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May, OutFront Recent Company Acquisitions

Demolition company becomes a national player.

May, OutFront Spinning Sawdust into Oil

Will cars someday run on cardboard? How about sawdust? Weyerhaeuser and Chevron have formed a joint...

May, OutFront Briefcase

BOTHELL -- Nastech Pharmaceuticals' plans to deliver drugs via nasal sprays could be snuffed out....

May, OutFront Bridging -- -- -- -- the Divide

Rural communities around the state often balk at supporting Seattle-centric transportation...

May, OutFront WSU Gets Into the Human Race

A new biotechnology company being launched out of Accelerator Corp., a business incubator in...

May, OutFront Study of Gray Matter broadens

The nonprofit Allen Institute for Brain Science has launched a new major project to accelerate...

May, OutFront You're fired... Not!

Thinking you can put a fire under your employees by threatening to can 'em? Can layoffs create a...

May, OutFront Executive Appointments

Alex Alben is named vice president of corporate strategy and Fred Tietze is named vice president of...

May, OutFront Going Dutch in Seattle

Seattle developer Bruce Blume, founder, chairman and CEO of The Blume Co., is spearheading a...

May, OutFront Window Shopping

What $500,000 will get you around the state

May, OutFront Increasing Profits by giving stuff away

The best way to make money on the Internet may be to give it away, a leading thinker on the online...

Technology

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


Robots, Rise Up!

Industry leaders say military applications are the trend in robotics


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