Carolyn Adolph
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Business
Amazon holds an annual meeting. Outside, a shit show
Inside the meeting shareholders brought a raft of concerns to chief executive Jeff Bezos, including 11 resolutions that failed. Many of those resolutions asked for greater corporate citizenship from the tech giant.
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Business
Latest Nordstrom report shows retailer is struggling
Nordstrom has been Seattle's flagship retailer for decades. But the latest earnings report shows the company is struggling.
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Politics
FAA chief: Pilots should have been told about automated system on 737 Max
A U.S. House committee grilled air regulators about Boeing's 737 MAX today. They asked why pilots were not told about the automated system MCAS from the very beginning.
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Politics
Tech's new home? Thousands of housing units to go up in a Bellevue neighborhood you've never heard of
Job growth is moving to Bellevue. Amazon is building a campus there. Facebook is building out nearby. So where will people live? Wilburton, perhaps.
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Politics
Seattle workers pension plan is short by $1.2 billion
Seattle’s auditor says the city's employee pension plan is underfunded, by $1.2 billion dollars.
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Business
Old 737 switch could have saved Ethiopian flight, engineer says
A former Boeing engineer says the company changed the wiring of two cutoff switches inside the MAX. Peter Lemme says that decision took an option away from the pilots fighting to save one of the planes.
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Business
Either Amazon or Microsoft will win coveted JEDI contract
Two contenders are fighting for the future of the JEDI — not Star Wars, but a multi-billion dollar defense contract.
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Business
Boeing says no flaws in 737 Max. Former engineer points to several
Boeing continues to maintain there was no flaw in the design of the 737 MAX. But a former Boeing engineer is meeting with federal investigators this week. He says he can point to several flaws in the automated system known as MCAS.
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Business
Boeing prepares for lawsuits
Boeing says the company’s general counsel J Michael Luttig will now exclusively manage legal issues related to the 737 MAX.
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Business
Boeing shareholders grill CEO on safety standards
Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg faced shareholders and reporters for the first time since the crashes of two planes. He said many times that the company does not admit to errors in the design and certification of the 737 MAX.