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Microsoft founders Bill Gates, left, and Paul Allen in Bellevue, Wash. In 1981 Microsoft employed 85 people. Since then Microsoft has moved to neighboring Redmond, Wash., and now employs 27,000 people.

Remembering Paul Allen: In the beginning, there was Traf-O-Data and Hendrix

Remembrances and appreciations of the polymath mogul poured in from friends and colleagues in the hours after his death Monday.

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Seattle Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll and Seahawk owner Paul Allen speak before the Seattle Seahawks play the San Francisco 49ers at CenturyLink Field in Seattle on September 17, 2017.

Paul Allen, Microsoft co-founder and Seahawks owner, dies at 65

Paul Allen, known for his generosity to social services and deep love of sports and the arts, died Monday afternoon from complications of non-Hodgkin lymphoma.

Paul Allen, Microsoft co-founder, smiles as he listens to other speakers during the dedication of the Paul G. Allen Center for Computer Science & Engineering at the University of Washington in Seattle on Thursday, Oct. 9, 2003. Allen contributed $14 million to the $72 million project. (AP Photo/John Froschauer)

Here’s what people are saying about Paul Allen’s passing and the legacy he left behind in Seattle

Paul Allen's work in business and philanthropy reached far and wide. Reactions to the billionaire's death flooded social media Monday.

A photo first published in 1982 shows Paul Allen, 29, left, and Bill Gates, 26. They turned a pivotal idea into a multimillion-dollar business in the explosively growing personal-computer field.

Timeline: Selected events in the life of Paul Gardner Allen

Highlights from the life of Paul Allen, a co-founder of Microsoft and a prominent leader of both business and philanthropy.

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James Siminoff, Founder & Chief Inventor of Ring, photographed at Ring’s headquarters in Santa Monica, California.
Technology

Home-security startup Ring is now in Amazon’s constellation, but moving in its own orbit

In an undated image, the Captain Platform, owned by Chevron, in the North Sea, northeast of Aberdeen, Scotland. While the money is rolling in once again for international oil giants, company boards are wary of approving the long term, multibillion-dollar projects that used to be oil industry staples. (Chevron North Sea Ltd. via The New York Times)
Business

Oil industry is booming, but nervous

In Seattle’s Ballard neighborhood, the city’s apartment glut is evident, as construction projects are at various stages, often right next to each other, Thursday, June 21, 2018, like these two buildings on either side of NW 56th St. at 17th Ave. NW. 206767
Real Estate

Seattle construction boom means lots of empty apartments, even some cheaper rents

A permanent exhibition opening at Centrair International Airport in Nagoya, Japan features Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner #1 as its central exhibit surrounded by Seattle-themed shops and restaurants and a virtual reality aviation exhibit.
Boeing & Aerospace

A taste of Seattle and Boeing in Japan as first Dreamliner goes on display

Technology

Lost faith in Facebook and Instagram after data leakages, breaches and too much noise? There is a way to break up with the social network and its photo-sharing app for good. (Minh Uong/The New York Times)

How to delete Facebook and Instagram from your life forever

Tech Reviews & Tips

Apple Watch Series 4 (Washington Post photo by Geoffrey A. Fowler)

Apple Watch faces its toughest challenge yet: Grandma and Grandpa

Real Estate

In Seattle’s Ballard neighborhood, the city’s apartment glut is evident, as construction projects are at various stages, often right next to each other, Thursday, June 21, 2018, like these two buildings on either side of NW 56th St. at 17th Ave. NW. 206767

Seattle construction boom means lots of empty apartments, even some cheaper rents

Retail

Changes are taking place at Sears’ First Avenue store.

No single force brought down Sears, but the lessons are haunting | Jon Talton

Maritime Industry

The Holland America cruise ship sits in the Smith Cove Cruise Ternimal early in the morning, August 11, 2018. 207235

For crew of 2,100-passenger cruise ship, frenetic ‘turnaround day’ in Seattle starts and ends the journey

Boeing & Aerospace

A permanent exhibition opening at Centrair International Airport in Nagoya, Japan features Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner #1 as its central exhibit surrounded by Seattle-themed shops and restaurants and a virtual reality aviation exhibit.

A taste of Seattle and Boeing in Japan as first Dreamliner goes on display

Amazon

Amazon says its investment in the Closed Loop Fund will increase availability of curbside recycling for 3 million homes, diverting about 1 million tons of recyclable material from landfills into recycling over the next decade. (Jim Young / Bloomberg)

Amazon investing $10 million to boost U.S. recycling rate

Amazonia

Thanks to Amazon, Seattle is now America’s biggest company town

Microsoft

Microsoft founders Bill Gates, left, and Paul Allen in Bellevue, Wash. In 1981 Microsoft employed 85 people. Since then Microsoft has moved to neighboring Redmond, Wash., and now employs 27,000 people.

Remembering Paul Allen: In the beginning, there was Traf-O-Data and Hendrix

Starbucks

Starbucks

Police head challenges part of report on Starbucks arrests

Economy

The Maryhill Estates project in East Wenatchee, a 192-home development, is helping to address the area’s housing squeeze, says Jason Gaul, a contractor for developer Sage Homes. (Mike Irwin / Wenatchee World photo)

Seattle area’s economic boom splashes over the Cascades, bringing work and worries

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No single force brought down Sears, but the lessons are haunting

Times Watch

The outlook for the Puget Sound economy, in 20 charts

Personal Finance

(From left) Lenor, Hanna, Jacob, and Eric VanderWaal outside their home in Ravensdale, Thursday evening, September 6. 207665

King County family makes ‘pretty decent money’ but lives paycheck to paycheck. Here’s the advice they got | Money Makeover

Markets

How major US stock indexes fared Tuesday

U.S. stocks rocketed to their biggest gain in six months Tuesday following strong earnings from major financial and health care companies as well as reports showing industrial output and job postings were rising. On Tuesday: The S&P 500 index advanced 59.13 points, or 2.1 percent, to 2,809.92. The Dow Jones Industrial Average soared 547.87 points,...

Special Report: CEO Pay

CEO Pay 2018. (Gabriel Campanario / The Seattle Times)

Some Northwest CEOs earn 200 or 400 times what the average employee is paid

International Trade

Trump’s new Iran sanctions face snag with global financial system

The Trump administration reimposed sanctions against Iran, and while businesses and banks have been cutting ties with Iran, the financial-messaging service that plays a crucial role in moving money around the international-banking system remains linked to Iran.

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Russian and Egyptian presidents meet to boost trade

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin is hosting his Egyptian counterpart Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi for talks focusing on ways to boost trade between the two nations. The two leaders have developed a close personal rapport and are seeking to expand bilateral ties, which have strengthened considerably over the past few years. Opening Wednesday's talks in...