REDMOND -- Microsoft thinks it has the one.The company unveiled the Xbox One, an entertainment console that promises to be the one system households will need for games,...

TAMPA, Fla. -- Shareholders of JPMorgan Chase voted Tuesday to let Jamie Dimon keep both the chairman and CEO roles, but they signaled that the bank needed better oversight, giving only narrow...

WASHINGTON - Apple Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook Tuesday defended his company's use of offshore tax shelters before U.S. senators who castigated the most-valuable technology company for avoiding...

OVERLAND PARK, Kan. -- Sprint Nextel Corp. is offering 14 percent more than before for the stake in wireless data network operator Clearwire Corp. it does not already own, but a large shareholder...

United Airlines is getting its 787s back in the air, beginning Monday with Flight 1 from Houston to Chicago.

WILMINGTON, Del. -- A judge in Delaware ordered attorneys for Wal-Mart Stores Inc. to turn over more information to shareholders seeking records on how the company responded to allegations of bribery...

EVERETT -- Bottles of hot sauce sit on shelves inside Rick Cooper's office at The Everett Clinic.The glass bottles with his...

JUNEAU, Alaska -- Alaska has unveiled a plan to determine the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge's oil and gas potential, as the state looks to reinvigorate the debate over whether to drill on the...

Tristan Klesick, owner of the Klesick Family Farm in Stanwood, didn't just stumble on a great idea for a business.Everything he learned in his life, including jobs seemingly...

Snohomish County people and businesses in the news

Starting a small business is risky. According to the U.S. Small Business Administration, approximately 50 percent of new businesses last five years or more, and only about 33 percent last...

WASHINGTON -- Americans' confidence in the economy climbed in May to the highest level in almost six years as rising real estate values and record stock prices boosted household wealth.

WASHINGTON -- Solid hiring helped lower unemployment rates in 40 U.S. states last month, the most since November. The declines show the job market is improving throughout most of the...

What do the Chevrolet Cruze, Jeep Grand Cherokee and Mazda6 have in common? Generally, not much.

Leave it to the IRS to get our attention. Despite the deaths and dissembling in the Benghazi tragedy its remote location has kept it distant in the public mind. The recent IRS...

The 787 and 777 jet programs are helping distance Boeing from rival Airbus, the company's chief...

EVERETT — Peoples Bank opened its downtown Everett Financial Center May 20 at 2733 Colby Ave.The bank's newest office is a full-service branch with personal and business...

MILL CREEK — H.M. Jackson High School DECA chapter members earned the organization's highest honors at DECA's 67th annual International Career Development Conference in Anaheim,...

The remedy for overindulging is to swig the same stuff (the next morning) that made you feel rotten to begin with — most commonly referred to as "hair of the dog." Does anybody...