Puget Sound Business Journal articles from August 2001

Puget Sound Business Journal archives from August 2001

Frazier raises $400 million fund.(Frazier & Co.)
August 31, 2001... Despite what industry experts are calling the toughest money-raising climate in a decade, Frazier & Co. has closed a $400 million fund for investment in biotechnology, medical device and health-care companies. The new fund is...

B'vue tests new B&O tax system.(Bellevue, Washington; business-and-occupation)(Brief Article)
August 31, 2001... The city of Bellevue is expected to adopt a new business-and-occupation tax ordinance next week, but business groups say the revised B&O formula doesn't resolve the festering issue of multiple taxation. Bellevue is slated to approve a...

Weyerhaeuser's worst nightmare?(takeover bid for Willamette Industries Inc.)(Brief Article)
August 31, 2001... Bid for Willamette full of pitfalls In the epic struggle between wood-products companies Weyerhaeuser. Co. and Willamette Industries Inc., perhaps Weyerhaeuser should worry about getting what it wants. Federal Way-based Weyerhaeuser...

Gaining altitude.(Alaska Air)(Statistical Data Included)
August 31, 2001... Alaska Air rebounds from bleak 2000 At a time when most large U.S. air carriers are desperately paring back amenities to stem hemorrhaging profits, Alaska Air Group Inc. seems downright expansive. Next week Seattle-based Alaska...

Town Center gets newest Bon store.(Bon Marche)(Brief Article)
August 31, 2001... Seattle-based Bon Marche plans to build a new, 110,000-square-foot store at Redmond Town Center. The Bon, owned by Federated Department Stores Inc. of Cincinnati, said construction on the-two-story facility is set to begin next spring....

PacifiCare signs new agreement.(PacifiCare of Washington Inc.deal with Everett Clinic)(Brief Article)
August 31, 2001... PacifiCare of Washington Inc., the Mercer Island-based subsidiary of PacifiCare Health Systems Inc., said that it has expanded its provider network in Snohomish County with a new agreement with the Everett Clinic, a network of about 190...

Microsoft case inches forward.(Brief Article)
August 31, 2001... The new judge handling the antitrust case of Redmond-based Microsoft Corp. has ordered the company and the U.S. Department of Justice to prepare presentation on the remaining issues in the case by Sept. 14, and scheduled a status meeting for...

Making an impact in Everett.(developer Craig Dieffenbach )(Brief Article)
August 31, 2001... Seattle developer Craig Dieffenbach is impressed with the city's potential A developer who has quickly established a major presence in downtown Everett is adding three more buildings to his portfolio and selling one of his original...

TV exposure turns Fran's into hot chocolate.(Fran's Chocolates Ltd.)(Brief Article)
August 31, 2001... A Seattle company is witnessing firsthand the power of positive publicity. Sales at Fran's Chocolates Ltd. have risen sharply since the company and its handmade chocolates and desserts were featured prominently last week on the Food...

Bean-counters escape ax.(Seattle office of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP )(Brief Article)
August 31, 2001... Here's one advantage to being an accountant instead of a management consultant: job security. The Seattle office of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP seems somewhat insulated from the layoffs and salary reductions that have swept through the...

Goodbye, Freei.(Freei Networks Inc.)(Brief Article)
August 31, 2001... Ten months after Freei Networks Inc. filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, its huge Freeinternet.com signs are finally coming down from the prominent Federal Way building that once served as the company's headquarters. Workers were in the...

Bellevue site available.(Bellevue, Washington real estate)(Brief Article)
August 31, 2001... A prime development site in downtown Bellevue has been put back on the market, according to material circulated among local real estate brokers this week. The site, at the southwest corner of Northeast Fourth Street and 112th Avenue...

Needed: more walkers.(Lifelong AIDS Alliance)(Brief Article)
August 31, 2001... Lifelong AIDS Alliance has taken an unusual tack in promoting its upcoming Northwest AIDS Walk -- the group is offering early predictions of doom. The group, which formed last year as the merger of Northwest AIDS Foundation and Chicken...

CORRECTIONS.(Brief Article)
August 31, 2001... Birmingham Steel A story on manufacturers and energy rates in the Aug. 17 issue incorrectly stated the nature of Birmingham Steel's arrangement with Seattle City Light. Birmingham Steel pays for its power under an industrial rate. ...

