advertising


Outfront

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...

CEO Highlights


August Online Extras

 

Test Your Math

Our students aren't meeting minimum math standards. Can you? We've posted sample questions from the Washington Assessment of Student Learning 10th grade test. Also, view a breakdown of where in Washington students are doing better, based on their WASL scores.

 

Selling Washington

The state has had a few false starts in promoting itself to both in-state and out-of-state tourists. The current advertising campaign may help, but it's only a start. What can we do? How would you sell Washington? More ads? Multimedia road shows? A new slogan? (Just kidding.) Post your ideas on our bulletin board.   

 

Names and Faces

Washington CEO Magazine this summer celebrated its best-ever Best Companies to Work For awards at a banquet, complete with a Wild West theme. We've posted photos from the event, which featured cowboy poet Baxter Black as emcee.   

 

Get Economic Insider in your inbox every Monday

Now given a fresh new design, Washington CEO Magazine's essential weekly look at the state economy is a must for any decision-maker in the state. Senior Writer Bryan Corliss takes you inside the state economy, its regions, its leading businesses and the news of the week. And Milt Priggee turns his artist's pen (and crosshairs) on worthy targets.

 

Click here to subcribe

Contents

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 co-workers. You like your independence, but you're beginning to forget what it's like to grab a coffee with another human being who also...


Executive Appointments

Seattle-based Big Fish Games promotes Laurent de Segur from vice president of technology to chief technology officer.Kevin Doerr is named senior vice president of Oodle, Seattle.Dennis Fitzpatrick is named general manager of...


Port of Everett Opens First Phase of Waterfront Redevelopment

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

The $13 million Craftsman project is intended to revitalize the industrial waterfront with...


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 Redmond headquarters. It will replace seven low-rise buildings currently on the site. The company intends to build sustainable...


Paccar Revs up Medical Center

Bellevue truck maker Paccar Inc. has donated $1 million to Overlake Hospital Medical Center to set up the Paccar Education Center -- a 7,000-square-foot education facility intended to boost training for medical professionals...


Window Shopping

French country homes around the state


Dupont: Wanted by Developers

Say "DuPont" and the first thing that comes to mind is the American global chemical giant. But DuPont also is a small and, perhaps, easily forgotten city in south Puget Sound. Well, start paying attention. While DuPont is, in...


No Longer Just Married to the Military

A program developed by the Marysville Tulalip Chamber of Commerce has become a national model in a campaign to encourage local businesses to hire the wives and husbands of people serving in the military. Backers say that too...


Briefcase

BELLEVUE -- Groundbreaking for European Tower, a 16-story luxury condominium project, has been postponed. Developer Eugene Gershman says he's waiting until the market improves, possibly next fall. More than a third of the units...


Zino Society Awards Green Kudos (And Cash)

O Ecotextiles Inc., a Seattle company that makes environmentally friendly materials for drapery, upholstery and bedclothes, has been awarded $50,000 from the Zino Society's second annual Green-Socially Conscious Investment Forum...


Washington CEO Wins Awards

Washington CEO Magazine was honored three times this year at the annual Society of Professional Journalists Excellence in Journalism Awards banquet. Senior Writer Aaron Corvin won a second- place award in business news and...


Recent Company Acquisitions

The University of Washington is very difficult to deal with. ... We have great relationships with some departments but not the relationship we hoped [for].

-- Richard Shea, CEO of Spiration Inc., at a UW-Bothell-sponsored summit...


Wamu Won't Change [Says Ceo]

The collapse in home values has shaken consumer confidence, led to lower consumer spending and widespread job losses, and has put some homebuyers out of their homes. More bad news is coming: Washington Mutual CEO Kerry Killinger...


Executive Appointments

Darin Brown is now president of Avenue A | Razorfish's Europe operations.Katerie Chapman is promoted to vice president at Virginia Mason Medical Center in Seattle.Bellevue-based Resolute Solutions Corp. names Frank J. Costa...


Columbia, Covey Run Sold

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

The new company, Ascentia Wine Estates of Sonoma, opened for business with a splash this summer,...


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 Awards competition run by the Alliance of Area Business Publications.

Washington CEO was named the second-best U.S. regional business...


Community Papers Scooped Up

Sound Publishing Inc. has purchased the Enumclaw Courier-Herald and Bonney Lake Courier-Herald newspapers for an undisclosed price. Sound Publishing, a subsidiary of Black Press Ltd., of British Columbia, bought the papers from a...


Some Good Housing News - Sort of

Perhaps the only upside to declining home prices is that our property taxes might go down. And then only to the owners, as lower taxes would mean county governments would take a revenue hit.

Snohomish County, at least, has...


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 by 2020, NASA chose Moses Lake for testing because of the room it offered. And the sandy surface in Grant County resembles that...


Cargo Volumes Peak

The Port of Everett is scaling back an expansion after a report from a consultant suggested that West Coast container ca rgo volumes have hit their peak.

With growth slowing down and with several major expansions underway at...


Window Shopping

Historic properties around the state


Smaller Airlines Targeting Washington

Three Portland investors have launched a new airline that connects the Rose City with Seattle. On June 30, SeaPort Air began operating 16 flights each weekday from Boeing Field, with one-way fares starting at $149. The new...


New Microsoft Casino Computers Come With Flirt Function

New Microsoft Surface tabletop computers in a Las Vegas casino have been installed with software that allows users to order drinks from the bar -- and flirt with other users at computers across the room.

In a move that seems...


Seattle Organizations Earn Green Cred

Three Seattle-based entities -- the Cascade Land Conservancy, Vulcan Inc. and real estate investment adviser Kennedy Associates -- have received international recognition as winners in the first Sustainable Cities Awards program...


Cold Spring Cools Expectations For Cherries, Slurpees

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

The harvest started about a week late because the cold kept the fruit from ripening, and early estimates were that...


Briefcase

BOTHELL -- Nastech Pharmaceuticals has changed its name to MDRNA and has a new CEO, Michael French. The company has been focused on developing nasal spray formulations of existing drugs. Under French, it's expected to focus...



advertising
advertising








© Washington CEO Magazine 2008