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After the Dreamliner crisis, risks still loom for Boeing

Reuters | Wednesday May 1, 2013

Boeing's 787 Dreamliner is carrying passengers again after a three-month ban on flights, but the company still faces potent risks related to the new, high-tech plane.

Five dead in shooting in Washington: police

Associated Press | Monday April 22, 2013

Gunfire erupted at an apartment complex in a city south of Seattle and five people were shot to death, including a suspect who was shot by arriving officers, police said early Monday.

A piece of Microsoft history to get a new life

Associated Press | Friday April 19, 2013

The motel that served as Microsoft's first office before Bill Gates and Paul Allen moved the company to the Seattle area is being redeveloped.

Washington man faces 10 years in jail for hate crime against Sikh

Press Trust of India | Wednesday April 3, 2013

A federal grand jury in Seattle indicted a Washington man on charges of hate crime against a 50-year-old Sikh man.

Microsoft co-founder to open investment office in Silicon Valley

Tuesday April 2, 2013

Paul Allen, the billionaire co-founder of Microsoft Corp, is opening an office in Silicon Valley to make new investments in emerging technology and internet companies.

Boeing 787 makes test flight to check battery

Associated Press | Tuesday March 26, 2013

A Boeing 787 with a redesigned battery system made a 2-hour test flight Monday, and the company said the event "went according to plan."

Boeing to slash up to 2,300 jobs in Seattle area

Agence France-Presse | Saturday March 23, 2013

US aerospace giant Boeing said Friday it would cut between 2,000 to 2,300 jobs by the end of the year in the Seattle region as it winds down development of its 787 and 747 aircraft.

Boeing to cut jobs at second Dreamliner plant: report

Reuters | Friday March 1, 2013

Boeing Co will cut hundreds of jobs at a South Carolina plant that makes 787 Dreamliners over the course of this year, but the move has nothing to do with the recent grounding of the troubled jetliner, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday.

No word from Microsoft on Office application for iPad

Wednesday February 27, 2013

A top Microsoft Corp executive side-stepped questions on Tuesday about any plans that the software maker may have to bring its Office suite of applications to Apple Inc' iPad.

Six tanks at Hanford nuclear site in Washington are leaking

Reuters | Saturday February 23, 2013

Six underground tanks at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation on the Columbia River in southern Washington State are leaking radioactive waste, but there is no immediate risk to public health, Governor Jay Inslee said on Friday.

As parked 787s multiply, Boeing cash drain worries grow

Reuters | Wednesday February 20, 2013

Paine Field Airport, next door to Boeing Co's widebody plant north of Seattle, is getting crowded as 10 new 787 Dreamliners flank the runway, sparkling with contrasting and colorful liveries, including Poland's LOT, Britain's Thomson Airways and Chin...

Boeing cash drain worries grow as parked 787s multiply

Wednesday February 20, 2013

Paine Field Airport, next door to Boeing Co's wide-body plant north of Seattle, got crowded as 10 new 787 Dreamliners flank the runway, sparkling with contrasting and colourful liveries, including Poland's LOT, Britain's Thomson Airways and China Sou...

Boeing seeks temporary fix for suspect batteries, says report

Agence France Presse | Monday February 18, 2013

US aerospace giant Boeing is considering an interim plan to protect its 787 Dreamliner if its batteries overheat or catch fire, according to a report Monday in the Seattle Times.

Washington state fifth graders plotted to kill girl, authorities say

Reuters | Saturday February 16, 2013

Two fifth-grade boys are in custody in Washington State after they brought a knife and gun to school with the goal of killing a schoolmate in a foiled murder plot that shocked their rural town because of their youth, prosecutors said on Friday.

Microsoft defends frayed PC ecosystem with $2 billion Dell loan

Wednesday February 6, 2013

Microsoft is playing defense with a $2 billion loan to help Dell Inc's founder buy back the world's No.3 PC maker as it seeks to shore up support for Windows and beat back the march of Google's Android.