Compensation growth in Seattle area largest in the nation.
Total compensation climbed 4.3 percent, more than double the national average of 1.9%. by: Leslie Helm The rapid increase in labor costs in the region could lower the impact of rising minimum wages...
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Auction of Washington Wines Reaches Out to Retailers and Sommeliers
In this profitable new twist to an already wildly successful fund-raising event, one buyer paid $1,800 a case for 5 cases of Quilceda Creek wine. by: Leslie Helm imgres.jpgIn the Auction of...
View ArticleQVC parent buying Zulily for $2.4 billion
Zulily will remain in Seattle; Cravens stays on as CEO. by: John Levesque Liberty Interactive Corporation on Monday announced that is is acquiring Seattle-based e-retailer Zulily for $18.75 a share,...
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Seattle startup Spare5 raises $10 million in funding.
Its app allows businesses to crowdsource micro-tasks for micro-payments, by: Patrick Marshall Spare5_1-web.jpgAmazon’s Mechanical Turk was the first service to allow businesses to connect with...
View ArticleUW recieves $25m for trials on mental health and appendicitis care
by: Leslie Helm In another big win for UW Medicine and for furthering evidence-based medicine, UW researchers received two of four grants awarded by the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute....
View ArticleWearable Tech Conference Comes to Seattle
by: Hilary Meyerson Wearables are the hottest topic in technology these days, and the momentum shows no signs of slowing. An innovative segment just a few years ago, it’s now a juggernaut of massive...
View ArticleSurvey finds two thirds of renters in the Seattle-Tacoma plan to buy their...
by: Leslie Helm At a time when developers are putting up new apartment buildings at a record pace, a new surveyfinds 66 percent of renters in the Seattle-Tacoma area intend to own their own place...
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How "Banksters" caused the great depression and led to the Glass-Steagall...
“The Reckoning: Pecora for the Public,” a play presented by The Repertory Collective, is like a prequel to the Oscar-winning movie, "The Big Short." by: Gianni Truzzi Reckoning-2.jpgThe aftermath of a...
View ArticleA report questioning the Air Force's decision to use domestic rocket engines...
by: Leslie Helm An expert report questioning the Air Force's decision to replace Russian-built rocket engines with domestic rocket engines could explain Jeff Bezos's sudden willingness to speak more...
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Andy Jassy: The new CEO of Amazon Web Services sees a bright future in...
by: Leslie Helm jassy.jpgAndy Jassy, who was recently appointed CEO of Amazon Web Services, says the cloud computing business is just getting started and has a bright future in enterprise computing....
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