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Promising COVID-19 treatment sends Seattle biotech company’s stock soaring

Shares in Seattle biotech firm Omeros shot up more than 60% Monday after a preliminary trial suggested the company's new drug, narsoplimab, could boost survival rates for COVID-19 patients on respirators.

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The RadWagon 4, in Seattle, on July 26, 2020, the latest model from Rad Power Bikes, extends the cargo-style frame to accommodate a long list of accessories. Mike Radenbaugh dreamed up Rad Power Bikes over a decade ago in his family’s garage and now sets the pace for affordable battery-propelled bicycles. (Meron Tekie Menghistab/The New York Times) XNYT22 XNYT22
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Now grown up, teenage tinkerer behind an e-bike revolution watches business boom from Seattle

Mike Radenbaugh dreamed up Rad Power Bikes over a decade ago in his family’s garage and now sets the pace for affordable battery-propelled bicycles.

Economy

Jobless workers find a lifeline for navigating Washington’s unemployment bureaucracy

Wed. July 29, 2020 Wed. July 29, 2020 The first hour in the morning after breakfast kids worked on computers and todays subject was math. Assistant teacher Mataniufeagaimaleaia Savelio (cq) was helping 8-year-old Terelle Conner. 214632
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When the school day goes remote in Washington state, what does that mean for the child care industry? Lots of de facto teachers.  VIEW

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Robotic arms, manufactured by ABB Ltd., assemble truck doors inside the MAN SE factory, operated by Volkswagen AG (VW), in Munich, Germany, on Wednesday, May 16, 2018. VW’s truck and bus division is losing its finance chief only weeks after kick-starting work toward a potential share or bond sale. Photographer: Matthias Doering/Bloomberg 775165935
Technology

Robots running the industrial world are open to cyber attacks

Laura Stogin, HVAC Service Technician, performs a routine HVAC maintenance. Many of the recommendations MacDonald-Miller Facility Solutions are making are performed during the routine maintenance visits such as increased ventilation, enhanced filtration and unit disinfecting.
Business

A scramble to address fears that coronavirus can spread through shared air in buildings

Technology

For robots, it’s a time to shine (and maybe disinfect)

A worker uses a desktop computer whilst working from home in Stow Maries, U.K., on Wednesday, April 8, 2020. Among the decisions that my need to be made in U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s absence are whether and when to tighten, extend or lift the current lockdown, which has seen all bars, restaurants and all non-essential shops closed, and people urged to work from home where they can. Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg
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Boeing 737 MAX

Grounded 737 MAX passenger planes are parked across East Marginal Way near the south end of Boeing Field. Saturday Sept 28, 2019 211645

FAA finalizes its plan for the return of the Boeing 737 MAX

A Boeing 737 MAX-7 lands at Boeing Field in Seattle after a test flight Monday afternoon June 29, 2020. The FAA has given approval for Boeing to resume testing the MAX jets. Photographed on June 29, 2020.

FAA completes re-certification test flights of Boeing’s 737 MAX

Boeing 737 MAX planes are grounded on the west side of Marginal Way, across from Boeing Field, in Seattle, shot Friday, June 19, 2020. The tower from Boeing Field can be seen in background. 214304 214304

Critics say report let FAA off the hook in certification of Boeing’s flawed 737 MAX

Just over seven weeks after it rolled out of the paint hangar, Boeing’s first 737 MAX “the Spirit of Renton” lifts off the runway and flew for the first time Friday, from Renton Municipal Airport at 9:48 a.m. January 29th, 2016.

Complete coverage of Boeing’s 737 MAX »

Technology

Google Pixel 4A

Google Pixel 4A review: At $350, a win for those on a budget  VIEW

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The TikTok app on a phone. (Dreamstime/TNS) 1633133 1633133

Is it time to delete TikTok? A guide to the rumors and the real privacy risks.

Real Estate

New construction is seen in this aerial on the Eastside of Lake Washington.

