Sports Center Northwest
What would it take to make Seattle a premier town for sports and all the business that comes with it?
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The battle lines between Microsoft and Google run through Seattle.
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Is Bellevue threatening Seattle’s retail supremacy?
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Biz Blog
Rengotiating its crippling debt means the paper is "here to stay."
Downtown Seattle has ugly streets, is less attractive to retailers, has fewer jobs and is doing a poor job of marketing itself. That was the wake-up call from the downtown association this morning as it tried to spurr the business community to action.
Dick Brass, who led Microsoft's failed Tablet PC program, talks about why Microsoft lost its competitive edge.
Grant will go toward funding research on mobile internet data gathering application
Amazon goes up against the old guard publishing industry and loses… this round.
Just who, and what, is Apple’s snazzy new iPad for anyway?
Northwest social services and arts organizations get $4.6 million in new funding.
Apple releases its iPad to much fanfare and cries of “Kindle Killer,” but it might just help the newspaper industry bounce back to life.
The Port of Prince Rupert, our new competitor in northwestern Canada, is experiencing strong growth in spite of continued economic weakness in the global economy.
Also, Motricity files for an IPO.
Guest Bloggers
Under health care reform, businesses will need to look anew at how they provide—or don't provide—health insurance.
Daily Intel
Boeing workers cheer first flight of a 'graceful monster'
To shouts of "Come on big bird!" and "Yeah!" from several thousand Boeing workers, the 747-8 soared into the sky on its first flight from Everett's Paine Field Monday.
MySpace Music experiments with audio ads
Hoping to boost revenue, MySpace Music has begun experimenting with audio advertisements that users must hear if they want to listen to music for free online.
CIT names ex-Merrill CEO Thain as chairman, CEO
John Thain is getting a second chance.
CVS Caremark, Motorola, Hasbro are big movers
The following stocks were among those that moved substantially or traded heavily Monday on the New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq Stock Market:
FairPoint reorg plan would cut debt sharply
The telecommunications company FairPoint Communications Inc.'s debt would be cut by nearly two-thirds under its bankruptcy reorganization plan filed Monday, but the company said the reorganization won't prevent it from expanding broadband Internet in Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont.






