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Western Recreational Vehicles Inc., a Yakima maker of the eponymous yachts of the highways, is shutting down after a failed merger attempt. While company president Bob Wert issued a statement April 17 saying the...
A private banker and arts patron steps lightly between work and life
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Why Washington entrepreneurs aren't interested in the public markets
The housing market has dried up. Subprime mortgages? Evaporated... But regional banks hold the line
As the economy slows, beware of the secondary impact of a weakening housing sector
Keep a close eye on construction. Growth in the industry has slowed - from a 9 percent annual pace in October 2006 to just under 6 percent in February 2007. Construction permits fell from a 20 percent drop to nearly a 50 percent...
Pumped by Boeing and population growth, Puget Sound looks muscular compared to the nation
WALLA WALLA – Price increases of 50 percent for asphalt, a consequence of higher oil prices, have caused delays in municipal construction projects from Spokane to Walla Walla.
The cost of repaving Spokane County’s...
SEATTLE – The highest-paid executives in the United States saw a 58.8 percent increase in their average annual cash bonus and were paid 38.21 percent more total cash compensation, according to figures released by the...
It isn't easy being public. Having to open all your windows and doors to let the political wind of the day - Sarbanes compliance, stockholders' approval, analysts and the Securities and Exchange Commission - blow through. And yet...
YAKIMA - When the Federal Aviation Administration recently created the new Light Sport Airplane category, CubCrafters Inc. was ready to fly at the opportunity. Its light sport airplane, the CubCrafters Sport Cub, received a huge...
In one of the largest venture capital deals so far this year, Seattle's VLST Corp. has raised $55 million in a Series B financing that will be used to develop drugs. VLST, heretofore financed by Accelerator Corp., which supports...
WASHINGTON 2ND LARGEST CYBERSTATE. The American Electronics Association (AEA), a trade association representing all segments of the high-tech industry, says Washington is second only to California in its number of software...