Ostex eyes profitability following FDA approval.(Ostex International Inc)(Brief Article)
August 31, 2001... Following a broader Food and Drug Administration approval of its device to measure bone breakdown, Ostex International Inc. has announced plans to open a new manufacturing facility in Seattle and start ramping up production for the U.S....

Fed's actions take bite out of banks' margins.(Seattle area banks)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
August 31, 2001... The flurry of interest-rate declines engineered by the Federal Reserve this year may end up spurring the economy, but the cuts have caused some financial pain for local independent commercial banks. Since the beginning of the year, the...

Avanade shifts gears to keep up with market.(Avanade has focused on boiler plate software and hardware integration services, after failure of dot com industry)(Brief Article)
August 31, 2001... Atter nearly 18 months in business, Avanade Inc. faces more uncertainly than ever as it adjusts to new strategies in a changing information technology market Avanade is a joint venture between Redmond-based Microsoft Corp. and consulting...

NATURAL CHOICE.(PCC Natural Markets hires Tracy Wolpert as CEO)(Brief Article)
August 31, 2001... New PCC grocery chain's CEO focuses on organic growth When PCC Natural Markets went looking for a new CEO, the seven-store grocery chain didn't have to shop for long. The ideal candidate was close by and familiar. Tracy Wolpert had...

Columbia Bank takes prime Millennium Tower spot.(Brief Article)
August 31, 2001... First Seattle branch for Tacoma-based lender Tacoma-based Columbia Bank will break into the Seattle market from a street-level space in the new Millennium Tower after signing on as the downtown skyscraper's first retail tenant. The...

Nimble lands $8 million in third VC round.(Brief Article)
August 31, 2001... Seattle-based Nimble Technology Inc. has closed on an $8 million, third round of venture financing that will help fuel the release of the company's first product next month. After two years in development, Nimble plans to launch Nimble...

Topics makes splash with CD-ROM encyclopedia.(Brief Article)
August 31, 2001... Topics Entertainment Inc. of Renton is facing a showdown with Microsoft Corp. and Encyclopaedia Britannica Inc. in the CD-ROM encyclopedia market Last month, the software publisher began distributing the World Book 2002 Premier Edition...

Virginia Mason scraps caps, sees profits return.(Virginia Mason Medical Center (Seattle, Washington) again profitable)(Brief Article)
August 31, 2001... Virginia Mason Medical Center is off the critical list. In 1998 and 1999, the Seattle-based clinic and hospital system lost millions of dollars. That trend reversed last year as Virginia Mason netted operating income of just under $1...

Women's biz center ready to open in Everett.(The Northwest Washington Women's Business Center will open in Everett on September 7)(Brief Article)
August 31, 2001... The Northwest Washington Women's Business Center opens for business in Everett Sept. 7. The center will serve women entrepreneurs in Snohomish, Skagit, Whatcom, Island and Kitsap counties. Center professionals -- former business owners...

Turf dispute may be headed in new direction.(FieldTurf in Seattle's new multipurpose stadium)(Brief Article)
August 31, 2001... International soccer's leaders say artificial surface could be OK in Seattle's new sports stadium A recent change of heart by international soccer's highest authority could affect the outcome of a turf war over what kind of field will be...

Map project promotes wind-generation efforts.(Northwest Sustainable Energy for Economic Development)(Brief Article)
August 31, 2001... You may not need a weather man to know which way the wind blows, but if you're thinking of building a wind turbine a map showing when and where it blows might be helpful. An 8-month-old Seaffle-based nonprofit is working to provide that...

Opus lands tenant at Lynnwood site.(Opus Northwest LLC, Cypress Semiconductor)(Brief Article)
August 31, 2001... Opus Northwest LLC has landed its first tenant for the proposed Opus Northpointe Corporate Campus in Lynnwood, the developer said this week. Cypress Semiconductor Corp. of San Jose, Calif., leased and signed an option to buy a planned...

VoiceStream to buy PCS network for $60 million.(personal communications system)(Brief Article)
August 31, 2001... VoiceStream Wireless Inc. of Bellevue has agreed to purchase a wireless network with 18,000 PCS customers in Pennsylvania for $60 million. Ntelos Inc and Conestoga Enterprises Inc., two telecommunications companies that are in the midst of a...

