January, Letters to the editor

Missing Cowles Details

In "Spokane's First Family," William Stimson mentions legal actions surrounding the River Park Square public-private partnership. As coowner and publisher of The Local Planet Weekly newspaper in Spokane during the first half of...

OutFront, January

2007 Award-Winning Designs

Click here to take a look at the 2007 award winning architectural designs in Washington State.

Q & A, January

Russell Investments: Craig Ueland

Craig Ueland is CEO of Russell Investment Group, a leader in the highly competitive world of global investing. Ueland, who holds degrees in economics and finance from Stanford University and the University of Washington, joined...

Bookend, January

Bookend

George Washington and the Art of Business: The Leadership Principles of America's First Commander-in-Chief...

Wine, January

A Southern Sulta

Doug McCrea must have smiled when he learned that Wine Spectator Magazine, the bible of the global wine industry, recently named a southern Rhone wine blend as its Wine of the Year for 2007. After all, McCrea has quietly...

January, Life & Style

Urban Renewal

Giving New Life to an Old House

January, Life & Style

Mickey's Magic

Inspiration from Disney drives James Hammond's auto success

Snapshots, January

In the shadow of Hanford

Washingtonʼs nuclear reservation has nurtured experts who are launching new start-ups

January, Education

Private Schools Prosper

Elite schools are booming as a result of new wealth in the region, but now they face new challenges

Policy, January

What Price Development?

Loss of a major manufacturer raises questions about how Washington can attract business

Finance, January

Regional Banks Hold the Line

The housing market has dried up. Subprime mortgages? Evaporated... But regional banks hold the line

Agriculture, January

Top Crop

Who the Key Players are in Washington's Ag Business

Cover, January, Healthcare, Technology

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

Finance, January

Tapping the Brakes

As the economy slows, beware of the secondary impact of a weakening housing sector

Forum, January

Next Stop on Transportation

Now that Proposition 1 has failed, where should we go now?

CEO Adviser, January

Can Your Business Be Stolen?

How to protect trade secrets in the age of the mobile workforce

Finance, January

Real Estate Trends

Outspoken, January

Managing in Crisis

Protect your reputation by planning for the unexpected

Vital Signs, January

Spokane - The Inland Empire's Urban Hub

Spokane is the third largest metropolitan area in the state, following the Seattle-Everett corridor and Tacoma. It is the transportation, health care and business services center for much of eastern Washington, as well as...

OutFront, January

Briefcase

LACEY - Cabella's is here. The national catalogue retailer of hunting, fishing and camping gear opened its 27th and newest store in Lacey in November. Lacey officials expect it to attract as many as 4 million people in its first...

OutFront, January

Next Stop for UW: Everett Station

The University of Washington's third branch campus should be at the Everett Station transit center, a site consultant says.

The station is already home to Everett's University Center, where Everett Community College and five...

OutFront, January

Rollin' Rollin' Rollin'

The Columbia Basin Railroad took over the line running from Vancouver to Chelatchie Prairie in Clark County in February 2004. Since then, the company, led by CEO Eric Temple, has grown steadily.

A projected 1,000 railcars were...

OutFront, January

How Not to Get a Job at Microsoft

Last fall, Janelle Godfrey, a technical recruiter for Microsoft Corp., listed on her blog (http://blogs.msdn.com/jobsblog/ articles/janelle.aspx) what she called "Best Comments Heard at Microsoft's 'Meet the Company'...

OutFront, January

Executive Appointments

-Tony Colasin is new director of business development for Kirkland-based CellCyte Genetics Corp.

-Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences, Yakima, names Stan Flemming president.

-R. Jordan Gates is appointed president...

OutFront, January

Just in Time for the Real Estate Sell-Off...

The Schuster Group, a real estate investment firm, has raised $20 million of a $100 million fund it is putting together to invest in Puget Sound real estate. The fund, to be raised mostly from local individual investors, hopes...

OutFront, January

Worker Productivity

Ever wonder how hard we're working compared to other states or the nation as a whole? Wonder no longer. A report by the Prosperity Partnership, a coalition of business, government, academic, labor and nonprofit agencies in Puget ...

