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FILE – This Oct. 11, 2010 file photo, shows the logo of the online network Facebook, recorded in Munich with a magnifying glass of a computer screen of a laptop. Facebook said Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2011, it is settling with the Federal Trade Commission over charges it deceived consumers. The FTC had charged that the social network told people they could keep the information they share private and then allowed for it to be made public. The charges go back to 2009.(AP Photo/dapd, Joerg Koch) NYBZ152

I downloaded the information Facebook has on me. Yikes!

Tech Reviews & Tips

Interior of the Solo Boyd. (Solo)

Solo backpacks haul your laptop and more with ease

Real Estate

On April 10, 2018, the Chroma apartments, 1212 Harrison Street, offers 275 one and two bedroom units. It’s brightly painted in a rainbow of colors.

As new apartments flood the market, Seattle area sees smallest spring rent hikes in a decade

Retail

In this Tuesday, April 10, 2018, photo, Thomas Nguyen poses inside his Peli Peli Kitchen restaurant in Houston. Owner Thomas Nguyen had a change of heart after transitioning one of his three Peli Peli South African fine dining restaurants and his Peli Peli Kitchen fast casual location to a no-cash policy. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Cashless restaurants are spreading despite some qualms about exclusion

Maritime Industry

‘There’s no one to work on these boats’: Washington’s maritime workers head for mass retirements

Boeing & Aerospace

A photo provided by the National Transportation Safety Board, of one of their investigators examines the Boeing 737 jet engine that exploded on Southwest Airlines Flight 1380, forcing it to land in Philadelphia. The 737 engine is not the only one that has caught the eye of regulators: Engines on Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner and 767 have also failed, prompting questions about their design and inspection procedures. (National Transportation Safety Board via The New York Times) — NO SALES; FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY WITH STORY SLUGGED PLANE ENGINE SAFETY BY NEGRONI FOR APRIL 19, 2018. ALL OTHER USE PROHIBITED.

FAA orders accelerated engine checks after Southwest accident

Amazon

Crowds, including, Gabe Kean, of Belle & Wissell, Co., tour the opening of The Spheres at Amazon’­s campus in downtown Seattle Monday, Jan. 29, 2018. The Spheres house more than 40,000 plants, and features waterfalls, fish tanks and 40-foot trees. 204988

Amazon will open Spheres to public twice a month

Amazonia

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

Microsoft

FILE – The Pentagon is seen in this aerial view in Washington, in this March 27, 2008 file photo. The Pentagon has revised its Law of War guidelines to remove wording that could permit U.S. military commanders to treat war correspondents as “unprivileged belligerents” if they think the journalists are sympathizing or cooperating with enemy forces. The amended manual, published on July 22, 2016, also drops wording that equated journalism with spying. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

Defense contract pits Amazon against the rest of Big Tech

Starbucks

FILE– Coffee is poured into a cup in New York, Feb. 5, 2016. The coffee industry is mulling how to fight back against a California judge’s 2018 ruling that would require the beverage to be branded with cancer warning labels. The National Coffee Association, whose members include Starbucks and Dunkin’ Donuts, said that it was “currently considering all of its options, including potential appeals and further legal actions.” (Alex Welsh/The New York Times) XNYT77 XNYT77

Coffee industry discusses need to improve diversity, inclusion

Economy

Cellphones fuel jump in bank- account ownership

An estimated 69 percent of adults worldwide had some sort of bank account in 2017, a World Bank study found, up from an estimated 51 percent in 2011 and 62 percent in 2014.

Featured Columnist

Seattle 2.0 doesn’t exist, but flyover country offers hidden city gems

Times Watch

The outlook for the Puget Sound economy, in 20 charts

Personal Finance

Thursday, April 12, 2018. Money Makeover. Michelle Kelly is a part-time college art teacher living in Seattle who is concerned about having enough money in retirement. Money makeover.

Seattle will be too expensive for you when you retire, longtimer is told | Money Makeover

Markets

Even as markets shake, investors seek the riskiest stock funds

Investors put more money into emerging-market stock funds than they took out for seven straight weeks, as of April 11, according to EPFR Global. For U.S. stock funds, meanwhile, investors made net withdrawals in three of four weeks.

Special Report: CEO Pay

The Northwest’s five highest-paid CEOs, left to right: Satya Nadella (Microsoft), $17,692,031; Howard Schultz (Starbucks, now executive chairman), $21,815,498; Mark Parker (Nike), $47,615,302; John Legere (T-Mobile US), $20,059,915; Adam Selipsky (Tableau Software), $16,488,326. (Graphic by Emily Eng / The Seattle Times)

NW CEOs sitting pretty, despite public’s view that they’re paid too much

International Trade

Trump criticizes OPEC, calling oil prices ‘artificially’ high

HOUSTON — As domestic gasoline prices surged to their highest level in three years, President Donald Trump railed against the OPEC oil cartel on Friday, declaring that the group was unjustifiably manipulating supplies for selfish gain. He wrote on Twitter: “Looks like OPEC is at it again. With record amounts of Oil all over the...

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Lighting company to send jobs over the border

FALL RIVER, Mass. (AP) — A prominent lighting company is transferring production from a Massachusetts manufacturing facility to Mexico. Company Philips Lighting announced Friday it is laying off 160 employees and sending 100 production jobs to Monterrey, Mexico. The Herald News reports production at the Fall River facility will end by the third quarter of...