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July, OutFront Recent Company Acquisitions

The University of Washington is very difficult to deal with. ... We have great relationships with...

July, OutFront Washington CEO Wins Awards

Washington CEO Magazine was honored three times this year at the annual Society of Professional...

July, OutFront Zino Society Awards Green Kudos (And Cash)

O Ecotextiles Inc., a Seattle company that makes environmentally friendly materials for drapery,...

July, OutFront Briefcase

BELLEVUE -- Groundbreaking for European Tower, a 16-story luxury condominium project, has been...

July, OutFront No Longer Just Married to the Military

A program developed by the Marysville Tulalip Chamber of Commerce has become a national model in a...

July, OutFront Dupont: Wanted by Developers

Say "DuPont" and the first thing that comes to mind is the American global chemical giant. But...

OutFront, July Window Shopping

French country homes around the state

July, OutFront Paccar Revs up Medical Center

Bellevue truck maker Paccar Inc. has donated $1 million to Overlake Hospital Medical Center to set...

July, OutFront Mario to Scale Ever-Larger Buildings

Nintendo of America will start work later this year on a new 275,000-square-foot building at its...

July, OutFront Port of Everett Opens First Phase of Waterfront Redevelopment

The Port of Everett has landed an anchor tenant -- Bayside Marine -- for its new "Craftsman...

OutFront, July Executive Appointments

Seattle-based Big Fish Games promotes Laurent de Segur from vice president of technology to chief...

July, OutFront Working at Home Without Working at Home

Maybe you work at home alone. Maybe you're on the road a lot and you have no headquarters or...

Finance

UW renames Business School after $36.5 million donation

A Seattle-area foundation has given $36.5 million to the University of Washington Business School, which plans to change the school's name to honor one of the foundation's founders.

The UW board of regents was expected to...


Mad as hell at gridlock?

Not going to take it anymore? Rant away right here:


Boeing tries out being green

The first 787 might be painted blue, but Boeing's trying to get us all to see it as green.With the increasing international emphasis on global warming and reducing greenhouse gases, Boeing has shifted its marketing message about...


Sizing up a new airliner

Boeing's coming under increasing pressure to make a decision about its proposed 787-10, which would be a stretched-out version of the Dreamliner.The base model of the Dreamliner ? the version that was set to take its first flight...


Rich in the Northwest? Yawn

The rich may be different from you and me -- but they don't want to be. That's the basis for one of the latest trends in elite lifestyles, according to a recent Wall Street Journal article on "yawns" -- people who are...


Executive Appointments

SolutionsIQ Inc., Redmond, promoted Brent Barton to chief technology officer.Kent-based Flow International Corp. has appointed Charles "Charley" Brown to CEO, replacing retired CEO Stephen Light.Patrick J. Byrne has...


What do you young workers want?

Do more asking and less telling. Be flexible. Build partnerships.Those were central themes that emerged during a recent roundtable discussion, "Managing Young Employees in a Tight Labor Market," sponsored by Washington...


Washington climbs business rankings

Washington is the fifth-best state in the U.S. for business, according to Forbes Magazine. The state moved up seven places on this year's list, tying Tennessee for the biggest leap of all states. Virginia came out on top in the...


Noticias Noroeste en Español

New weekly newspapers and a television station are trying to tap into a market of some 220,000 Spanish speakers in the Puget Sound region, who represent about 10 percent of the population and have growing market power.Fisher...


BRIEFcase

HOQUIAM - Imperium Renewables expects its new biodiesel refinery in Hoquiam to be in full operation this month. The $73 million plant at the Port of Grays Harbor is designed to produce up to 100 million gallons of biodiesel per...


Walla Walla school upgrade

Walla Walla Community College students are going back to school this month in some new and remodeled buildings. The two-year school has wrapped up a $25 million expansion that included spending $10 million on a new...


Gravity Shifts Eastward

WSU's new president sees a larger role for the school in Washington's economic life


From the Editor

Ideological blinders have long prevented the Puget Sound region from confronting the seriousness of its transportation problems. In this month's cover story, Washington CEO Magazine senior writer Aaron Corvin guides us through...


Compensating Intelligently

There are pros and cons to different ways of paying an executive


The Quiet (Christian) Neighbor

How one of the world's largest nonprofits fits into Washington's business community



Wine

From forced labor to labor of love


A Shift in the Winds

SafeHarbor hits another squall as CEO departs


A Happy Prisoner

A LOT of people talk about opening their own business. And talk. And talk. Dustin Goss likes to talk, too. But Goss, whose tightly cropped blond hair and look-you-in-the-eye manner suggest a man who doesn't waste time, unleashes...


I Blog the Law

Legal marketing meets the Internet ... and it's a great match


Best practices

For lawyers, marketing is all about getting noticed, building relationships and then taking care of clients once you have them, according to Leslie Meagley, a Seattle marketing consultant and former chief marketing officer at...


The Cash Economy

For CEO salaries, stock options fall out of favor in a new regulatory environment


If the shoe fits: Blake Nordstrom delivers

If there were awards for which CEO in Washington did the most to earn his paycheck last year, Blake Nordstrom would be a "shoe-in.""The CEO who heads the apparel retailer founded by his great grandfather, John W....


Executive Pay Makeover

CEO salaries continue to rise, but companies move from stock options to performance-based rewards


American Idle

As traffic congestion swamps the economy, Puget Sound struggles to find a way out


Projects

Sound Transit and the roads-focused Regional Transportation Investment District (RTID) are asking voters on the Nov. 6 ballot to approve a $17.8 billion capital investment in transit and highway expansions in Puget...


Good Sports

Báden Sports Inc.Location: Federal WayWebsite: www.badensports.comFounded: 1976 as a manufacturer of tennis products; the company didn?t turn its attention solely to balls until 1979. Ironically, tennis balls are one of the few...


The Legacy of Harold LeMay

The largest privately owned automotive collection in the world - amassed over 50 years by a Tacoma businessman - is now the inspiration for America's Car Museum



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