Golf Savings reaches into Eastern Washington.(Brief Article)
August 31, 2001... Golf Savings Bank of Mountlake Terrace has expanded outside the Puget Sound region by opening a mortgage lending office in Kennewick. The company said the loan office, its seventh, will engage in conventional residential lending in the...

Shurgard takes full ownership of Storage To Go.(Brief Article)
August 31, 2001... Shurgard Storage Centers Inc. of Seattle has acquired full control of its Shurgard Storage To Go Inc. startup venture after converting an earlier $16 million loan to equity. The move, reported in filings with the Securities and Exchange...

XML software developer ands $8 million in funding.(Nimble Technology)(Brief Article)
August 31, 2001... Seattle-based Nimble Technology Inc. has closed on an $8 million, third round of venture financing that will help fuel the release of the company's first product next month. After two years in development, Nimble plans to launch Nimble...

First Mutual targets Eastside for expansion.(First Mutual Bancshares)(Brief Article)
August 31, 2001... First Mutual Bancshares Inc. of Bellevue said it has opened its 11th bank branch, expects to open the 12th early next year, and is looking at other potential sites as well. The operator of First Mutual Bank said its branch-expansion push...

John L. Scott targets Arizona home market.(Windermere will open Arizona office with 45 agents)(Brief Article)
August 31, 2001... John L. Scott Real Estate of Bellevue plans to open offices in Arizona by early next year, close on the heels of Seattlebased arch-rival Windermere Real Estate. Dennis Eckert, head of John L. Scott's. Puyallup office, will travel to...

Nordstrom selling its stake in 1700 Seventh building.(Clise Properties Inc. buys minority interest)(Brief Article)
August 31, 2001... Nordstrom Inc. will sell its minority interest in the new 1700 Seventh Avenue building in downtown Seattle to Clise Properties Inc., its partner in the project The Seattle-based retailer will still occupy as much of the building as it...

LizardTech hires new CEO.(imaging technology company )(Brief Article)
August 31, 2001... Seattle-based imaging technology company LizardTech Inc. has hired Bill Patterson as its new president and chief executive officer. Patterson replaces John "Grizz" Deal, former CEO and company founder, who will focus on strategic business...

Network Commerce delisted from Nasdaq.(Will trade on OTC Bulletin Board)(Brief Article)
August 31, 2001... Network Commerce Inc., a struggling Internet services company based in Seattle, has been delisted from the Nasdaq Stock Market as of Aug. 29. The company said that its shares would continue to trade on the OTC Bulletin Board. The company...

KCTS brings in new host for 'Serious Money'.(Seattle Public Broadcasting Service )(Brief Article)
August 31, 2001... Seattle Public Broadcasting Service affiliate KCTS-TV said it will continue its popular regional business program "Serious Money" for a 13th season, despite the departure of Barry Mitzman, the show's host for the first 12 seasons. Taking...

W&H Pacific lands Bellevue road contract.($1 mn contract for road improvements in Bellevue)(Brief Article)
August 31, 2001... Bothell engineering firm W&H Pacific. Inc. landed a $1 million contract for road improvements with the city of Bellevue. Carolynn Pefley, transportation project coordinator for W&H Pacific, said the company secured the two-year...

Burke hopes high-profile director will help fund raising.(George MacDonald to head the Thomas Burke Memorial Washington State Museum)(Brief Article)
August 31, 2001... A yearlong search has brought author and anthropologist George MacDonald to Seattle as The Burke Museum's new director. Burke officials are hoping that MacDonald's pedigree will help attract funds needed for a new Burke facility. After...

The Hunger Site.(online shopping mall )(Brief Article)
August 31, 2001... * Many readers have asked about the socially conscious online shopping mall GreaterGood.com and its popular click-to-donate Web page, The Hunger Site. GreaterGood has closed its doors. And while The Hunger Site states it is only down...

Northwest Harvest.(Food bank in Seattle)(Brief Article)
August 31, 2001... * Northwest Harvest reports that the shelves are unusually bare and that need for emergency food is growing as the economy declines. Donors can drop off nonperishable food items at the Northwest Harvest Warehouse on Pier 91, a the Cherry...