January, OutFront

Green Win for Cleanscapes

CleanScapes, a small Seattle firm, beat Waste Management, the biggest name in garbage globally, to win the city of Shoreline's garbage contract. Now Clean- Scapes has been selected to negotiate for some of Seattle's residential...

OutFront, January

The Road Less Traveled?

When political leaders linked roads and transit together in a tax package called Proposition 1 on the Nov. 6 ballot, they believed they had concocted a winning formula for relieving congestion in Puget Sound.

However, the...

OutFront, January

Mediquest's Quest to Treat Disease Fruitful

Bothell-based MediQuest Therapeutics is making steady, if quiet, progress toward treating a littleknown disease that primarily afflicts women.

The specialty pharmaceutical company, which focuses on developing therapies for...

OutFront, January

Ellensburg gets the Business

Developers are moving forward with what some are calling the biggest commercial development Ellensburg has ever seen.

 Ellensburg-based Triple L Properties has filed plans to build a hotel, retail and office complex on a...

OutFront, January

Outsourced Comes to the Small Screen

NBC has commissioned two Seattle filmmakers to turn their independent movie, Outsourced, into a pilot for a half-hour comedy series. Director John Jeffcoat and screenwriter Jeff Wing (50 First Dates) are behind the effort. Their...

January, Where We Stand

A New Year

A New Year at Washington CEO Magazine begins with a new editor and a recommitment to our mission of providing our readers with the best of business journalism in print, online and through an expanding array of community...

Cover, Q & A, January

Does Washington need an income tax?

Tell us what you think and we'll publish the best responses on our letters page.

OutFront, January

Moody?s Likes Streetcar Bonds

SEATTLE - What does Moody's Investors Service think about the potential success of mass transit? Moody's ranked Seattle's local improvement district (LID) bonds Aa1, the highest rating ever given to a LID in Washington.

The city...

OutFront, January

Coming Soon: Amsterdam Northwest

TUKWILA - Lovers, a local chain of sex emporiums, celebrated its 25th anniversary by re-opening its 15,000-squarefoot flagship store (formerly known as Lover's Package) in Tukwila with an extravaganza filled with "unmentionables"...

OutFront, January

Walking to the Winery

WOODINVILLE - The typical urban village promises a mix of houses, shops and parks. Why not add wineries to that list of traditional must-haves? That's the idea behind Woodinville Village, a master-planned community designed...

OutFront, January

No Plunge for Seattle?

SEATTLE - Nationally, the real estate market seems headed for a tail-spin, but not Seattle. Experts say the city remains a bargain compared to other major metro areas, and they predict sales will increase significantly in the...

OutFront, January

Tacoma's Port Expands

TACOMA - Port of Tacoma officials expect revenue for 2007 to be $102.5 million, a 12.6 percent increase over 2006. The port's commission kept the tax rate the same and is focusing on spending millions on infrastructure...

OutFront, January

From Vine to Glass

KALAMA - Where better to put a wine bottle manufacturing plant than in Washington, the second-largest wine producing state in the nation? Cameron Family Glass Packaging, a Pennsylvania wine bottle maker, has entered into an...

OutFront, January

Fisher Wraps Up Purchase

SEATTLE - Aiming to better serve the Latino population, Fisher Communications Inc. has completed a $19.3 million purchase of two television stations from Equity Broadcasting Corp. The stations, KPOU in La Grande, Ore., and...

OutFront, January

Making it Brief

SEATTLE - Memo to fashionable men: Forget pocket squares. Try designer boxer-briefs. In that department, Danial Hellman might provide the perfect package. Hellman has launched Danial Webster Design, a line of handmade men's...

OutFront, January

Public Likes Transit

SEATTLE - Sound Transit got good news last fall: The agency's survey of 800 registered voters on potential financing plans showed support for more rail and bus projects in trafficchoked Central Puget Sound.

About 77 percent of...

OutFront, January

Save the Planet? Ka-ching!

BELLEVUE - Puget Sound Energy, the largest utility in Washington, is giving customers who generate clean, renewable power the opportunity to become "green energy" partners by providing them annual incentive payments for all the...

OutFront, January

Have You Tried the Meatballs?

TACOMA - Home furnishings giant Ikea will build a distribution center for goods shipped through the Port of Tacoma that may eventually top 1 million square feet, or the equivalent of 17 football fields. Products from some of the...

