Jul 31, 1997

PC Fixx

PC Fixx, a computer repair company, plans to launch a new computer repair depot concept August 4 at Two Union Square in downtown Seattle. The depot will provide computer hardware upgrades and repair, software solutions, and network maintenance and administration to the small office and home office market. With the new PC Fixx executive management team consisting of John Matlick, Colin Wallace, and Scott Owen, and new Board of Directors John Nordstrom and David Wyman, the management team is focusing on the core business of providing one stop solutions through local depot repair centers. Over the next three months, repair depots will open in Bellevue, Kent and Lynnwood. Long term, PC Fixx plans to launch its national service network developed by building a franchise model locally and then duplicating the model nationally.

Marketwave

Marketwave L.L.C, a Seattle-based developer of web traffic and visitor usage analysis software, announced a two-phase agreement with Focalink Communications, a Palo Alto, California-based provider of online tools for media planning. Duirng phase one, the two companies will jointly promote Marketwave's Hit List family of products and Focalink's MarketMatch media planning tool through co-marketing and co-promotion efforts. In the second phase, Marketwave and Focalink will develop a plug-in for sending information from Hit List to MarketMatch. The plug-in will provide web publishers with an automated way to upload web traffic and visitor usage data into the MarketMatch media planning tool. This aggreement means Hit List will help web publishers understand how visitors are using their site and be able to upload information to MarketMatch and provide a more detailed, real-time picture of their audience to advertisers.

Jul 30, 1997

International Telecom

International Telecom Ltd. of Seattle, a privately-held company servicing over 130,000 customers in 225 countries through a network of digital switches and leased U.S. fiber-optic lines, announced the addtion of Arnold J. Candray to its international executive team. Candray is vice president of Affiliate Acquisitions and brings international experience in the field of re-origination industry, academia and military.

Jul 29, 1997

Corixa

Corixa Corporation, Seattle, has filed a Registration Statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission for an initial public offering of 2,750,000 shares of common stock. All shares are being sold by the company. The initial public offering price is currently anticipated to be between $12 and $14 per share. Corixa is a development stage biotechnology company founded in September 1994, focused on proprietary vaccine products for treatment and prevention of certain cancers and infectious diseases.

Cell Therapeutics

Cell Therapeutics, Inc., a Northwest pharmaceutical company developing drugs to aid in cancer treatment, announced it will host a technical recruiting open house on Saturday, Aug. 2, at the company's headquarters, 201 Elliott Ave. W. in Seattle. The company, which began the year with 100 employees, now has 140 employees, and is looking to fill 40 more positions to support its continuing growth. Registration begins at 11 a.m., followed by presentations from company executives. Each attendee will be given a personal interview. Information about the event is available by calling cti at 206-282-7100, extension 8585., or via the company's website.

Clinton, Gore briefed on global warming

PORTLAND -- An Oregon State University marine ecologist briefed President Clinton last Thursday on the steps that need to be taken quickly to reduce the potentially catastrophic effects of global warming. Jane Lubchenco took Clinton and Vice President Al Gore on what she called a "virtual field trip" to ecosystems throughout the United States to emphasize what a warmer climate would mean in the next few decades. She said all of Vermont's colorful sugar maple trees would be gone, one-third of Florida's Everglades would be lost, and all of Glacier National Park's glaciers would vanish by 2030 if warming occurs as projected by computer models. Lubchenco and six other prominent scientists met at the White House with Clinton and Gore as they prepare for a national conference on global warming in October in Washington, D.C., and a December climate summit conference in Kyoto, Japan, at which participating nations will agree on steps to limit greenhouse gas emissions.

Jul 28, 1997

Index Sensors & Controls

Index Sensors & Controls, a Redmond-based supplier of high-tech components to trucking manufacturers, announced the promotion of Stephen J. Goldberg to president. Goldberg joined Index in 1995 as director of finance and marketing.

Jul 23, 1997

JPC

Charlotte Patterson has been promoted to associate at JPC, Inc. Architecture of Redmond. Most recently, she was project manager for Boeing Business Jets Flight Center at Boeing Field. She was also the project manager for the AT&T Wireless Services Corporate Campus in Redmond and AT&T retail customer service centers. John Swolgaard has joined JPC as a project manager with 26 years of experience in energy efficient design, zoning laws and building codes. He has managed a wide range of projects, including the U.S. Bank Centre, Harbor Steps and Nordstrom in Seattle and Anchorage.

VersusLaw

VersusLaw, Inc. of Redmond, a legal research resource, has expanded court coverage for the U.S. Supreme Court and for 20 of the 50 states on the V. internet law library site (http://www.versuslaw.com). Opinions for the U.S. Supreme Court now go back to 1900 and opinions in the "expanded" states now go back as far as 1930. This is the first installment in an expansion that is scheduled for completion by the end of summer.