French fries, sweet cherries and Chinese tariffs: Washington state exporters brace for next phase in trade war
For Washington state’s farmers and food processors, the costs of the U.S.-China trade war may linger for years.
Business community launches effort to ‘flip’ the liberal Seattle City Council
Over the past decade, Seattle business leaders say City Council progressives like Mike O’Brien and Kshama Sawant have largely excluded them from city policymaking. It's...
Less than 10% of Seattle's tech startups are founded by women
A new report finds that fewer than one in 10 Seattle startups are founded by women, one of the lowest percentages among tech centers worldwide....
REI’s interim CEO wins the permanent role
Eric Artz's permanent position, announced Monday at the giant consumer-owned cooperative's annual meeting, makes him the eighth CEO of the 81-year-old enterprise.
Seattle-area homebuyers get good news as prices cool, choices grow — but competition still hot in some spots
The Seattle area's home market is cooling, with median prices falling 4.8% last month from a year earlier. But the regional housing market is highly...
Boeing’s CEO faces questions about his own future amid 737 MAX crisis
Just months ago an industry publication named Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg its Person of the Year. Now he's in the hot seat over the two...
Close to S. Lake Union’s high-tech bustle, a retired recycler runs a blue-collar preserve called Pelington Village
Sooz Appel has transformed a ramshackle Westlake site called Pelington Village into a warren of incubator spaces where mechanics, metalworkers and other traditional entrepreneurs can...
Closure of high-tech medical firm Arivale stuns patients: ‘I feel as if one of my arms was cut off’
Once touted as "the Google or Microsoft" of genomic "wellness" services, Seattle-based Arivale pulled the plug this week. "We were about 10 years too early,"...
Starbucks perks up earnings with new drinks and strong global sales
High-end drinks, viral marketing campaigns, and China helped Starbucks beat analyst forecasts for its second-quarter earnings.
How much has the 737 MAX crisis affected Boeing’s finances? We’re about to find out
In Boeing's first financial reports since the grounding of the 737 MAX, industry analysts expect a lot of red ink and efforts to reassure regulators.