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August, OutFront Briefcase

BOTHELL -- Nastech Pharmaceuticals has changed its name to MDRNA and has a new CEO, Michael French....

August, OutFront Cold Spring Cools Expectations For Cherries, Slurpees

Washington state's cherry crop was smaller than expected, due to colder-than-Siberia weather in May...

August, OutFront Seattle Organizations Earn Green Cred

Three Seattle-based entities -- the Cascade Land Conservancy, Vulcan Inc. and real estate...

August, OutFront New Microsoft Casino Computers Come With Flirt Function

New Microsoft Surface tabletop computers in a Las Vegas casino have been installed with software...

August, OutFront Smaller Airlines Targeting Washington

Three Portland investors have launched a new airline that connects the Rose City with Seattle. On...

August, OutFront Window Shopping

Historic properties around the state

August, OutFront Cargo Volumes Peak

The Port of Everett is scaling back an expansion after a report from a consultant suggested that...

August, OutFront Moses Lake is Like the Moon

Turns out, Moses Lake makes a fine stand-in for the moon.

Preparing to send astronauts to the moon...

August, OutFront Some Good Housing News - Sort of

Perhaps the only upside to declining home prices is that our property taxes might go down. And then...

August, OutFront Community Papers Scooped Up

Sound Publishing Inc. has purchased the Enumclaw Courier-Herald and Bonney Lake Courier-Herald...

August, OutFront Washington CEO Magazine Named One of the Top Regional Business Magazines

Washington CEO Magazine received a gold and two silver awards in the 2008 Editorial Excellence...

August, OutFront Columbia, Covey Run Sold

A brand-new California wine company has acquired one of Washington's oldest wineries, along with...

Manufacturing

Going for the Golden Delicious

Scientists work to reinvent the apple, from the genome up


The Big Bio Gamble

Dendreon's stock woes may have been unpredictable, but biotech firms often face steep odds.


Geeks of a Feather

Microsoft alumni help each other out after they leave


The Wealth in Health

Microsoft moves fast to get into the health care IT market


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


Barcodes for the New Millenium

The market for radio frequency identification tags may finally be coming into its own


Metal of the Future?

A start-up attempts a nano-level revolution to transform military and civilian life


The Temple Will Not Fall

Microsoft, Nintendo and a specialty college make Washington a capital for video games


Launch Sell (Repeat)

When building a business is a serial thrill


The Temple Will Not Fall

Microsoft, Nintendo and a specialty college make Washington a capital for video games


Screen-shot of Peggle Deluxe by PopCap Games.
Puget Sound counts 15,000 jobs among benefits of rising video-game industry

A "clustering of talent" is driving Puget Sound to the top of the U.S. video-game development industry, generating nearly $5 billion in revenues and more than 15,000 jobs, and elevating the average salary of a local game...


Leslie Helm is the executive editor of Washington CEO Magazine.
Microsoft Finds New Opportunities in Japan

While China is hot, Microsoft makes a lot more money in Japan. Over half of Microsoft's Asian revenues come from Japan. Maybe that's why the company is putting a renewed focus on the country, plowing money into developing markets...


The Games We Play

Designing casual games for the time-pressed professional


A Shift in the Winds

SafeHarbor hits another squall as CEO departs


Full Stream Ahead

RealNetworks rebounds by embracing new markets


Microsoft to buy Seattle’s aQuantive

In a bid to challenge Google for a bigger share of online advertising, Microsoft has agreed to pay $6 billion for a global ad agency that almost collapsed during the dot-com bust


Hollywood?s Helping Hand

Medical device makers turn to popular TV shows for publicity


W(h)ither Biotech?

Icos? arc from rising to fallen star is sadly typical for local biotech firms


The Power of Learning

How a consulting firm has set about unleashing a biotech company?s human potential


Anytime anyplace anywhere

The rise of the electronic wallet


Microsoft in the Living Room

The software giant has taken the lead in online video gaming. Is this the big payoff?


Wizard of Wireless

Clearwire?s Craig McCaw is offering a new kind of broadband wireless service.


A Mouse Brain in 3D

SEATTLE – The Allen Institute for Brain Science has announced the completion of a genetic map of a mouse brain. The “Brain Atlas” identifies where and at what level each of approximately 21,000 genes are turned...


Vancouver Ventures

VANCOUVER – Electric Lightwave LLC, a communications network services provider, was sold to Portland-based Integra Telecom Inc. for $247 million and is moving most of its jobs to Portland. The combined company will employ...


Boeing Closes Summer with Bag of Deals

EVERETT – Boeing appears well positioned to maintain its lead over Airbus in total orders. As of Sept. 13, Boeing has received 377 firm orders for its 787 Dreamliner, with another 43 commitments from 32 customers. There are...


The Good Fight

Judging by its long-stagnant stock price, Microsoft appears to be a lumbering monopoly, mired in the doldrums. The company is worth less than half its 1999 peak. It lags behind flashy companies such as Google and Apple in hip,...


Web 2.0

Six years after the tech crash and the collapse of high flying ventures like HomeGrocer.com, a new generation of Web-based companies is taking off.ZILLOW.COMLocation: SeattleKey Innovation: Using publicly available information to...


Sony Investigates Laptop Fire

Sony is investigating an overheating incident involving a Lenovo laptop computer that may have been related to one of its faulty batteries.

 


Taking Flight

Marines say Insitu invention saved lives in Iraq


Microsoft attempts to compete with iPod juggernaut

Microsoft releases details today of iPod competitor Zune, including wireless song-sharing



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