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 | Microsoft proclaims near equity of pay for women – but that's not the whole story Microsoft's announcement comes shortly after activist investor Arjuna Capital demanded Microsoft – along with Amazon, Expedia and other technology companies – produce a report on gender pay and takes greater steps to improve equity in the workplace. | |  | Amazon's Alexa Fund backs Wi-Fi device company Amazon has invested in Wi-Fi device maker Luma out of Amazon's Alexa Fund for voice technologies. | |  | Most South Lake Union tech workers live outside Seattle More than 53 percent of South Lake Union tech workers live outside Seattle, according to a Zillow report released this week. The most popular areas are Mercer Island, Kirkland, Redmond, Bellevue and Issaquah. When they stay in Seattle, the most top neighborhoods among South Lake Union workers include Belltown, West Seattle, Queen Anne and Capitol Hill. | |  | From food waste to fertilizer: Redmond startup attracts $12.3M Food waste machine company WISErg, which turns waste from unsold food into fertilizer, has raised $12.3 million so far in its third round of funding. | |  | Turner Construction data breach exposes hundreds in Washington to possible fraud Experts say that as the number of data breaches skyrockets, it is imperative that employers up their game in preparing against such incidents. | | | | |  | Car2Go says it's unfazed by BMW launch in Seattle Though Car2Go will compete directly with BMW's new ReachNow car service in Seattle, the Daimler-owned company said it welcomes the competition. | |  | Bothell migraine drug company to get $117M boost with stock sale Alder BioPharmaceuticals, a Bothell-based maker of anti-migraine drugs, said it will raise $117 million in a stock sale. | |  | How the e-tail evolution is playing out in Seattle Seattle had front row seats as Amazon opened and bookstores went bankrupt. Now, the online giant Amazon and other online retailers are opening their own stores as retailers across the country try to find the balance between digital and brick-and-mortar. | |  | This UW research center has gone from 3 to 1,000 workers in 9 years The University of Washington's Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation has petabytes (1,000,000 gigabytes) of data on population health. | |  | Boeing, Expedia among this year's Corporate Champions for philanthropy Each year the Puget Sound Business Journal honors companies for their philanthropy with the Healthy Community Corporate Champion Awards for all they do to help make the Puget Sound region stronger. | |  | Driven by tech, here's how many cranes poke up through Seattle's skyline Guessing the number of construction cranes towering over Seattle is popular. Now there's no guessing, thanks to this company's data. | | National Tech News Raytheon wants to be the Apple of defense contracting Peter Thiel's Valar Ventures leads $9M round for fintech startup Even Dell cybersecurity spinoff files for $181 million IPO | Companies in the News |
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