OutFront, January

King County Journal Sold

KENT - The King County Journal, a daily newspaper that publishes in east and south King County, has been sold to Black Press, a publisher of community papers headquartered in Victoria, B.C. Black Press paid an undisclosed amount...

OutFront, January

Architectural Firms Merge

SEATTLE - Northwest Architectural Co. and Jubany Architecture have merged, taking the new name NAC Architecture, with offices in three states and a staff of more than 150.

"The consolidation of expertise and knowledge gives...

OutFront, January

Read the Label

BELLEVUE - Pharmacy management firm Talyst recently received a $20 million boost from two Seattle venture capital firms, and expects to significantly increase its client base next year. Investments by Ignition Partners and OVP...

OutFront, January

Rolling Dice in La Center

LA CENTER -With a $510 million casino resort on the line, the Cowlitz Tribe in southwest Washington won't know until next year if land near La Center will be granted reservation status, clearing the way for the mega-project.

The...

OutFront, January

The Butt Stops Here

BELLINGHAM -A voluptuous derriere is a key money maker, according to MannequinStore.com. The Bellingham mannequin manufacturer says its anatomically-correct mannequins are expected to increase sales to customers. The new...

OutFront, Finance, January

Mergers & Aquisitions

Recent aquisitions of and by Washington companies

Forum, Environment, January

Green Buildings

They protect the planet . . . and your investment

Finance, January

The Good Ride Continues in 2007

Pumped by Boeing and population growth, Puget Sound looks muscular compared to the nation

Outspoken, Environment, January

Force of Nature: Gene Duvernoy

Conservation group?s leader wields business savvy to bolster the environment

Made in Washington, January

The Little Town that Could

Colville brings manufacturing home

Cover, Healthcare, January

A World With No Disease?

Science, business and philanthropy join to fight disease worldwide

Cover, January

CEO of the Year: The Truth Seeker

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation?s Patty Stonesifer can remake the world of philanthropy, but it?s a long and difficult road

Cover, January

Diagnosing Our Sick Tax System

Why we can?t find a healthier way to pay for public services

Cover, Life & Style, January

Reaching Out for Greatness

Forward-thinking patrons support Seattle Art Museum?s bold new vision

Real Estate, January

Mining for Yakima Gold

Outside investors are transforming Washington?s agricultural powerhouse into a diversified economy

Technology, January

Anytime anyplace anywhere

The rise of the electronic wallet

Snapshots, January

Beyond Carbon

Companies that are looking at clean (or cleaner) forms of energy are focusing on everything from batteries to vehicle fuel to electricity

Sports Biz, January

The Magic Flutie

Gonzaga basketball team given credit for raising the admissions bar at Spokane university

Environment, January

Rethinking Eco-Friendly Investing

A new kind of fund sees green in some surprising sectors

Life & Style, January

Cultural Treasures

Mexico's boutique hotels are on the rise

Life & Style, January

A Nordstrom Looks Back

Since 1901, when John W. Nordstrom opened the first Nordstrom shoe store in downtown Seattle, the business has grown into a Northwest icon, managed now by a fourth generation of the Nordstrom family. Nordstrom purchased Best...

Life & Style, January

Cruising for Your Health

Floating luxury resorts with big-thrill adventures put a new spin on the old fashioned cruise

Wine, January, Agriculture

The Healing Fields

Few people have seen, up close, the ravages of war and what it can do to the land and everything that grows on it - or doesn't grow. But Doug Tunnell, owner and winemaker for Brick House Vineyards in Newberg, Ore., experienced...

Life & Style, January

Out on the Town

THEATRE Seattle Repertory Theatre Jan 11-Feb 10 Edward Albee's The Lady from Dubuque From the author of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf. A couple's house party is haunted by unexpected visitors and the hostess' deepest fears. 155...

Q & A, January

Q&A: Redhook - Paul Shipman

Paul Shipman is CEO of Redhook Ale Brewery, the company he launched in Seattle in 1981 with Starbucks' founder Gordon Bowker. Shipman majored in English, studied at the Sorbonne and picked up an MBA from Darden. His vision,...

Flashbacks, January

Stop the Web, We Need to Get On!

Small companies in small places tap worldwide markets with Internet pages.