Project Lift-Off Opportunity Fund.($347,000 awarded to 15 local groups)(Brief Article)
August 31, 2001... * The 3-year-old Project Lift-Off Opportunity Fund, a giving pool of 10 funders including The Boeing Co., Weyerhaeuser Co., the city of Seattle and King County, awarded its first set of grants. In all, $347,000 was awarded to 15 local groups...

Shelter Resources Inc.(Hearing, Speech & Deafness Center and Shelter Resources plan to build affordable housing)(Brief Article)
August 31, 2001... * The Hearing, Speech & Deafness Center in Seattle is working with affordable housing developer Shelter Resources Inc. to create a $23 million mixed-use facility. The project will contain both the center's new home and 96 units of affordable...

Senior Services of Seattle/King County.(Organization received funds to build low-income senior housing)(Brief Article)
August 31, 2001... * Senior Services of Seattle/King County has received four leadership gifts toward its $11.9 million building campaign from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Seattle Foundation, Microsoft Corp. and The Boeing Co. The gifts support Senior...

Tom Donlea of Washington Works.(Brief Article)
August 31, 2001... * Executive director Tom Donlea of Washington Works is departing his post Barbara Green will serve as interim executive director. The Seattle group's board is reviewing its three-year strategic plan in light of the changing economic...

The Seattle Arts Commission.(Area artists invited to submit proposals for residency programs)(Brief Article)
August 31, 2001... * The Seattle Arts Commission is accepting applications for the 2002 Seattle Artists Program for Literary Arts. Applications, which are due Nov. 2, are available at www.cityofseattle.net/arts/funding/literary.htm. Eligible artists are...

INSURANCE BROKERAGES.(List of twenty four top insurance brokers in the area, with statistics, and contact information)
August 31, 2001... INSURANCE BROKERAGES The largest in the Puget Sound area. Ranked by premium volume. Company 2000 premium Address volume for Puget Phone ...

LAW FIRMS.(List of twenty five top law firms in the area, with statistics, and contact imformation)
August 31, 2001... LAW FIRMS The largest in the Puget Sound area. Ranked by number of area lawyers. Name of firm Puget Sound- Firmwide Address area lawyers/ lawyers/ Phone ...

Locke strives for balance on Competitiveness Council.(Governor appoints business executives to state board)(Brief Article)
August 31, 2001... Gov. Gary Locke has completed his Washington Competitiveness Council, appointing 32 people to the special committee that will spend the next four months looking for ways to make the Evergreen State friendlier for business. Locke unveiled...

Pierce may protect farms.(Brief Article)
August 31, 2001... In Pierce County, where development is gradually crowding out agriculture, county officials are considering "right-to-farm" legislation. The Pierce County Council earlier this week was expected to ask an advisory board to draft a bill...

Seattle's bond rating.(Brief Article)
August 31, 2001... Standard & Poor's this month assigned a AAA rating -- the highest possible -- to limited and unlimited tax general obligation bonds issued by the city of Seattle, according to the mayor's office. The city recently sold $130 million worth of...

EASTSIDE LAW FIRMS.(largest ranked by number of Eastside lawyers)(Statistical Data Included)
August 31, 2001... EASTSIDE LAW FIRMS The largest on the Eastside. Ranked by number of Eastside lawyers. Name of firm Eastside Firmwide Address lawyers/ lawyers/ Phone ...

Windennere, Scott see Arizona as hot market.(residential real estate )(Brief Article)
August 31, 2001... Two of the Puget Sound's largest residential real estate companies are preparing to go head-to-head in Arizona. Last week, John L. Scott Real Estate of Bellevue announced its plans to open eight to 10 offices in the Phoenix area by early...

Nature's Path to expand cereal factory in Blaine.(Nature's Path Foods Inc. )(Brief Article)
August 31, 2001... With cereal sales popping, Vancouver, B.C.-based Nature's Path Foods Inc. is planning to expand its Blame factory just two years after it was built. Nature's Path president Arran Stephens said he plans to add about 50,000 square feet to...

Swinging away.(Brief Article)
August 31, 2001... Larry Gripe has turned his love of baseball into a batting practice product that's finding its way into professional ballparks across the country. Gripe's Kent company is called Rebound Sports Technology Inc., and he runs it on top of...

Kent-based Flow International Corp.(president and CEO of subsidiary )(Brief Article)
August 31, 2001... * Reflecting the sales growth of its technology for high-pressure pasteurization of food, Kent-based Flow International Corp. recently named Pat Adams as president and CEO of subsidiary Fresher Under Pressure Inc. Adams, with substantial...

