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Business & Technology http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2021021660_apuspacteratechnologyblackstone.html?syndication=rss Mon, 20 May 2013 10:24:09 PDT http://blogs.seattletimes.com/jontalton/2013/05/20/yahoos-big-tumblr-deal-a-sign-of-things-to-come/?syndication=rss Ever since the end of the recession, analysts have been predicting a revival of mergers and acquisitions. While some big deals have been consummated — American Airlines and US Airways, Amazon.com and Goodreads, and the buyouts of Dell and Heinz — predictions of a broad M&A revival in the Sound Economy with Jon Talton http://blogs.seattletimes.com/jontalton/2013/05/20/yahoos-big-tumblr-deal-a-sign-of-things-to-come/?syndication=rss Mon, 20 May 2013 10:22:14 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2021021561_apusspecialklifestyle.html?syndication=rss Special K was once just a line of cereals. Today, it's a diet food empire. Business & Technology http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2021021561_apusspecialklifestyle.html?syndication=rss Mon, 20 May 2013 10:17:08 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2021021610_kemperbellevuexml.html?syndication=rss Freeman’s Kemper Development Co. plans 2 million square feet of additional retail, office, hotel and residential space covering more than a block of prime real estate at Northeast 4th Street and Bellevue Way. Business & Technology http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2021021610_kemperbellevuexml.html?syndication=rss Mon, 20 May 2013 10:02:25 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2021021405_apuswallstreet.html?syndication=rss Small companies took the limelight Monday as the stock market extended a rally. Stock market http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2021021405_apuswallstreet.html?syndication=rss Mon, 20 May 2013 09:45:12 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2021021575_apusbuffettcartooncontest.html?syndication=rss Billionaire Warren Buffett is spending his day listening to business pitches from a select group of kids, but the ideas aren't likely to generate new acquisitions for Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway conglomerate. Business & Technology http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2021021575_apusbuffettcartooncontest.html?syndication=rss Mon, 20 May 2013 09:44:21 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2021021498_apustwittertussle.html?syndication=rss A central Idaho couple is suing the Sun Valley Co. and the Twitter Inc. social media site seeking to bar the resort from using the handle "SunValley." Business & Technology http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2021021498_apustwittertussle.html?syndication=rss Mon, 20 May 2013 09:08:55 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2021021487_apusunitedairlines787.html?syndication=rss United Airlines is getting its 787s back in the air. Business & Technology http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2021021487_apusunitedairlines787.html?syndication=rss Mon, 20 May 2013 09:13:26 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2021021350_apusseamlessgrubhub.html?syndication=rss Rival online takeout services Seamless North America and GrubHub on Monday announced plans to combine and create a new company covering more than 20,000 restaurants in 500 cities across the U.S. Business & Technology http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2021021350_apusseamlessgrubhub.html?syndication=rss Mon, 20 May 2013 08:56:18 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2021021479_apuswallstreetmidday.html?syndication=rss The stock market is edging higher in midday trading, led by small-company shares. Business & Technology http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2021021479_apuswallstreetmidday.html?syndication=rss Mon, 20 May 2013 08:56:10 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2021021424_apusinsomniadrugmerck.html?syndication=rss Federal health regulators say an experimental insomnia drug from Merck can help patients fall asleep, but it also carries worrisome side effects, including daytime drowsiness and suicidal thinking. Business & Technology http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2021021424_apusinsomniadrugmerck.html?syndication=rss Mon, 20 May 2013 08:44:08 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2021019789_apusyahootumblracquisition.html?syndication=rss Yahoo is buying online blogging forum Tumblr for $1.1 billion as CEO Marissa Mayer tries to rejuvenate an Internet icon that had fallen behind the times. Business & Technology http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2021019789_apusyahootumblracquisition.html?syndication=rss Mon, 20 May 2013 10:16:03 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2021019769_apusactaviswarnerchilcott.html?syndication=rss Actavis is buying Warner Chilcott in an all-stock deal valued at about $8.5 billion that would create the third-biggest specialty pharmaceutical company in the U.S. market. Business & Technology