April, Q & A

Q&A with Golf Pro Dan Hill

Dan Hill, 49, is PGA Master Professional at Seattle's Broadmoor Golf Club, a position he has held for eight years

April

CEO Scene

Important faces in the crowd around the state.

April, Bookend

Bookend

Executive Decision

LOUIS D. PETERSON

What book should every businessperson be reading right now?

The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable, by Nassim Nicholas Taleb (Random House, $26.95). ?A Black Swan is an...

April, Life & Style

The Lure of the River

A novice discovers fly fishing in the Northwest

April, Life & Style, Wine

Refined Vintages

The Long Shadows consortium brings world-class winemakers to Walla Walla

April, Snapshots

Page Turners

Indie booksellers find new ways to stay in business

April, Policy

Reclaiming the Waterfront

Bellingham undertakes an ambitious plan at a former pulp mill site

April, Retail

Not the Average Joe

Starbucks' challenges lie within itself, not with any competitor

April, Cover

The Rise of the Exurbs

Seattle and Bellevue rule the office space market, but high prices drive interest outside the cities

April, Cover

Exit the Boomer

Industries are apprehensive as the workforce reaches retirement

April, Cover

No Room For a View

A lock of hotel rooms and meeting space is driving business from Seattle

April, Workplace

Need a Financial Chief? Order Out

Increasing demand for outsourced financial help creates a booming niche

April, Sports Biz

Storm Season

Last Summer, as the city dithered and fans worried over whether the SuperSonics would leave Seattle, and the state, Anne Levinson picked up the phone. It was the first in a series of calls to the Oklahoma City offices of Sonics...

April, CEO Adviser

Knowledge Made in China

Doing business in China ? lessons learned from Microsoft

April, Outspoken

The Gold in the Green

Washington can profit from the new sustainable economy

April, Vital Signs

Manufacturing Falls

Washington's economy is slowing significantly, although it is not clear if the state will slip into a recession. At the national level, recessions are proclaimed after the fact by the National Bureau of Economic Research. So far,...

April, OutFront

Executive Appointments

Dwight Babcock is appointed interim CEO and chairman for IsoRay Inc., Richland, following the resignation of Roger Girard.Sachin Chawla, vice president of product development at GoldenGate Software, is named chairman at...

April, OutFront

Boeing's Delivery Not at all That Speedy

Boeing failure to deliver on recent defense contracts was a key reason the Air Force didn't pick it to fill a $40 billion contract for refueling tankers. Lexington Institute analyst Loren Thompson says the decision "was not a...

April, OutFront

Microsoft Invades the City

Microsoft just loves Seattle as a place to set up new offices. Combined with employees who joined through the Redmond company's acquisition of aQuantive Inc., the company expects to have nearly 1,400 employees in seven locations...

April, OutFront

Do or Die Time for Tacoma

With a resurgent downtown, a four-year University of Washington branch campus, more affordable housing than in Seattle and one of the top seaports in the nation, you'd think all is well in the City of Destiny, T-Town -- Tacoma....

April, OutFront

Briefcase

FORKS -- Filming is nearly complete on the movie Twilight, based on the Stephanie Meyer novel. In the story, a teenage girl moves to this rainy Olympic Peninsula outpost, where she falls in love with a high school classmate --...

April, OutFront

Tulalips Bet on Hotel Resort

The Tulalip tribes will open their new 12- story, 350-room Tulalip Casino Resort this summer at their Quil Ceda Creek development west of Marysville. The new resort will be Snohomish County's first destination hotel. The resort...

April, OutFront

Trails to Rails in King County

Commuter rail could expand to the east side of Lake Washington under a proposal being considered by Sound Transit. Seattle's Cascadia Center has proposed spending $37 million to upgrade an existing 42-mile rail line between...

April, OutFront

Leed's Future in Seattle

Seattle was home to 33 environmentally sustainable buildings in 2007. The city is projected to have more than 100 "green" buildings by 2020, according to Colliers International.   

April, OutFront

Big Change at the Gates Foundation

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced Feb. 7 that CEO Patty Stonesifer would be leaving the organization by the end of the year. Stonesifer, a former Microsoft executive, has led the foundation since its inception in...

April, OutFront

WTC Rewards Local Startups

The Washington Technology Center (WTC), a statewide economic development organization, has awarded $528,978 in funding to eight local technology firms and their two supporting research institutions, the University of Washington...

April, OutFront

Bremerton's New Marina Implicated in Ferry Failures

One element of Bremerton's evolving downtown renaissance is proving problematic -- the new Harborside Marina has been involved in two recent collisions with state ferries attempting to land at the nearby ferry dock.

Washington...

April, OutFront

Window Shopping

What a townhome or condominium costs around the state

April, OutFront

Record Wheat

Drought scare sends prices even higher

April, OutFront

Readers Voice

DON'T FORGET NORM DICKS

Bryan Corliss did a fine job in his article "Welcome To Boomerton" in your March 2008 issue. Bremerton (or is it Boomerton?) is experiencing a renaissance that many cities dream of and the article points...

April, where we stand

Immigration's Other Side

The country needs leadership to ensure we get the immigrants we need

April, Environment

Behind the story

Journalists are often asked how they come up with a story. When our April cover story "Paradise Lost: The high cost of our warming climate", came out in the same month as Atlantic Monthly's cover  "Hot Prospects" I was...

Letters to the editor, April

Good Changes

I am extremely impressed with the transformation of Washington CEO Magazine. You have broadened the appeal of the magazine to extend beyond those who are currently CEOs to anyone who monitors the conditions of the state and our...

