Small firms cutting back on health plans

Businesses already strapped by the economy are ending or scaling back health insurance plans to save money.

The Donald rolls out new vitamin business

It's like “The Apprentice” meets Amway.

Recession's rough on retail but here's one green shoot: Healeo

By JON SILVER

First-time business owner Justin Brotman can tell you the precise date and time he opened his nutrition store and juice bar, Healeo, on Capitol Hill: May 15, 2009, 4:06 p.m.

Safety rope saves window washer

The Seattle Fire Department says a safety rope helped save the life a window-washer who fell eight stories from a downtown building.

General Growth, lenders agree to rework mall debt

The agreements cover $8.9 billion in loans on more than 70 malls.

$3.3B stock offering to jump-start Macau casinos

About $500 million will be used to restart construction of several casinos and hotels that were put on hold due to funding.

Bellevue buildings sold for $32M

KBS Realty Advisors has purchased the seven building, approximately 240,000-square-foot Ridgewood Corporate Square in Bellevue on behalf of an entity it advises, a real estate source said.

State revenue drops another $760M

Washington's state checkbook has lost another $760 million, pushing the state's budget deficit past $2 billion through mid-2011.

Police investigating Boeing plant death

A Kent Fire Department spokesman says Kent police and Boeing officials are investigating the death of a man at the Boeing plant.

AGC staffer Earl Bell dies

Earl Bell, who served three decades with the Associated General Contractors, died earlier this month from cancer.

Economic data pummels stocks

Signs of a subdued economic recovery sent investors out of stocks Thursday and in search of safer assets like the dollar.

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