The Simpson Door Co.(leases Port of Centralia building)(Brief Article)
August 31, 2001... * The Simpson Door Co., a division of Seattle-based Simpson Investment Co., has leased a 20,000-square-foot building from the Port of Centralia to build wooden doors. Simpson Door already operates a door plant, one of the nation's...

Seattle shipyard Pacific Fishermen Inc.(converts fishing boat for reef debris removal project)(Brief Article)
August 31, 2001... * Seattle shipyard Pacific Fishermen Inc. has finished converting the 122-foot king crab vessel Ocean Fury into a vessel that will remove debris from reefs and atolls in the South Pacific. Built by Marco Seaffle Inc. in 1977, the former...

Trade group alliance will press for dollar deflation.(National Association of Manufacturers )(Government Activity)(Brief Article)
August 31, 2001... The National Association of Manufacturers and six other trade groups have formed a new coalition that hopes-to persuade the Bush administration to "slowly and gently deflate the speculative bubble that the dollar has become," said NAM...

Bankruptcy filings hit record high last quarter.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
August 31, 2001... Bankruptcy filings jumped 25 percent in the second quarter of 2001 compared with the same period in 2000, breaking the 400,000 mark for the first time. At this rate, bankruptcy filings will surpass 1998's record of 1.44 million filings....

Small biz owners work more in tight labor market.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
August 31, 2001... The economic slowdown has only slightly eased the tight labor market for small employers, according to a new survey by the NFIB Education Foundation. The survey, conducted in late spring, found that 71 percent of small businesses that...

Number of PACs drop, but soft money still booming.(Federal Election Commission report on political action committees)(Government Activity)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
August 31, 2001... The weakening economy may be taking its toll on political action committees. The number of federally registered PACs dropped from 3,907 on Jan. 1 to 3,877 by July 1, according to the Federal Election Commission. PACs sponsored by...

Administration Web site pushes fast-track bill.(Trade Promotion Authority Web site)(Government Activity)(Internet/Web/Online Service Information)(Brief Article)
August 31, 2001... The Bush administration launched a new Web site, www.tpa.gov, to push legislation that would give the president Trade Promotion Authority - the ability to negotiate trade deals that could not be amended by Congress, just put to an up-or-down...

Martin Smith buying 2 sites near stadiums.(Seattle properties)(Brief Article)
August 31, 2001... Martin Smith Development Corp. is eying two additional properties in the vicinity of its planned project at the former Wosca site south of downtown Seaffle. Partnerships organized by the company have reached preliminary agreements to...

OSHA chief says safety is just good business.(OSHA Administrator John Henshaw )(Government Activity)(Brief Article)
August 31, 2001... New OSHA Administrator John Henshaw wants to sell small businesses on the idea that safety programs will help their bottom line. Henshaw said he knows the value of safety programs because of his 26 years of experience in the chemical...

Web site offers tips for hiring of immigrants.(Program for verifying work eligibility of non-U.S. citizens)(Brief Article)
August 31, 2001... You're not alone as a small business owner if you've ever questioned which documents are acceptable for verifying work eligibility of non-U.S. citizens, or if your company can require "English language-only" workplace policies or which hiring...

Small biz attitudes.(Brief Article)
August 31, 2001... The National Small Business Poll released this, week by the National Federation of Independent Business' Education Foundation and Wells Fargo is designed to provide information on a segment of the nation's economy responsible for prosperity...

ULTRASOUND STRATEGY.(Advanced Diagnostics' new mammography device)(Brief Article)
August 31, 2001... Advanced Diagnostics' new mammography device uses innovative technology to help doctors detect breast cancer After six years of research and development and a critical move across the Cascades, Advanced Diagnostics Inc. is poised to...

Customers' loyalty begins with likability.(Brief Article)
August 31, 2001... A colleague of mine was recently sharing with me an experience he had while remodeling his home. He was spending many thousands of dollars and was planning to do much of the work himself. Since he was paying cash for the needed materials...

Index funds offer lower cost, good performance.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
August 31, 2001... (Note to readers: Brendan Boyd is on vacation. The following column consists of items drew considerable reader response when first published. Investors' Notebook will resume its regular publication schedule Sept. 7.) During the...

