From affluent shoppers at Saks to bargain-hunters at Target, from Home Depot to office-supplier Staples, consumers are pulling back, and that's hurting retailers and raising more concerns about how they'll do the rest of the year. .[...]

Unlike independents going up against a big retailer like Wal-Mart, other coffeehouses often thrive when Starbucks is nearby. While they respect much of what Starbucks has done — notably, opening more than 11,000 stores nationwide that bring espresso and lattes to the masses — they have learned not to fear [...]

An oil terminal and pipeline network expected to be built off the Texas Gulf Coast and open in about two years would be capable of handling[...]

Qwest Communications International, the third-largest U.S. local phone company, agreed to increase wages 9 percent over three years as[...]

Federal regulators say Tropical Storm Fay has not caused any production shutdowns of oil and natural gas drilling in the Gulf Mexico.[...]

Upscale retailer Gucci plans to open a store in the downtown Seattle location where women's clothier Escada used to be, putting it near[...]

Video-game publisher Electronic Arts may be retracting its hostile bid for smaller rival Take-Two Interactive Software, but a deal [...]

For all the features it contains and all the personal computers it populates, Windows Vista may go down in Microsoft history as the operating[...]

A frequent Silicon Valley ritual is the moneymaking gathering known as the technology conference, where investors, entrepreneurs and industry[...]

Tinker Bell is being recast by Walt Disney Co. in the hope of launching a new billion-dollar Fairies franchise aimed at young girls.[...]

Investors have gotten restless with activist fund manager Ralph Whitworth as his firm's losses on Home Depot and Sprint Nextel dragged down returns for the past year.[...]

On Thursday an odd local ritual returns when Boeing and Machinists union officials lock themselves in a SeaTac hotel for 10 long days and nights to negotiate the terms of a new contract.[...]

The labor contract with the largest union at Qwest Communications International expires today.[...]

currently use Hotmail, and I am aware of some of the shortcomings of the free service. Since Comcast is my Internet provider, I have access to its e-mail if I choose to use it. If I used Comcast, would I be able to store messages locally?[...]

With the price of oil still above $100 a barrel, everything from wood chips to chicken fat is being scrutinized as an alternative to traditional fuel. But when it comes to airplanes, finding the right mix poses a special challenge.[...]

Bellevue Square is getting a couple of retailers new to the Seattle area. Free People, a women's clothing brand owned by Urban Outfitters[...]

Wall Street ended a volatile week with a mixed showing today as worries about credit markets and the economy tempered investors' upbeat[...]

Upscale department store chain Nordstrom reported today a 21 percent drop in second-quarter profit and cut its full-year forecast as its[...]

Netflix said today that major technical problems over the past three days have severely limited the number of DVDs it could send out. The unspecified problems affected[...]

For two decades, Robert Kearns waged an obsessive crusade against the auto industry, which he accused of stealing his invention. It destroyed his marriage, brought on a mental breakdown and may have cost him millions.[...]

American Airlines said today that it will take delivery of another six Boeing 737-800s in 2010, in an effort to speed up the replacement[...]

Boeing signaled Tuesday that it will remain for now in the competition for a disputed $40 billion Air Force tanker contract, saying talks with the Pentagon were the start of a "continuing dialogue" over the latest round of bidding on the aerial refueling plane.[...]

An East Coast investment firm is betting on University of Washington technology to create fast-growing strains of algae, an organism that[...]

More than a year after Bill Gates demonstrated Microsoft's hot new toy — a touch-controlled tabletop computer called Surface [...]

A flood-damaged Tyson Foods Inc. plant has reopened in Wisconsin but the meat maker is cutting more than 200 jobs there due to damaged equipment.[...]