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To some, the pursuit of workplace happiness – and its price, like an $18,000 “happiness MBA” for managers – can seem like a corporate attempt to turn feelings into productivity. (Igor Bastidas/The New York Times)

Are you happy? Your boss is asking

Technology

FILE — A commuter on her phone at Penn Station in New York, April 3, 2018. (Joshua Bright/The New York Times)

How to track your period without compromising your privacy

Tech Reviews & Tips

A Wi-Fi internet symbol on a window

How to limit email spam and how to keep device on faster band of dual Wi-Fi router | Q&A with Patrick Marshall

Real Estate

Single family homes are seen from the air, Thursday, Sept. 23, 2021 in a census tract which includes the Crossroads area of Bellevue. The FYIGuy reports: In 2010, just 15% of the residents of Bellevue’s Crossroads neighborhood (among those employed full-time) worked in computer/mathematical occupations. Census data shows that as of 2019, that number had jumped to 38%, representing the biggest increase in tech workers of any King County neighborhood. View looks southeast. 218309

King County property values soared and tax hikes are likely. Here’s what you need to know.

Retail

FILE – A sign at a Starbucks location in Havertown, Pa., is seen April 26, 2022. Starbucks says it will now offer employees enrolled in its health care plan reimbursement for eligible travel expenses when accessing abortion or gender-affirming procedures, when those services are not available within 100 miles of a worker’s home. The Seattle coffee chain said Monday, May 16, 2022 that the benefit will also be available to dependents of employees enrolled in its health care coverage. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, file) NYPS202 NYPS202

Starbucks will cover travel for workers seeking abortions

Maritime Industry

The fishing boat Pinnacle makes its way through an ice floe on Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2022 in the Bering Sea southwest of St. Matthew Island. The Pinnacle, which is larger than most fishing boats that operate in the Bering Sea, can travel through some unconsolidated sea ice, although at a greatly-reduced speed. An ice floe with pieces like this can damage buoys, increasing the risk of a lost crab pot. (Loren Holmes / Anchorage Daily News)

Into the ice: A crab boat’s quest for snow crab in a Bering Sea upended by climate change

Boeing & Aerospace

An Alaska Airlines jet takes off at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in April. A shortage of pilots caused a spate of flight cancellations that month that has continued since and caused travel chaos for many Alaska passengers. (Ellen M. Banner / The Seattle TImes)

Alaska Airlines says flight cancellations to continue through May, ease in June WATCH

More on Boeing

The final version of the 737 MAX, the MAX 10, takes off from Renton Airport in Renton, WA on its first flight Friday, June 18, 2021.

Complete coverage of Boeing’s 737 MAX »

Amazon

Police and FBI investigators on Monday, May 16, 2022, at the scene of Saturday’s mass shooting at Tops supermarket in Buffalo, N.Y. The Tops supermarket was a hub in a largely Black section of Buffalo; that fact made it the target of a racist gunman. (Gabriela Bhaskar/The New York Times) XNYT129 XNYT129

After Buffalo shooting video spreads, social platforms face questions

Amazon’s start

Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos in the basement launch site for his web venture. File Photo Jimi Lott 9/13/95 : AMAZON.COM’S JEFF BEZOS : INTERNET’S ULTIMATE CULT FIGURE : WHEN AMAZON.COM WAS JUST A FLEDGLING BUSINESS, JEFF BEZOS POSED WITH A CART OF BOOKS IN THE BASEMENT FROM WHICH THE BUSINESS WAS LAUNCHED. NOW, THE COMPANY SELLS ALL KINDS OF PRODUCTS AND BEZOS IS A BILLIONAIRE. (2 OF 2)

Store on internet is open book — Amazon.com boasts more than 1 million titles on web | From the archives

Microsoft

Microsoft’s west campus in Redmond on Monday, Feb. 14, 2022.

Microsoft will boost pay and stock compensation to retain employees 

Economy

To some, the pursuit of workplace happiness – and its price, like an $18,000 “happiness MBA” for managers – can seem like a corporate attempt to turn feelings into productivity. (Igor Bastidas/The New York Times)

Are you happy? Your boss is asking

Featured Columnist

Why Boeing’s move to the other Washington is bad for them and us

Money Makeovers

Teri Allen is hoping her finances will enable her to retire when she wants to. Photographed Wednesday, April 21, 2021 216947

She’s worked almost 40 years in one place. Now, can she retire before 65?

Personal Finance

Find out if you qualify for the new federal program for discounted internet service

Markets

FILE – In this May 5, 2019, file photo Warren Buffett, Chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, smiles as he plays bridge following the annual Berkshire Hathaway shareholders meeting in Omaha, Neb. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik, File)

Buffett’s firm reveals new stakes in Paramount, Citigroup

Artificial Intelligence

The State of Washington Employment Security Department, closed due to Covid-19, seen Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021 in Olympia.

The IRS dropped ID.me’s facial recognition tech after backlash. WA is rolling it out in June

Local Business

Clay Siegall, left, president and CEO of Seattle Genetics during an interview, Thurs., Oct. 8, 2015, in Bothell. At right is Todd Simpson, CFO of the company. 0434974834

Washington’s highest-paid CEO resigns following arrest at his Edmonds home

Most Read Business Stories

Latest business headlines

AP Exclusive: Black Lives Matter has $42 million in assets

A new, 63-page IRS tax filing shared exclusively with The Associated Press shows the Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation Inc. ended its last fiscal year with nearly $42 million in net assets.

Agriculture

One honey bee nestles on a flower and another is in flight at the tail end of this orchard bloom at Hood River Cherry Company Credit: Hal Bernton Dateline: Hood River, Oregon Date: May, 20222

In cool spring, bees struggle to pollinate Northwest cherry crop

Careers

The pandemic was hard on office suck-ups. Now they’re back and ready to schmooze

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