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Not quite a laptop, not quite a lean-back tablet, how are you supposed to sit with an iPad Pro and do work? Photo for The Washington Post by John Brecher

Just because Apple’s new iPad Pro is as fast as a laptop doesn’t make it as useful as one

Real Estate

Windermere marketing specialist Sabrina Booth checks the fliers at a home she’s selling in Burien on Thursday, December 6, 2018. 208678

Seattle-area home prices drop again — down 11 percent in last six months

Retail

Scott Bachrach, the chief executive of Tastemakers, which is recreating the arcade experience, in New York, Nov. 16, 2018. After the success of Nintendo’s two retro consoles, other developers are mining their vaults and resurfacing old games and hardware. (Meron Tekie Menghistab/The New York Times) XNYT47 XNYT47

The future is bright for the video games of yesterday

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

An Embraer SA 195 jet turbine aircraft operated by Azul Brazilian Airlines SA sits on the tarmac during the International Brazil Air Show (IBAS) at Rio Galeao International Airport in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Saturday, April 1, 2017. Photographer: Dado Galdieri/Bloomberg

Brazil court suspends Boeing-Embraer deal until next year

Amazon

Microsoft, Amazon briefly take top two spots on Wall Street

Microsoft and Amazon become the first and second most valuable public companies Thursday, but the duo was split up Friday.

Amazonia

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

Microsoft

Microsoft, Amazon briefly take top two spots on Wall Street

Microsoft and Amazon become the first and second most valuable public companies Thursday, but the duo was split up Friday.

Starbucks

Shopping carts are lined up outside a Costco

Monday Memo: Costco earnings, Starbucks investor day, Google testimony

Economy

A form of artificial intelligence is being used to surface job candidates with the attributes of a perfect fit, even without conventional credentials. (Mengxin Li/The New York Times) — NO SALES; FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY WITH NYT STORY AI JOB RECRUITMENT BY NOAM SCHEIBER FOR DEC. 7, 2018. ALL OTHER USE PROHIBITED. —

AI talent scouts may spur unorthodox hires, and maybe lower pay  VIEW

Featured Columnist

If Amazon Go technology goes big, grocery workers may get the sack

Times Watch

The outlook for the Puget Sound economy, in 20 charts

Personal Finance

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Five financial moves to make before celebrating the new year | Your Funds

Markets

Companies pay investors record amount of stock dividends

With less than a month left in 2018, companies in the S&P 500 index have already topped last year’s record of $419.8 billion in total dividends paid.

Special Report: CEO Pay

CEO Pay 2018. (Gabriel Campanario / The Seattle Times)

Some Northwest CEOs earn 200 or 400 times what the average employee is paid

International Trade

Huawei Finance Chief Meng Wanzhou has been arrested in Canada at the request of the United States. Canadian authorities said late Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2018 that Wanzhou had been arrested in Vancouver and that the United States is seeking her extradition. (Mfc/Ropi via ZUMA Press/TNS) 1253070 1253070

Huawei exec’s arrest raises stakes in the middle of U.S.-China dispute

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Travel software company Travelport targeted in $4.4B deal

NEW YORK (AP) — A pair of buyout firms is planning to take the travel software company Travelport private in a deal worth about $4.4 billion. Travelport Worldwide Ltd. said Monday that affiliates of Siris Capital Group LLC and Evergreen Coast Capital Corp. will pay $15.75 for each of its shares. The Langley, U.K., tech...