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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...

Vital Signs

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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