Record-breaking home prices and a cutthroat market: See what's happening in your area

Retail

Sur La Table, selling kitchenware, cookware, cutlery, cooks’ tools, small electrics, tabletop and linens, bakeware, glassware and more, may be in financial trouble. This store is in the Pike Place Market selling high-end goods. Company of 130 stores that was founded at this location s Wed April 13, 2020 213964

Seattle-based cookware chain Sur La Table sells for around $90 million

Maritime Industry

The world’s cruise ships can’t sail. Now, what to do with them?

Boeing & Aerospace

Some of the nearly 200 completed Boeing 737 MAX airplanes destined for airlines worldwide, are parked at the Grant County International Airport in Moses Lake Washington along the Randolph Road Northeast. In March 2019, aviation authorities around the world grounded the passenger airliner after two separate crashes. Photographed on November 13, 2019. 212113 212113

Boeing deliveries slow to a trickle, while 737 MAX cancellations grow

Amazon

An undated photo provided by Amazon Games, shows an image from Amazon’s original big-budget game, Crucible, that was removed from digital store shelves after it was panned as a “hollow and forgettable experience. (Amazon Games via The New York Times) — NO SALES; FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY WITH NYT STORY AMAZON-GAMING BY KELLEN BROWNING FOR AUG. 10, 2020. ALL OTHER USE PROHIBITED. — XNYT93

After a flop, Amazon makes another foray into video games

Amazon at 25

FILE – In this file photo made Nov. 16, 2009, Stephen Guymon, of Twin Falls, Idaho, separates packages for final shipment inside the 800,000 sq. ft. Amazon.com warehouse in Goodyear, Ariz. Amazon.com Inc., reports quarterly earnings Thursday, April 22, 2010, after the market close. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin file) NYBZ139

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Microsoft

President Donald Trump after a news conference at the White House in Washington, Aug. 4, 2020. Facebook took down a video posted by the Trump campaign on Wednesday in which he claimed children were immune to the coronavirus, a violation of the social network’s rules against misinformation around the virus. (Doug Mills/The New York Times) XNYT133 XNYT133

Trump issues executive orders against Chinese-owned TikTok and WeChat, citing national security concerns

Economy

President Donald Trump, speaks before a ceremony for Vice President Mike Pence to swear in Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr., as Chief of Staff of the Air Force in the Oval Office of the White House, Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) DCAB123 DCAB123

To withhold or not: Trump’s order gives employers a new dilemma

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TikTok: Short videos but big stakes

Money Makeovers

Standing on his front porch Thursday, March 19, 2020, David O’Meara takes in the view. 213399

Old-fashioned retirement protects Seattle ironworker and his wife during market sell-off

Personal Finance

Khalil Parker and Deidre Downey with their two-month-old baby Miles Parker are the subject for this week’s Money Makeover. Photographed on July 22, 2020. 214559

Baby’s arrival spurs young couple to get financial house in order | Money Makeover

Markets

A Wall St. sign near the New York Stock Exchange building in New York, on Monday, July 13, 2020. Stocks rose early on Wednesday, rallying after a drugmaker reported promising, but early-stage, progress in its candidate for a coronavirus vaccine, and data on industrial production added to evidence of the economy’s recovery. (Amr Alfiky/The New York Times) XNYT4 XNYT4

Late drop leaves S&P 500 lower, breaking a 7-day win streak

Artificial Intelligence

Fatima Abu Zeid , a mother of 6 children shows her biometric ID card at the Qalandiya checkpoint in northern Jerusalem on February 25,2020. Israel upgraded its West Bank checkpoints with facial recognition technology to verify Palestinians’ identities as they cross into Israel. The new system is helping to shorten the amount of time it takes to cross the checkpoints but the use of the technology is drawing criticism about the role the controversial technology plays in Israel’s military control over Palestinians. (Photo by Heidi Levine for The Seattle Times).

A tale of two AI cities: The Seattle connection to Israel's surveillance network

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Promising COVID-19 treatment sends Seattle biotech company’s stock soaring

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