TechFlash: Amazon, Microsoft hiring 6K; T-Mobile adds 8M customers

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Amazon, Microsoft make up 8 percent of Seattle-area job openings The two companies make up nearly 8 percent of the Seattle area's more than 88,000 job openings. No longer an underdog: T-Mobile adds 8.3M subscribers in 2015 Bellevue-based T-Mobile added more than 8 million subscribers in 2015 – the second consecutive year the wireless provider has reached the milestone. This Redmond-built portable satellite is about to change the way the maritime industry communicates Satellite technology startup Kymeta will sell a "significant" volume of flat-panel antennas to Panasonic Avionics Corp. for use on ships. Former biotech industry chief Rivera takes job at clinical-stage company Chris Rivera has been named chairman, president and CEO of Nativis Inc. Washington state's life science trade group names interim CEO Pacific Northwest Diabetes Research Institute's president and CEO will step in as Life Science Washington's interim chief while he heads the search for a permanent replacement for Chris Rivera. Gov. Jay Inslee appoints Costco, Microsoft executives as UW regents Gov. Jay Inslee has appointed a former Costco executive and Microsoft director to join eight other members of the University of Washington's Board of Regents. Meet the new CEOs: Expedia's Aman Bhutani applies the 'scientific method' to management Expedia Brand Group President Aman Bhutani wants his employees to focus on data, not what the boss says. National Tech News Oculus Rift goes on pre-sale — here's how much it costs Alaska Airlines to launch demonstration flights with Gevo biofuel this year Banner year for M&A largely bypassed VC-backed businesses Cloud cost manager Cloudability buys analytics startup DataHero Bank of America courts fintech startups as banks scramble for innovation

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