http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2021019769_apusactaviswarnerchilcott.html?syndication=rss Mon, 20 May 2013 10:16:03 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2021021414_apussupremecourtcelltowers.html?syndication=rss The Supreme Court has affirmed the authority of federal regulators to try to speed local government decisions on proposals to build or expand cell phone towers. Business & Technology http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2021021414_apussupremecourtcelltowers.html?syndication=rss Mon, 20 May 2013 10:01:05 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2021021324_apuswallstreetopen.html?syndication=rss Stocks are opening slightly lower on Wall Street as the stock market comes off of four straight weeks of gains. Business & Technology http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2021021324_apuswallstreetopen.html?syndication=rss Mon, 20 May 2013 09:46:07 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2021019773_apuschesapeakeceo.html?syndication=rss Chesapeake Energy has named Anadarko Petroleum executive Robert Douglas Lawler as its new CEO. Business & Technology http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2021019773_apuschesapeakeceo.html?syndication=rss Mon, 20 May 2013 08:16:03 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2021019776_apuswallstreetpremarket.html?syndication=rss U.S. stock futures are relatively flat as investors take a breather and some analysts wonder how long the bull-market run can last. Business & Technology http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2021019776_apuswallstreetpremarket.html?syndication=rss Mon, 20 May 2013 09:31:05 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2021019476_apusbusinesseconomistssurvey.html?syndication=rss Consumer spending is likely to pick up this year, while government spending declines at a faster rate, according to a survey of business economists. Business & Technology http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2021019476_apusbusinesseconomistssurvey.html?syndication=rss Mon, 20 May 2013 06:46:07 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2021019718_apeuirelandearnsryanair.html?syndication=rss Ryanair reported record profits Monday as Europe's largest budget airline relentlessly expanded its route network across the continent and into North Africa. Business & Technology http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2021019718_apeuirelandearnsryanair.html?syndication=rss Mon, 20 May 2013 04:46:07 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2021019557_chinahackingxml.html?syndication=rss Hackers working for a cyberunit of China’s People’s Liberation Army appear to have resumed their attacks using different techniques, computer-security experts and U.S. officials say. Business & Technology http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2021019557_chinahackingxml.html?syndication=rss Mon, 20 May 2013 07:29:31 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2021019526_yahootumblerxml.html?syndication=rss Yahoo’s board Sunday approved the cash purchase of the blogging service, people with direct knowledge of the deal said. The announcement could come Monday. Business & Technology http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2021019526_yahootumblerxml.html?syndication=rss Mon, 20 May 2013 06:50:51 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2021016884_apusjamiedimonunderpressure.html?syndication=rss Jamie Dimon, chairman and CEO of the country's biggest bank, faces a key test this week: His shareholders are voting on whether to let him keep both jobs. Business & Technology http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2021016884_apusjamiedimonunderpressure.html?syndication=rss Sun, 19 May 2013 22:46:05 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2021013935_deafreviewxml.html?syndication=rss Frustrated with poor customer service, a Seattle woman who is deaf founded deafReview, a Yelp-like review site for deaf, blind and hard-of-hearing individuals to rate businesses. Business & Technology http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2021013935_deafreviewxml.html?syndication=rss Mon, 20 May 2013 09:16:04 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2021008658_briercolumn20xml.html?syndication=rss Business & Technology http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2021008658_briercolumn20xml.html?syndication=rss Sun, 19 May 2013 22:01:06 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2021013985_inpersonpowelljobsxml.html?syndication=rss Laurene Powell Jobs, the widow of Steve Jobs, has always been private and publicity-averse. But now she is tiptoeing into the public sphere, pushing her agenda in education as well as global conservation, nutrition and immigration policy. Business & Technology http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2021013985_inpersonpowelljobsxml.html?syndication=rss Mon, 20 May 2013 09:16:05 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2021007957_bizmove20xml.html?syndication=rss Business & Technology http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2021007957_bizmove20xml.html?syndication=rss Mon, 20 May 2013 06:43:45 PDT