BRIEFCASE.(promotions, appointments)(Brief Article)
August 31, 2001... * ACCOUNTING David Lowen and Susan Willingham have been promoted to senior at Bader Martin Ross & Smith in Seattle. Angelina Hamilton has joined Grayson Group in Bellevue as office assistant. Mary Case and Glenn Wattum have been...

Shoreline regs need revision.(Brief Article)
August 31, 2001... Appeal a waste of time, money It's now up to the Department of Ecology to decide whether the state's controversial set of new shorelines-protection rules will be rewritten or turned over to the courts. The decision on that was tossed...

Drink limit needs sober reflection.(Brief Article)
August 31, 2001... I sometimes grumble about air travel, but I'm not the sort of guy who bowls over flight attendants, storms the cockpit and wrestles the captain for the controls. Not even on a bad day. I do, however, enjoy quaffing a beer in the...

No easy antidote for nursing shortage crisis.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
August 31, 2001... Like many other managers these days, the nation's nurse executives -- the women and men who oversee professional nursing services at hospitals of all sizes -- have a tremendous work force problem on their hands. But their challenge isn't...

LETTERS.
August 31, 2001... Factory food our fate? "Leaner Times" (Aug. 10) outlines many areas of concern for a struggling local restaurant industry An economic slump has people eating out less; taxes, wages and rents all going up; and more restaurants vying for...

Costly '00 deal haunts Courtlink.(Brief Article)
August 24, 2001... Like attorney Perry Mason in the old television courtroom drama, executives at CourtLink may need a fortuitous turn of events to save their company. The private Bellevue company, which sells electronic access to courts nationwide, not...

Local wealth lures Morgan.(Morgan Stanley Dean Witter & Co. )(Brief Article)
August 24, 2001... Big asset manager opens office Wall Street financial powerhouse Morgan Stanley Dean Witter & Co. has planted its flag in the Puget Sound region with the opening of a private wealth management office in downtown Seattle's financial...

Building stones.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
August 24, 2001... Topaz Group sees glittering future in jewelry Led by a group of local financiers, a Bangkok jewelry company is attempting to transform itself into a American-style operation with ambitions to dominate the U.S. market for semi-precious...

Biotech IPOs all but dead.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
August 24, 2001... Waiting for the next 'window' The outlook seems grim for Puget Sound biotechnology and medical device companies that are hoping to go public before the end of the year, although one local company signaled last week that it will take the...

Hogue Cellars bought by Vincor.(Brief Article)
August 24, 2001... Hague Cellars is being acquired for $36.4 million by Vincor International Inc. of Canada. The Canadian wine company said Prosser-based Hague's annual sales of 400,000 cases will increase Vincor's annual U.S. sales volume to over 1...

Martin Smith spins off division.(Brief Article)
August 24, 2001... One of Seattle's leading downtown developers and property managers, Martin Smith Inc., said it plans a full spinoff its development division to reduce a "perceived conflict of interest" between the development company and property management...

Port taps IBM.(Port of Seattle moving operations to Internet with help of IBM)(Brief Article)
August 24, 2001... The Port of Seattle has taken the next step in its plan to move many port operations onto the Internet by signing IBM as lead consultant with a $2 million contract. In June the port commission unanimously approved a $10.7 million program...

From A(Imond) to Z(ingos).(Brown and Haley)(Company Profile)
August 24, 2001... Brown & Haley extends its most famous brand, and hopes to make a mint with an Altoids challenger As it has for decades, Brown & Haley still makes 'em daily -- that is, the candy company's venerable Almond Roca Buttercrunch and Mountain...

Cancer fund-raiser isn't eschewing tobacco link.(Stimson Lane owned by tobacco firm, UST Inc.)(Brief Article)
August 24, 2001... Charity, too, makes strange bedfellows. In September and October, in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, one of the 10 wineries under the umbrella of Woodinville-based Stimson Lane Vineyards & Estates will contribute up to $150,000 to...

Analysts debate impact of price caps on Puget.(Puget Sound Energy)(Brief Article)
August 24, 2001... For the past year, Puget Sound Energy has enjoyed an energy surplus that brought the investor-owned utility record revenues and assured its customers a steady rate. But last week the Bellevue-based utility asked state regulators for...