Labor group says Apple making progress at Foxconn
Source: Seattle Post Intelligencer
Seattle :: WA :: USA | updated 2013-05-17 01:05:37 -0700 | business-news
A labor group hired by Apple Inc. to assess working conditions at three manufacturing plants in China, where its products are made, says conditions are improving. But employees are still working more hours than the country's legal limit. The Fair...
Nordstrom 1st quarter net income slips
Source: The Idaho Statesman
Seattle :: WA :: USA | updated 2013-05-17 00:36:48 -0700 | business-news
Luxury retailer Nordstrom says its first-quarter net income fell 3 percent, hurt by weak demand for spring merchandise and softer performance in the Northeast and Midwest. It was a rare decline for the retailer, which lowered revenue expectations for the...
Seized Mastro jewelry valued at $3 million
Source: Seattle Times
Seattle :: WA :: USA | updated 2013-05-16 11:53:30 -0700 | business-news
Page modified May 16, 2013 at 11:37 AM Seized Mastro jewelry valued at $3 million Nearly 300 pieces of jewelry seized in France last year from fugitive Seattle real-estate developer Michael Mastro and his wife are worth more than $3...
SAIC Chairman and CEO John Jumper Addresses National Press Club On the Future of Government ...
Source: PR Newswire
Seattle :: WA :: USA | updated 2013-05-16 12:11:23 -0700 | business-news
Chairman and CEO John Jumper today addressed the National Press Club in Commenting on the evolving mission for government customers and contractors, Jumper said: "We are all searching for efficiencies at a time when the challenges facing our government customers are...
India receives first Poseidon form Boeing
Source: United Press International
Seattle :: WA :: USA | updated 2013-05-16 07:55:49 -0700 | business-news
India has received the first of eight P-8I Poseidon long-range maritime reconnaissance and anti-submarine warfare aircraft from Boeing of the United States. The aircraft, built under a 2009 contract, arrived in India Wednesday. "Boeing is proud to deliver this advanced...
Planned Puget Sound Energy rate hike gets hearing
Source: The Olympia
Olympia :: WA :: USA | updated 2013-05-16 00:56:56 -0700 | business-news
Staff writer Published May 15, 2013 Puget Sound Energy customers can comment on a proposed four-year electric and natural gas rate plan agreed to between commission staff and the utility, a plan that could raise some electric customer's bills by...
ICMI Attracts 1,200+ Contact Center Professionals to ACCE 2013 Conference & Expo in Seattle
Source: PR Newswire
Seattle :: WA :: USA | updated 2013-05-16 00:07:44 -0700 | business-news
Conference & Expo , the leading global gathering for the contact center community, held in , May 13-16 ...Global Call Center of the Year Award Keynote presenters included speaker and author Dayna Steele , who presented "5 Things to Do...
Explore How Web Design Enhances Internet Marketing
Posted by: nirvanawa
Seattle :: WA :: USA | updated 2013-05-17 07:50:49 -0700 | business-news
Web design can directly affect internet marketing strategies through search engine optimization (SEO) in Seattle. It matters how much it would bear on search engine results. Then, there is a chain reaction. Better optimization implies better internet marketing in Seattle....
Maryland economy will continue to feel government spending cuts
Source: Baltimore Sun
Seattle :: WA :: USA | updated 2013-05-15 19:01:39 -0700 | business-news
Maryland for years benefited from its close proximity to the nation's capital, but the mandatory federal spending cuts called sequestration will be a drag on the state's economy for the next couple of years, said the president of the Federal...
Under Contract
Source: The Hill
Seattle :: WA :: USA | updated 2013-05-15 16:49:10 -0700 | business-news
The facilities in the contract include the Domestic Nuclear Detection Office, which is the central federal government entity to detect and respond to nuclear threats, and the National Building Museum. According to documents attached to the solicitation, the officers have...
Bellingham Chamber appoints Gorman to interim position
Source: The Bellingham Herald
Bellingham :: WA :: USA | updated 2013-05-15 15:18:38 -0700 | business-news
Bill Gorman has been hired by the Bellingham/Whatcom Chamber of Commerce to assist the organization while it searches for a new president. Gorman will help with a variety of chamber activities starting Monday, May 20. Gorman was formerly the North...
Washington state jobless rate hits 5-year low in April, state figures show
Source: The News Tribune
Tacoma :: WA :: USA | updated 2013-05-15 18:59:47 -0700 | business-news
PDT Washington state unemployment fell to a five-year low in April, dropping to 7 percent last month from 7.3 percent in March, according to the state Employment Security Department. The last time the seasonally adjusted jobless rate was this low...
Senate votes to extend federal water projects law
Source: Boston.com
Seattle :: WA :: USA | updated 2013-05-15 12:46:05 -0700 | business-news
The Senate on Wednesday put aside its partisan differences to extend the federal government's main water resources law, which promotes investment in port improvements, flood protection, dam and levee projects and environmental restoration...Bush vetoed it and the Democratic-led Congress retaliated...
Apptio raises $45 million, primed for IPO
Source: Seattle Times
Bellevue :: WA :: USA | updated 2013-05-15 13:29:14 -0700 | business-news
O Posted by Brier Dudley Today's forecast for Bellevue: Cloudy with showers of cash, raining down on business software startup Apptio. Apptio today is announcing that it has raised a whopping $45 million, ending a relatively quiet period in the...
Rivet & Sway Invites Women to Experience the Joy of Specs
Source: PR Newswire
Seattle :: WA :: USA | updated 2013-05-15 08:39:23 -0700 | business-news
Rivet & Sway is on a mission to change the way women feel about and shop for glasses. As the only online eyewear experience of its kind exclusively for women, Rivet & Sway's collection of frames was designed by...
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