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Technology

There are many tools for setting up two-factor authentication, a security mechanism that prevents improper access. (Glenn Harvey/The New York Times)

Protecting your Internet accounts keeps getting easier. Here’s how to do it.

Tech Reviews & Tips

Cellphone and robocall. (Teeradej Srikijvilaikul/Dreamstime/TNS)

How to stop robocall spammers and exact revenge

Real Estate

The Hunts Point mansion that once housed hundreds of millions of dollars worth of art has sold for $37.5 million, the most in recorded history for a house in Western Washington.

Peek inside the Hunts Point mansion, famous for huge art collection, that sold for record $37.5 million  WATCH

Retail

In this undated photo provided by Best Buy, the company’s chief financial and strategic transformation officer, Corie Barry, poses for a portrait. Best Buy announced that Barry, 43, will become the company’s CEO effective June 11, taking over from current CEO Hubert Joly, who will become executive chairman of the board after stepping down. (Best Buy via AP) NYBZ165

New CEO Corie Barry moved upward for two decades at Best Buy | In person

Maritime Industry

The Holland America cruise ship sits in the Smith Cove Cruise Ternimal early in the morning, August 11, 2018. 207235

For crew of 2,100-passenger cruise ship, frenetic ‘turnaround day’ in Seattle starts and ends the journey

Boeing & Aerospace

A Boeing 737 Max 8 sits behind the Boeing 737 Renton factory waiting for engines. The Angle of attack (AOA) instrument of the 737 MAX, is the bottom piece of equipment below just below the cockpit windshield. Photographed on March 13, 2019 209611 209611

Have questions about the Boeing 737 MAX? Ask reporter Dominic Gates anything

Amazon

Seahawks Head Coach Pete Carroll, quarterback Russell Wilson and General Manager John Schneider give a press conference at the Virginia Mason Athletic Center Wednesday, April 17, 2019. Earlier this week, Wilson and the Seahawks agreed to a four-year, $140 million contract extension and $65 million signing bonus. The deal keeps him with the Seahawks through the 2023 season and makes him the highest-paid player in the history of the NFL. 209957

Seahawks QB Russell Wilson gifts his offensive linemen $12,000 each in Amazon stock

Amazonia

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

Microsoft

FILE – This July 3, 2014, file photo, shows the Microsoft Corp. logo outside the Microsoft Visitor Center in Redmond, Wash. (AP Photo Ted S. Warren, File)

Microsoft workers join China’s debate over grueling workweek

Starbucks

Starbucks CEO Kevin Johnson speaks Wednesday, March 20, 2019, at the company’s annual shareholders meeting in Seattle. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren) WATW106 WATW106

Starbucks shareholder meeting had awkward moments, too

Economy

JPMorgan Chase chairman and CEO Jamie Dimon testifies before the House Financial Services Committee during a hearing, Wednesday, April 10, 2019, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) OTK OTK

Billionaires are worried about capitalism — they should look in a mirror | Jon Talton

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Billionaires are worried about capitalism — they should look in a mirror

Times Watch

The outlook for the Puget Sound economy, in 20 charts

Personal Finance

Amanda and Alex Lacomb are in their early 30s. She’s an IT supervisor, and he works for Boeing, so they have bright futures. Their annual income exceeds $100,000 a year. They are also new parents with a newborn (James, 9 months) and a mortgage on a condo. Their debts add up to about $315,000. Now they’re trying to figure out how to manage their debt, save for the future and sort out a lot of competing priorities. Photographed Tuesday, April 9, 2019. 209850

Seattle couple’s dilemma: How could they afford a second child? Here’s what financial planners advised.

Markets

FILE- In this Feb. 15, 2019, file photo specialist Anthony Matesic, right, works with traders on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. The U.S. stock market opens at 9:30 a.m. EST on Wednesday, Feb. 20. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

US stock indexes drift sideways in afternoon trading

Special Project

The FV Destination blasts through waves in the Bering Sea during the annual winter crab season.

NO RETURN: The final voyage of the Destination

International Trade

Wells Fargo’s interim CEO faces hecklers’ shouts of ‘frauds’

Wells Fargo & Co.'s critics stormed its annual meeting in Dallas, vowing to keep pressure on the bank even after the resignation of its chief executive officer. Investors, however, showed they're ready to move on. Interim Chief Executive Officer C. Allen Parker was interrupted more than a dozen times as he tried to deliver opening...

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Facebook takes $3B charge for FTC investigation in 1Q

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Facebook is taking a $3 billion charge as a contingency against a possible fine by the Federal Trade Commission. The agency has been investigating Facebook, but has not announced any findings yet. The one-time charge slashes Facebook's first-quarter net income considerably, although revenue grew by 25% in the period. The FTC...