Washington State Business

A transaction the buyer says likely will lead to employment growth here.

One of the most underutilized resources around town, I believe, is Washington Community Alliance for Self-Help.

Avvo Chief Executive Mark Britton still isn’t saying much about his new online legal services startup.

"Accountability to is one of my top priorities and is something that Washingtonians expect from state government," said Gregoire. "This is just one more way that we are making government accountable to the people we serve."

"The main thing is to bring people together from all over the state," said Lee Cheatham, executive director of the Washington Technology Center. "We can use it to establish Washington state and the Pacific Northwest as a leader in innovation and technology."

Alltel Wireless said Thursday it is closing an Issaquah call center and eliminating 260 jobs, moves that come two years after it acquired Bellevue-based Western Wireless in a $4.4 billion deal.

Ranked by number of attorneys in Washington

The state authority that governs the fund received letters of intent from 102 researchers, representing 26 institutions. Many of those applications involved partnerships with additional organizations and researchers.

the company has plenty of need for expansion space: Microsoft added a net total of more than 10,000 worldwide employees last fiscal year, the largest annual increase in its history, taking its total employment above 71,000 as of June 30.

Widespread development in Washington has changed the landscape of the state from forests to houses. Experts are predicting a further loss of more than 300,000 acres of forests within the next several years.