With the Sonics trading Seattle rain for Oklahoma tornadoes, a question is posed: How will Seattle fill KeyArena? Chances are, they won't, at least not all on the same night. But the question is not academic: With 41 days freed...

Important faces in the crowd

Greg Johnson, 47, is president of Seattle real estate development firm Wright Runstad & Co. He currently is working on an ambitious urban village project in Bellevue and serving as chairman of the local chapter of the Urban Land...

Love the Work, Hate the Job: Why America's Best Workers Are More Unhappy Than Ever By David Kusnet

(John Wiley & Sons, $25.95)

Get mad, everyone. In the future, that may be the best way to prove that you're a committed...

It's more than just massages at these resorts with a medical bent

Assisted living becomes more like a luxury hotel in today's senior housing market

How to get rich in today's economy without really trying

Local food developers put Seattle in the food science vanguard

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...

Making the wine is the easy. Distributing is -- that's the difficult part

The mine is dark inside, like you're wearing sunglasses at night. You take the darn things off to see better, only to realize you're wearing clear plastic safety glasses, and they're not blocking any light. Fact is, there are...

Just how business-friendly is Washington? The answer may not be what you expect

Cardrooms generate significant revenues for the state, but their existence is threatened

There are steps you can take to prevent violence in the workplace

While the residential housing market has certainly felt the strain of the recent mortgage industry failures, credit crunch and general real estate malaise, the assisted living housing segment has proven particularly resilient...

Urban service industries are supporting the economy

With most of the regulatory roadblocks removed in the sale of Puget Energy to private investors, it looks as if another marquee Northwest public company is going to be under new management.

The recent wave of public companies...

William Neukom's legacy as outgoing president of the American Bar Association will be his commitment to the World Justice Project, a global, multidisciplinary initiative based on the premise that the rule of law is the foundation...

SAME OLD SONG

Nice article (August issue: "Failure to Compute"). It does, however, seem like this is the same old song we've been hearing for 20 years or more. The biggest problem, I'm sorry to say, is the person staring back at...

KENNEWICK -- Bechtel has paid $250,000 to have its name attached to the boardroom at the new Tri-Cities Regional Business and Visitor Center. The new "Bechtel Board Room" is the largest corporate meeting facility in the...

Shadows of the 2005 28-day Machinists' strike against Boeing may be emerging as negotiations between the Boeing Co. and its largest union enter their final days. Members of the International Association of Machinists are expected...

Washington businesses, special interest groups and the University of Washington aren't shy when it comes to political contributions. Microsoft leads the list of the top 20 contributors to federal candidates and political parties...

Log homes around the state

Washington's largest home-based hotel chain, Spokane-based Red Lion Hotels Corp., is exploring whether to sell itself. The company, led by new CEO Anupam Narayan, got an unsolicited takeover bid in June from Seattle-based...

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

Seattle-based VLST Corp. names Paul J. Carter chief scientific officer.

Jeffrey P. Gannon is appointed chairman of the board at Vu1 Corp.,...

We'll need to break some bad habits to make our students competitive again

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...