi officials in crop production and marketing. After training, the officials will go on to...
BELLINGHAM - Daiso, a popular Japanese dollar-store equivalent teeming with household goods, cos- metics and own-brand, imported items, will open its fourth U.S. store in the Bellis Fair mall in Bellingham. Ubiquitous in Japan,...
RICHLAND - The downtime in our current electrical system could power 84 percent of American cars and light trucks if we all switched over to electricity, a new study finds. The U.S. Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest...
SEATTLE - Americans suffering from various conditions are the targets of aggressive ad campaigns on behalf of all kinds of drugs, but one market -the casual drinker - remains largely untapped. A new pill introduced by...
BELLINGHAM - A research center serving small businesses has been added to Western Washington University's College of Business and Economics Small Business Development Center (SBDC) - the first one in the state and one of only a...
Seattle-based music recommendation service iLike (formerly GarageBand) has been given a strategic partner: Ticketmaster. In return, the West Hollywood-based online ticketing vendor will own 25 percent of iLike. The companies say...
No word on when it will be available to traffic-addled Puget Sound commuters, but a new Internet start-up, SpotScout.com of Cambridge, Mass., promises you an easy way to find a parking space. The idea is to allow people to look...
A Richland-based company is receiving $500,000 from Chevron to help develop technology that gas stations can use to create hydrogen for fuel cell cars on site. InnovaTek, a privately held company, has already developed a...
SEATTLE - Washington Mutual is continuing its attempts to cut costs, laying off 300 of its Milwaukee employees starting Feb. 5. Since its "permanent restructuring" was announced in November 2005, the bank has closed 80 branches...
A new study finds that positive thinking decreased the likelihood of catching a cold. Psychologists at Carnegie Mellon University found that although healthy adults who reported good moods were as likely to become infected by...
Since Woodinville resident Larry Scrivanich purchased the Mission Ridge Ski and Board Resort near Wenatchee in 2003, he has invested $2.5 million in upgrades, including a high-speed, four-person "quad" lift.
Membership in "mobile-phone communities" will more than triple by 2011 - going from 50 million to 174 million members - according to ABI Research. Companies such as AirG and Jumbuck have applied the social networking appeal of...
SEATTLE - The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation will provide almost $6 million to significantly expand housing for Puget Sound's homeless families and families at risk of becoming homeless. Nearly $4 million of the money will be...
K2 Sports prepares for more visibility with a new headquarters in Seattle
Women are breaking the proverbial glass ceiling by running their own businesses
Turning good intentions into measurable results ? and increased competitiveness
ISO 14001 is a worldwide standard for managing the environment. It was created by the International Organization for Standardization, a group based in Geneva, Switzerland, representing 157 countries.ISO comes from the Greek word...
Group Health's Scott Armstrong sees good service and new technology as the way forward
Eastside plan promises growing young adult and pediatric services
A new arena and triumphant hockey team become catalysts for change
The taste of chocolate is both love and money for these companies
How a consulting firm has set about unleashing a biotech company?s human potential
High-tech seeding ? a valuable business tool for online buzz
Boys and Girls Clubs leader Gary Yazwa won?t take no for an answer
The biggest advantage to business of Rule 26 is the Meet and Confer rule. Within 40 days of a case being filed, both parties must "Meet-and-Confer" to hash out any issues relating to the production of electronic data. "Each side...
Small and fast in the air, big and luxurious ? two ways of traveling in style
Just where do you put your toys when you're out camping? If you're using a motorhome, a trailer makes sense, but that precludes towing a car. Travel Supreme has introduced a unique motorhome with a built-in garage. It involved...
Unless you're the Sultan of Brunei - who uses a lavishly appointed Airbus as a personal jet - smaller is better, at least when it comes to the newest jet airplanes. Very light jets, or VLJs for short, are a new breed of airplane...
Somehow it seems so very appropriate. Honda manufactures over 14 million engines each year, making it the largest maker of internal combustion engines in the world. You'll find Honda engines in lawn mowers, generators,...
With Valentine's Day just around the corner, couples are searching for an expression of affection that shows thoughtfulness and sets the mood for a romantic evening. Many of you will buy your mate a box of chocolates, flowers and...
BOOKS AND TALKS MIT Enterprise Forum Feb 15 Motoring with Mammoths: Entrepreneurship, Green Energy and Transportation: What kinds of effective business models are surfacing to reduce dependence on "Big Oil"? This panel...
