Bill Conroy
Despite Worldwide Outcry Over Boeings 737 Max Crashes, FAA Continues to Green Light Flights
Dozens of nations and foreign airlines have grounded the planes after second Max 8 crash in five months
The Boeing Co. is dealing with a mounting crisis in the wake of the March 10 crash of a 737 Max 8 airliner in Ethiopia that claimed the lives of all 157 souls onboard, which was the second crash involving a Max 8 since October of last year, when a Lion Air flight crashed off…
Puget Sound Naval Shipyard Agrees to Test Alien Technology
Shipyard is partnering with robotics firm to evaluate exoskeleton suit designed to augment human performance
Sarcos’ Guardian XO full-body exoskeleton suit enables human operators to lift loads of up to 200 pounds over an extended period of time.
Joint Effort Proves Marijuana Tech Is Becoming a Big Deal
Seattle-based cannabis-data firm Headset teams up with global-analytics giant Nielsen
Move over Woodstock, marijuana is no longer the exclusive domain the counterculture. Its moving out of the shadows of the grey market and onto Main Street, with a big assist from the corporate world. In a sign of the continued mainstreaming of pot sales in the U.S., Seattle-based cannabis-technology company Headset has formed a strategic…
Amazons Category-Killer Instincts Hone in on the Grocery Business
Reported plan to launch a new supermarket chain, if accurate, would extend the online retailers growing reach into the brick-and-mortar world
Amazon plans to launch a new grocery-store chain that will be separate from its Whole Foods Market business, which it acquired in a $14 billion deal less than two years ago, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal. Assuming the news report is accurate, the road ahead in the supermarket business for Amazon…
Alaska Launching Paine Field Service, United Next
The airlines' inaugural flights will mark the first time since the WWII era that the airport has hosted commercial air service
Alaska Airlines will launch commercial service at Paine Field in Everett, Washington, on Monday, March 4, in the wake of the airports christening of its new Paine Field Passenger Terminal. United Airlines will follow suit at months end, March 31, by inaugurating its own service at the airport, located about 20 miles north of Seattle….
New York Leaders Revive Amazon HQ2 Bid
Their support of the deal is trumpeted in an open letter published in the New York Times
Amazons decision last month to abandon efforts to develop another headquarters, or HQ2, in Long Island City, Queens, has gotten the full attention of some New York City power brokers who are hoping to convince the Seattle company to reconsider its decision. Those Big Apple movers and shakers made public their desire to bring Amazon…
Bellevue Online-Game Company ArenaNet Terminating 143 jobs
Layoffs are due to the cancellation of unannounced projects, company spokesman says
Online video-game company ArenaNet, based in Bellevue, is laying off 143 employees permanently starting March 1, according to a notice filed with the state of Washington under the federal WARN Act. The company, launched in 2000, became a subsidiary of Seoul, South Korea-based NCSOFT in late 2002 and released its first online, multiplayer title, Guild…
Funko Goes to Hollywood
Everett, Washington-based retailer of fan-driven memorabilia is planting its flag in the heart of pop culture
Pop-culture consumer products company Funko Inc. is expanding its reach to Tinsel Town, opening a new retail location in the Hollywood. The new location, slated to open later this year, will be on Hollywood Boulevard in East Hollywood, near the Pantages and TLC Chinee theaters. Funkos 40,000-square-foot Los Angeles outlet is its second location, with…
Three Seattle Office-Building Sales Ranked Among the Biggest Deals in the Nation in 2018
The value of the downtown transactions exceeded $1 billion and included more than 1.7 million square feet of space
Seattle lays claim to three of the 50 largest office-building sales in the nation for 2018, according to commercial real estate blog Commercial Cafe. Thats the same deal count registered by Washington, D.C., and San Francisco, although the value of the deals in Seattle, at $1.13 billion, exceeded San Franciscos transaction value (three office sales…
Daring Women: Jennifer Ceran, Chief Financial Officer at Smartsheet
"Both men and women in positions of influence should speak up and show that it is important to them personally to resolve inequities."
The latest Daring Women interview is with Jennifer Ceran, chief financial officer of Bellevue, Washington-based Smartsheet, a leading software as a service provider that specializes in managing collaborative work and automating work processes. Ceran, who earned an MBA degree from the University of Chicagos Booth School of Business, was named chief financial officer of Smartsheet…
Fruit-Packing Company Near Yakima Laying Off Nearly 200 in Wake of Acquisition by North Carolina Investment Firm
Washingtons tree-fruit industry is ripe for consolidation because of an oversupply of product and packing houses, industry observers say
Legacy Fruit Packers LLC in Wapato, Washington, just south of Yakima, is permanently laying off 199 workers in a move that is described as a closure, according to notifications filed with the state under the federal WARN Act. A North Carolina investment firm, International Farming Corp. (IFC), acquired Legacy Fruit Packers and two related companies…
UW Medicine Patient Data Exposed by Website Vulnerability
Protected internal files for nearly 1 million individuals became searchable via the internet
UW Medicine in Seattle announced today that it became aware in late December that protected internal files containing protected health information became available and visible on the internet because of a vulnerability on a website server. The exposed files included patients names, medical-record numbers and a description and purpose of the information although patient medical…