Harley Marine Services, a big presence on Seattle's waterfront, said Monday it has relieved founder Harley Franco of his duties as CEO, the latest step in a struggle for control that erupted last summer.
Nearly 4,500 Amazon employees challenge company to lead on climate-change policies
Thousands of employees have added their names in recent days to a letter calling for stronger, more specific moves on climate change, but the company's board of directors is said to plan recommending that shareholders vote against their proposal.
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Seattle’s new substation will power Amazon’s neighborhood, and it has a dog park
The complex with shining walls and jutting angles is the first new substation Seattle City Light has constructed in more than 30 years — made largely to pump energy into the area's booming tech sector, even as electricity consumption has declined across the city as a whole. VIEW
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Debt collectors that ‘sue, sue, sue’ can squeeze Washington state consumers for more cash
Washington state has among the most punishing laws in the country for people in debt, allowing collection companies to take advantage of high interest rates and of courts that have made it easy to sue and garnish wages.
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Amazon Launches Free Music Streaming to Juice Alexa-Device Sales
is hoping an ad-supported music-streaming service will help it sell more speakers and other devices that work with its voice-activated Alexa platform. The free service, announced Thursday, will be available to customers with Alexa devices who don't subscribe to Amazon Prime, the loyalty program known mostly for shipping discounts. Prime members already have access to...
Microsoft
Microsoft breach exposed Hotmail, Outlook email users
Users of Microsoft's Outlook, Hotmail and MSN email services had their accounts exposed for nearly three months after hackers gained unauthorized access via an Outlook customer-support account. Microsoft said the breach, which occurred between January and March, let hackers view individuals' personal information such as message recipients and email subject lines. The software giant didn't...
Economy
To some market vets, stocks are rallying like it’s 1999
The furious rally that's brought the S&P 500 to the brink of another record, so quickly on the heels of last year's scary tumble, is reminding some market veterans of the rebound of late 1998.
Markets
Amazon Launches Free Music Streaming to Juice Alexa-Device Sales
is hoping an ad-supported music-streaming service will help it sell more speakers and other devices that work with its voice-activated Alexa platform. The free service, announced Thursday, will be available to customers with Alexa devices who don't subscribe to Amazon Prime, the loyalty program known mostly for shipping discounts. Prime members already have access to...
International Trade
EU threatens to tax $20 billion of US goods over Boeing aid
BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union has drawn up a list of $20 billion worth of U.S. products it could tax in an escalating feud over plane industry subsidies, the EU's executive commission said Wednesday. The commission said the EU could tax the products , which range from aircraft parts to frozen fish, from early...
