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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...

Perspectives

Geeks of a Feather

Microsoft alumni help each other out after they leave


A Q&A with Mary McWilliams

Mary McWilliams, president of Regence BlueShield since 2000, has been founding CEO of two other health plans...


Bookend

What book should every businessperson be reading right now? Pathfinders: A Global History of Exploration, by Felipe Fernandez- Armesto (Norton, $17.95)...


Loading your Float

When it comes to outfitting a mega-yacht, creativity, rather than budget, becomes the limit.


The Prodigal Grape

Riesling returns to reclaim the white wine throne


Natural Enterprises

From flooring to fashion, four companies prove it's possible to stay green and make green.


Dollars and Sense

It's not just the super-rich who could use a personal wealth manager


The Wealth in Health

Microsoft moves fast to get into the health care IT market


Beyond the 15-Minute Checkup

Health exams designed - and priced - for executives


Luxury real estate lures global buyers

Is sleepy Seattle now a go-to destination for the international jet set? Agents and developers say new downtown luxury condos...


Washington For Sale

An old plan to lure foreign investment gets dusted off


When Sohn Speaks, Business Listens

The state's chief economic forecaster tests political waters


Welcome to Boomerton

Puget Sound's forgotten stepchild comes into its own


Are You Ready for Some Fútbol?

Seattle gives Major League Soccer a free kick at the goal


What Goes Around Comes Around

Keeping employees satisfied helps overall performance


CEO Scene

Important faces in the crowd around the state.


Failing Upward

Even in defeat, there are lessons to learn and opportunities to be seized


A Strong Employment Outlook

Early in 2008, the U.S. economy was teetering at the edge of a recession, with unprecedented losses at major financial institutions, falling stock market indexes...


Can I Get Upgraded to Cougar Class?

Seattle-based Horizon Air has repainted four of its 70-seat CRJ-700 jets in the school colors of Washington and Oregon's four Pac-10 universities.

The first - in WSU's crimson and gray - rejoined the fleet after being repainted...


PCC Expands its Green image

PCC Natural Markets, the Seattlebased grocery co-op, plans to open its ninth store, in Edmonds, by the end of June, coming as a flurry of much larger U.S. grocery and retail chains aggressively move into its market:...


All Aboard the Bratwurst Express

By March 2009, the Bavarian-themed village Leavenworth hopes to open a passenger train station to further boost tourism and to enable visitors from western Washington to avoid driving through the Cascades.

The train stop,...


Briefcase

BAINBRIDGE

Washington State Ferries has begun selling mural-sized advertisements on its boats. Backpack retailer JanSport was the first, paying $40,000 to mount floor-toceiling murals on two ferries on the Seattle-to-Bainbridge...


Downtown Yakima is in Bloom

Yakima is poised for a major resurgence, boosters say. The city recorded more than $100 million in new construction in 2007 ? a record ? as developers poured new money into a number of downtown projects.

It's a sharp turnaround...


Window Shopping

What a waterfront home costs around the state


Plant a Supermall Outside Pullman

Boise-based Hawkins Companies has proposed building a 700,000-square-foot (more than 16 acres) shopping center in the currently undeveloped wheat fields between Pullman and Moscow, Idaho.

The shopping center would be built...


Coffee Jitters

Starbucks, Tully's shake up management


Executive Appointments

Neah Power Systems Inc. appoints Gerard C. (Chris) D?Couto president and CEO. Former President and CEO Paul Abramowitz is now chairman.PivotLink Corp., formerly SeaTab Software Inc., Seattle, appoints Frank Fulton CEO.Stephen...


Sleepless Nights on the Delayed Dreamliner

Boeing workers in Everett continue to work round-the-clock to get the first 787 ready for its maiden flight.

The new all-composite airplane was supposed to take that first flight later this month. But the target?s been pushed...


Workers, employers lose under bill

Organized labor is flexing its muscles in both Olympia and Washington, D.C., with concerted efforts to strip...


Astronauts Who Enjoyed ?Space Shuttle? Also Enjoyed ...

KENT - It looks like a big steel gumdrop. Or the escape pod of a James Bond villain in Moonraker. You can't take your eyes off the cone-shaped, four-legged unmanned vehicle launching in a cloud of smoke, reaching an altitude of...



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