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Local survey and SBW 60 demonstrate economic optimism
Seattle PR firm Weber Shandwick announced the results of its second annual State of Seattle survey this week. No surprise to locals, the technology and health care industries were widely viewed as fueling the citys future. Eighty-three percent of Seattle residents said they felt secure about their jobs, though a major concern for many residents…
Amazon defends working conditions at company warehouse
In a statement released Sunday, Amazon said it averages 2.5 to 4.2 recordable injuries or illnesses per 100 workers annually. That rate places Amazons incidence rate below that of fellow workers in auto manufacturing, the warehousing industry, and even for department stores. Pennsylvanias The Morning Call spoke with 20 employees of the Amazon manufacturing facility…
Microsoft completes acquisition of Skype
Microsoft on Friday (Oct. 14) closed thedeal for Internet phone company Skype. The acquisition Microsofts largest ever at $8.5 billion was announced in May. Skype nowbecomes a division of Microsoft and Skype CEO Tony Bates assumes the title ofpresident of the Skype Division, reporting directly to Microsoft CEO SteveBallmer. As part of the deal, Skype…
California is suffering from initiatives. Will Washington face the same fate?
The cover, which shows a surfer carrying a surfboard with its tip drooping down, tracks the origins of California’s decline to Proposition 13, a citizen’s initiative in the early 1970s that limited both the tax rate on property taxes and the amount those taxes could rise each year. Rather than restricting government spending, the magazine…
Washington’s Health Care System Includes a Vibrant Tech Sector
Outstanding Achievement in Biopharmaceuticals (in alphabetical order) Ryo Kubota Chairman, president and CEO, Acucela Inc. It wasnt enough to discover the first glaucoma gene; Ryo Kubota founded Acucela Inc. on the notion that some eye diseases, including what is called age-related macular degeneration, or AMD, could be slowed down. His innovative new approach, which is…
Paradigm Shift
Dendreon exploded into national prominence in 2010 for bringing its research discovery, Provenge, into commercial use after receiving Food and Drug Administration approval in April. Provenge is a breakthrough therapy that uses a patients own cells to fight prostate cancer. One expert in the field, Philip Kantoff of the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, said Provenge will…
Top Innovators: Lightfleet
Thanks to John Peers and Iain Mackie, data may soon travel through computer systems at the speed of light, reducing power consumption and getting rid of bottlenecks that slow down operations. Peers and Mackie are two of the minds behind development at Lightfleet, a company developing a new optical system that eliminates the need for…
Isilon’s Third Quarter, and its Future
Isilon Systems Inc., the Seattle data storage company, posted its third-quarter earnings this morning, beating analyst estimates on Wall Street. In normal years, this would fall under the category of “yet-another-company-report-during-earnings-season.” But these aren’t normal years. By our count, more than 20 Washington-based businesses have been acquired this year by companies based outside Washington state….
Andrew S. Doman of Russell Investments
Andrew S. Doman, a former physician and founding director of McKinseys European Asset Management Practice, became CEO of Russell Investments in early 2009 and has since been on a drive to accelerate innovation in the global asset management company. Early career: My father had a ranch in South Australia. You learn about self-reliance and hardship….
LEEDing the Way in a New Year
Early this year, a significant milestone in the green-building movement will occur as the U.S. Green Building Council (GBC) goes live with LEED 2009, a significant update of its renowned building rating system. Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) is a certification that provides independent, third-party verification that a building project meets the highest…
When Government Gambles Taxpayers Lose
Government support for green business is great, but government should avoid making really large bets on companies that are far out of proportion to what the original investors themselves are putting into the ventures. And the U.S, government, these days, is making a lot of those risky bets. Take the $110 million in regional, state…
F5 On Hiring Spree Underscoring Importance of the Cloud
F5 mades it onto Forbes’ list of midsize companies nationwide that are hiring aggressively, underscoring the growing importance of cloud computing and highlighting one of our region’s most successful mid-sized companies. F5 sells software that improves the security and speed with which large customers like Facebook can store and transfer information. F5 says it has…
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