August

A Shift in the Winds

SafeHarbor hits another squall as CEO departs

August, OutFront

Executive Appointments

Linden Barney has been promoted to CFO of Redmond-based Innuity Inc.

Donald Bloodworth has been named CFO and chief operating officer at Seattlebased Earth Class Mail Corp.

Michael A. Brochu, former CEO of Loudeye, has been...

August, Life & Style

Out on the Town

BOOKS AND TALKS

University Book Store

Aug 1 Tao Lin: The literary blogger (aka The Reader of Depressing Books) reads from his debut collection of short stories, Bed, and his novel, Eeeee Eee Eeee. His fiction is known...

August, Bookend

Bookend

Executive Decision

Casey Roloff

What book should every businessperson be reading right now?

Suburban Nation: The Rise of Sprawl and the Decline of the American Dream, by Andres Duany, Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk and Jeff Speck...

August, Wine

Wine

TRADITION MEETS HIGH TECH

If you marry tradition and age-old methods for winemaking with cutting-edge technology in the vineyards and in the winery, the result is the newest addition to the wine scene in Woodinville - Novelty...

August, Life & Style

Smartphones for Work & Play

Smartphones, the category that the Black- Berry made so popular, aren't just workhorses anymore. The latest and most publicized of the bunch, Apple's iPhone, promises to neatly consolidate into one device a digital media player,...

August, Life & Style

Northern Greens

For a change, consider teeing off on Vancouver Island

August, Snapshots

Eastern Life Sciences

HOLLISTER-STIER LABORATORIES LLC

Location: Spokane

Website: www.hollisterstier.com

Founded: 1921

Key Innovation: Hollister-Stier is the only contract manufacturer of sterile injectables in the Pacific Northwest. The company's...

August, Outspoken

Putting Priority on People

It takes more than tax breaks to promote economic development

Photo Essay, August

Steve Ballmer in his own words

VITAL STATS

Age: 50

Education: Bachelor's degree in math and economics from Harvard University; dropped out of Stanford Business School.

Total compensation in 2006: $976,149

Value of Microsoft shares: Ballmer owns about...

August, Sports Biz

No More Offseason

The Seahawks' Tod Leiweke focuses on winning on and off the field

August, Features

Rebuilding Nature

Landowners get a shot at a cutting-edge investment ... if it is allowed to develop

August, Features

Ringing In a New Era

Telecommunications has evolved into a far-ranging industry

Cover, Real Estate, August

Why Zillow Is More than a Home Value Estimator

Zillow spokespeople want their company to be thought of as a media company, not an online real estate service. They talk about new products as a television network touts its top programs. In keeping with the media metaphor, here...

Cover, Real Estate, August

The Power of Home

Zillow taps into our primal, mythic need for shelter

Built to Last, August

Integrity Comes First

For 95-year-old National Frozen Foods, a solid reputation plants the seeds of success

August, OutFront

BRIEFcase

BELLINGHAM - Boat-builder Aluminum Chambered Boats (ACB) has won a $9.9 million contract to build 47 rigid-hull inflatable boats for the U.S. Coast Guard's cutter fleet. It's the first major contract ACB has won with the Coast...

August, OutFront, Agriculture

Wheat Production Good, Not GreatWheat Production Good, Not Great

Washington winter wheat production is expected to reach 119 million bushels this year, a 66-bushel-per-acre yield - respectable but not a record, according to the Capital Press newspaper.

In fact, Washington's winter wheat...

August, OutFront

Bling County

King County placed 10th in a list ranking millionaire households in the United States by county. The county has 1 percent of the nation's millionaires.

The results of a survey, released May 1 by London-based market research firm...

August, OutFront

Changes coming to Seattle skyline

In what may be the biggest change to downtown Seattle since Denny Hill was leveled, Clise Properties has announced that it is putting 12 acres in Seattle's Denny Triangle on the market. The parcel has mostly parking lots at the...

August, OutFront

Attorney v. Attorney

Hoping to help consumers navigate the legal labyrinth and choose the best attorney, Avvo, a Seattle start-up, has launched an online rating system that ranks thousands of attorneys in more than 110 practice areas based on their...

August, OutFront, Agriculture

Walla Walla Energized by new plants

With its sagebrush and rolling hills, parts of the Columbia Basin look vaguely like west Texas - and now the image is becoming complete as the region develops its own burgeoning energy industry. The Port of Walla Walla has...

August, OutFront

Gonzaga Targets Health Care

Gonzaga University will launch a master of business administration program with an emphasis on health care management this fall. The university says its Graduate School of Business Administration is spearheading the program to...

OutFront, August

Deal or no deal? CEOs just do it

Chief executive officers usually profit from mergers involving their company, even if the deal destroys shareholder value, a University of Washington researcher found.

"They get a big enough slug of new options from even a bad...

OutFront, August

CIO: Your Company's Business Strategist

Several years ago, the television comedy sketch show Saturday Night Live occasionally featured "Nick Burns, Your Company's Computer Guy," an information technology nerd who berated his coworkers for their inability to solve what...

August

From the Editor

A few core values are central to our identity as Northwesterners. Protecting the environment, certainly, is one. I would add at least two others: a love for fresh food and an admiration for high-risk venture companies. In each...