About 4 in 5 Seattle homebuyers now face no competition when bidding on homes, allowing them to take more time on their decision and negotiate from a position of power.
Apple to expand Seattle office to more than 1,000 workers
The Puget Sound region has become a hotbed for Silicon Valley satellite offices in the last several years, with the Seattle outposts focused mainly on software engineering for cloud computing and artificial intelligence technologies.
Gaming
‘Little League for esports’ hopes to organize youth video-game play
Super League is trying to bring structure to an industry devoid of it at the youth level. Founded in 2015, it has teams in 16 cities, including Seattle, for kids as young as 6.
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Sting uses fake Amazon boxes, GPS to catch would-be thieves
Police in one city team with Amazon to set up doorbell cameras and decoy packages to catch porch pirates. A survey suggests that nearly one in 12 Americans have had a holiday package stolen from their home.
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What’s the big deal about Huawei?
The arrest of a Chinese tech executive in Canada this month has quickly become a focal point in a wider battle between the U.S. and China over trade, national security and trust in the age of globalization.
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Pass it on: CVS CEO says the learning should never stop
Larry Merlo has learned a few things during nearly eight years as CEO of one of the nation's biggest drugstore chains — including that you shouldn't ever stop learning. CVS Health Corp. is polishing off a $69-billion acquisition of the health insurer Aetna. The company, which also manages pharmacy benefits, is focusing more on providing...