Biz Blog
Looking back on the best and worst of business in 2009
Deep discounts attracted heat-seeking missiles, not holiday splurgers
A rumored partnership with News Corp. may prove beneficial to Redmond, but it would also upend the internet as we know it.
The U.S. soccer world's attention was on Seattle this weekend as the MLS teams fought their final battle and people liked what they saw.
Although Seattle is being hit as hard as many parts of the country, its strong concentration of creative urban professionals assures that it will emerge strong as the recovery gains steam.
When the American Institute of Architecture's Seattle Office announced its annual desing awards, we were surprised to find Topline, a shoe importer, among the companies honored.
Gateses will award $335 million in grants to school systems across the nation.
While the rest of the country continues to suffer rising unemployment rates, employment is up in Spokane and several other state counties.
Microsoft co-founder being treated for non-Hodgkins lymphoma.
Staff cut at VLST, although no word on the count, plus some context from Microsoft's cuts.
Olympia and Seattle score in the top 20, but ways below a lot of cities in Texas. Seattle's tech sector showed strength but overall job and wage growth was weak
The company gets a big infusion of capital while its quarterly loss grows. Is more junk mail on the way?
By moving a growing proportion of its production and engineering offshore, Boeing has spawned a new generation of competitors. China and Japan each have new aircraft they are ready to launch in the next 4-6 years. Now, a leading Japanese business magazine is calling for a new partnership between China and Japan in the production and marketing of airplanes. With Asia representing the fastest growing segment of its market, these new developments should have Boeing worried.
Layoffs done for the year, although they've already passed the 5,000 mark.
Warren Buffett is famous for preserving and growing wealth by investing in businesses he can understand. That means no tech stocks. But it does mean railroads.
Boeing may have found a way to hold down wages. Now it has to focus on building planes while at the same time rebuiilding shattered trust with employees, airplane customers and parts suppliers.
Bailey/Coy closes down, joining a long list of independent retailers that can't make it in the face of chains, big boxes and Amazon.
The Greater Seattle Chamber of Commerce focuses on renewable energy at its annual leadership conference
Employment remains stable in spite of scary numbers
Don't Cry for Us; Seattle Business has Strong Community Support
Business Calendar
September 14, 2010
Building Facebook Fan Pages (Beginner)
September 15, 2010
Q&A: M.S. in Information Management at the UW
September 17, 2010
Wild Fish Conservancy: 2010 Wild Fish Soiree & Benefit Auction
September 18, 2010
BizTechDay Seattle 2010
September 21, 2010
Eastside Annual Dinner
