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Outfront

September, OutFront Finding a Use for Keyarena

With the Sonics trading Seattle rain for Oklahoma tornadoes, a question is posed: How will Seattle...

OutFront, September What Goes Up?

With most of the regulatory roadblocks removed in the sale of Puget Energy to private investors, it...

OutFront, September A Power Lawyer's Next Gig

William Neukom's legacy as outgoing president of the American Bar Association will be his...

September, OutFront Readers Voice

SAME OLD SONG

Nice article (August issue: "Failure to Compute"). It does, however, seem like this...

OutFront, September Briefcase

KENNEWICK -- Bechtel has paid $250,000 to have its name attached to the boardroom at the new...

September, OutFront Down to the Wire in Machinists Vs. Boeing

Shadows of the 2005 28-day Machinists' strike against Boeing may be emerging as negotiations...

OutFront, September Washington Money Hits the Election Trail

Washington businesses, special interest groups and the University of Washington aren't shy when it...

OutFront, September Window Shopping

Log homes around the state

September, OutFront A Lion by the Tail

Washington's largest home-based hotel chain, Spokane-based Red Lion Hotels Corp., is exploring...

September, OutFront Executive Appointments

Glen H. Bogner is named president of Molina Healthcare Inc., Bothell.

Seattle-based VLST Corp....

Agriculture

Maximizing the Mobile

CEQUINT

Location: Seattle

Website: www.cequint.com

Founded: 2004

Key Innovation: The idea is simple: Display the city and state of incoming calls. It's a concept that's proven profitable for landline phone companies, but is...


Going for the Golden Delicious

Scientists work to reinvent the apple, from the genome up


The Big Bio Gamble

Dendreon's stock woes may have been unpredictable, but biotech firms often face steep odds.


Geeks of a Feather

Microsoft alumni help each other out after they leave


The Wealth in Health

Microsoft moves fast to get into the health care IT market


Debugging the Body

The emerging ability to spot disease networks in humans - and reprogram them - will upturn the medical establishment and create new business opportunities


Barcodes for the New Millenium

The market for radio frequency identification tags may finally be coming into its own


Metal of the Future?

A start-up attempts a nano-level revolution to transform military and civilian life


The Temple Will Not Fall

Microsoft, Nintendo and a specialty college make Washington a capital for video games


Launch Sell (Repeat)

When building a business is a serial thrill


The Temple Will Not Fall

Microsoft, Nintendo and a specialty college make Washington a capital for video games


Screen-shot of Peggle Deluxe by PopCap Games.
Puget Sound counts 15,000 jobs among benefits of rising video-game industry

A "clustering of talent" is driving Puget Sound to the top of the U.S. video-game development industry, generating nearly $5 billion in revenues and more than 15,000 jobs, and elevating the average salary of a local game...


Leslie Helm is the executive editor of Washington CEO Magazine.
Microsoft Finds New Opportunities in Japan

While China is hot, Microsoft makes a lot more money in Japan. Over half of Microsoft's Asian revenues come from Japan. Maybe that's why the company is putting a renewed focus on the country, plowing money into developing markets...


The Games We Play

Designing casual games for the time-pressed professional


A Shift in the Winds

SafeHarbor hits another squall as CEO departs


Full Stream Ahead

RealNetworks rebounds by embracing new markets


Microsoft to buy Seattle’s aQuantive

In a bid to challenge Google for a bigger share of online advertising, Microsoft has agreed to pay $6 billion for a global ad agency that almost collapsed during the dot-com bust


Hollywood?s Helping Hand

Medical device makers turn to popular TV shows for publicity


W(h)ither Biotech?

Icos? arc from rising to fallen star is sadly typical for local biotech firms


The Power of Learning

How a consulting firm has set about unleashing a biotech company?s human potential


Anytime anyplace anywhere

The rise of the electronic wallet


Microsoft in the Living Room

The software giant has taken the lead in online video gaming. Is this the big payoff?


Wizard of Wireless

Clearwire?s Craig McCaw is offering a new kind of broadband wireless service.


A Mouse Brain in 3D

SEATTLE – The Allen Institute for Brain Science has announced the completion of a genetic map of a mouse brain. The “Brain Atlas” identifies where and at what level each of approximately 21,000 genes are turned...


Vancouver Ventures

VANCOUVER – Electric Lightwave LLC, a communications network services provider, was sold to Portland-based Integra Telecom Inc. for $247 million and is moving most of its jobs to Portland. The combined company will employ...


Boeing Closes Summer with Bag of Deals

EVERETT – Boeing appears well positioned to maintain its lead over Airbus in total orders. As of Sept. 13, Boeing has received 377 firm orders for its 787 Dreamliner, with another 43 commitments from 32 customers. There are...


The Good Fight

Judging by its long-stagnant stock price, Microsoft appears to be a lumbering monopoly, mired in the doldrums. The company is worth less than half its 1999 peak. It lags behind flashy companies such as Google and Apple in hip,...


Web 2.0

Six years after the tech crash and the collapse of high flying ventures like HomeGrocer.com, a new generation of Web-based companies is taking off.ZILLOW.COMLocation: SeattleKey Innovation: Using publicly available information to...


Sony Investigates Laptop Fire

Sony is investigating an overheating incident involving a Lenovo laptop computer that may have been related to one of its faulty batteries.

 


Taking Flight

Marines say Insitu invention saved lives in Iraq



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