Letters to the editor, April

Huge Strides For Women

I want to express my deep appreciation for the terrific article by Karen West on women making millions ("Making A Million," February 2007). I'm thrilled to see such an inspiring story about successful women not only in your...

Letters to the editor, April

Teachers Feel the Pinch

I believe that an important issue not addressed in the article ("Franchising the Human Heart," March 2007) is the potential impact of the competitive environment on the teaching mission of UW Medicine. While we will deal with the...

OutFront, April

The $19.5 Billion Makeover

ROADS! NO, RAILS! NO, ROADS! Traffic-addled citizens of either persuasion will get a chance to put their money where their mouths are. King, Pierce and Snohomish counties are proposing an $8.5 billion transportation package aimed...

OutFront, April

Longview Fibre Acquired

LONGVIEW - A Toronto based asset management company has bought Longview Fibre Co. for $2.15 billion. The price paid by Brookfield Asset Management Inc. for the Longview-based timber and real estate investment trust was $24.75 per...

OutFront, April

Esterline Expands

BELLEVUE - Esterline Corp., the Bellevue based aerospace company, has announced it will buy CMC Electronics Inc. for $335 million. Purchase of the Montreal-based aerospace/defense company will expand Esterline's avionics and...

OutFront, April

Premera Goes to China

MOUNTLAKE TERRACE - Premera Blue Cross, the state's second-largest health insurer, is cracking the Chinese market as part-owner of a new company that will initially provide back office administrative services to Chinese life...

OutFront, April

Zoomazium Awarded Gold

SEATTLE - Woodland Park Zoo's new nature play space, Zoomazium, has earned Gold certification, the second-highest level under the rating scale of the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Green Building Rating System...

OutFront, April

A Moment In The Sun

Every few years it seems the national news media rediscovers the Northwest and turns its focus to this drizzly corner of the country. It's not collusion on their part, but when Seattle and its environs dance under the spotlight...

OutFront, April

Game On!

These days, the 'burbs south of Seattle are brimming with sports-related politics and b u s i n e s s . Sonics owner Clay Bennett has told state lawmakers he prefers Renton over Bellevue for a new $500 million basketball arena....

OutFront, April

Getting Smarter

King County's adult population continues to improve its educational background, according to the 2006 King County Annual Growth Report. A total of 43 percent of county residents over 25 have a bachelor's degree or higher, and 91...

OutFront, April

Executive Appointments

DAVID BACA has been selected as the new managing partner for Davis Wright Tremaine, a Seattle law firm. He succeeds Richard Ellingsen and will oversee strategic planning, financial oversight and client development.

Point B...

OutFront, April

Apartments Hot

Seattle is among the top 10 apartment markets this year, according to a report by Marcus & Millichap. The city jumped eight places to rank seventh, based on job growth and anticipated demand for rental units, the Encino,...

OutFront, April

Paris Welcomes LeMay

TACOMA - The Harold E. LeMay Museum, also known as "America's Car Museum," a $167 million project to preserve and interpret the largest privately held car collection in the world, will host The LeMay Museum Grand Tour 2007...

OutFront, April

Gateway to Jobs?

VANCOUVER - Port of Vancouver commissioners have approved a tax increase to buy a former aluminum plant for $48.2 million, aiming to transform the property into a center of high-paying jobs. The tax rate in 2008 will rise to 79...

April, Forum

Regulatory Roadblocks to Success

Improve the business climate by starting with small businesses

Outspoken, April

The Hype Over Climate Control

Talk of curbing global warming invites skepticism

Real Estate, April, Features

Condomania!

Will Seattle?s condo market continue to buck the national trend?

Cover, Environment, April

Spring of Our Discontent

Accounting for climate change

Features, Healthcare, April

The Health Care Conundrum

The endless search for a new health care solution

Features, Women in Business, April

Corporate Climbing

Many women find it lonely at the top

April, Features

Merging for Muscle

Law firms in Washington face the pressures of globalization

The Good Citizen, April

Seattle Youth Movement

Young lawyers find pro bono work is its own reward

Services, April

Flexcar Stretches to the Limit

A new chief, new funding and a new mandate drive a company?s growth

Snapshots, April

In the Shadow of Boeing

NAVERUS INC.

Website: www.naverus.com

Location: Kent

Key People: Dan Gerrity, CEO; Steve Fulton, chief technical officer; Hal Andersen, vice president of flight operations, all co-founders.

Key Innovation: RNP, or required...

Wine, April

Washington Wine, Tuscan Soul, Bordeaux Blend

After 11 years of winemaking, Col Solare has remade itself as a brand-new winery, complete with a new state-of-the-art facility on Red Mountain, a recent 90-point wine release and a renewed sense of purpose.

The winery is now...

Q & A, April

Q & A with Paula Henry

Paula Henry is superintendent of Tacoma Rail, one of the largest rail-switching operations in the nation. The publicly owned railroad operates in three counties and includes Boeing and the Port of Tacoma among its customers....

Life & Style, April

Where the Bogeys Are

Puget Sound golf pros pick their favorite private courses

April

From The Publisher

Spurred by the fallout from corporate scandals and social and environmental pressures, ethical decision making has become a strategic imperative for forward-thinking business leaders.

Life & Style, April

Bookend April

Flashbacks, April

Vision Quest

Washington state tribes have been going through a major revision of themselves that has included strong economic development programs.