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Before any big trip, I always make sure I have enough books to read. That used to mean weighing myself down with pounds and pounds of paper, but now I can... Read more »
It’s been quite a summer here in Seattle, with record droughts and a heat wave that left us all panting in line for an iced coffee. But despite a cool economic... Read more »
Thirteen weeks, 123 stories, and about a million cups of Starbucks’ finest later, my internship at Xconomy in Seattle is over. But as a parting gift, I am going to share... Read more »
Northwest tech giants Amazon and Microsoft have joined a coalition of companies, nonprofit groups, and individuals to work against a proposed settlement by Google regarding its thousands of scanned books according... Read more »
This week, the Seattle area has lived up to its reputation as home to the future of technology, with three local (or formerly local) innovators making the national media rounds in... Read more »
Seattle-based cancer drug developer Cell Therapeutics (NASDAQ: CTIC) announced in a press release today that it has raised $30 million by selling preferred stock and warrants to purchase shares of... Read more »
MySpace CEO Owen Van Natta confirmed in a press conference call today that the social networking website has purchased Seattle-based music service company iLike. Financial details were not disclosed, but... Read more »
It was a mixed week of business and science, with a couple of stories on health IT companies to round things out.
—Luke reported on Thursday that Cambridge, MA-based Alnylam (NASDAQ:... Read more »
Advanced Inquiry Systems, Inc. (AISI) closed Series B financing with $11 million, according to a press release sent out today. The Hillsboro, OR-based company developed a data sensing system for semiconductor... Read more »
Vancouver, WA-based ClearAccess, a broadband device management and data services company, is announcing today that it has closed a Series B financing, raising a little over $6 million. The financing was... Read more »
Seattle-based wireless infrastructure company NewPath Networks announced in a press release today that it has raised a $10 million credit line with Square 1 Bank. NewPath will use the money to... Read more »
Seattle-based iLike may be acquired by MySpace for $20 million, according to a report today in TechCrunch. iLike is a music service company with Facebook and iPhone programs that help people... Read more »
Not many deals made news in San Diego last week, although we had a few national stories that were of local interest.
—Bruce reported on some of the companies from Xconomy... Read more »
Everett, WA-based Fluke Networks, a network service provider company, announced today in a press release that it will acquire Sunnyvale, CA-based AirMagnet a wireless LAN service provicer. Fluke provides for the... Read more »
Inc. magazine has released its annual list of the top 500 fastest growing private companies in the U.S. A dozen Washington state consulting or technology-related companies made the list, with the... Read more »
In a press conference in New York this morning, Microsoft Business Division president Stephen Elop and Nokia’s executive vice president for devices Kai Öistämö announced that Redmond, WA-based Microsoft and Finland-based... Read more »
Seattle Genetics (NASDAQ: SGEN) announced today that it will be selling 11 million shares of common stock in an underwritten public offering for $10.75 a share. This is expected to... Read more »
Manchester, UK-based VirtenSys, which opened up U.S. headquarters in Beaverton, OR, in January, announced in a press release today that it has raised $16 million in a Series C funding round.... Read more »
Yesterday was a busy day for Razorfish chief strategy officer Jeff Lanctot. With the official announcement that French advertising firm Publicis will acquire Microsoft-owned Razorfish, Lanctot had quite a lot... Read more »
Dendreon (NASDAQ: DNDN), the Seattle-based developer of an immune-boosting drug for prostate cancer, announced today that it has leased property in Atlanta to build a second manufacturing plant for the... Read more »
