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Dendreon, the Seattle-based cancer drug developer, may open a new manufacturing plant in Georgia, according to a report in the Atlanta Business Chronicle. Dendreon’s product, a new drug to treat prostate cancer, is... Read more »
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Microsoft and Yahoo, after complicated negotiations and a few false starts, may be very close to announcing a deal wherein Redmond, WA-based Microsoft will take over the search advertising business run by Sunnyvale,... Read more »
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Blue Marble Energy announced today that it had reached its Series A financing goal. The Seattle-based company is developing ways of turning organic material like algae and human waste into useful chemicals... Read more »
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Raising money and making deals were the trends of our life sciences stories this past week. And sometimes more than just business executives benefit.
—Greg reported that University of Washington spinoff... Read more »
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RealGames, a developer of downloadable games and a division of Seattle-based RealNetworks, has made a deal with social entertainment website hi5, according to a press release. San Francisco-based hi5 now has a downloadable games... Read more »
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The monthly startup index created by Seattle 2.0 went up today with the highest number of new startups, 23, since March. Zillow and Pet Holdings maintain their traffic lead from last... Read more »
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Taking a sip from a kitchen faucet rarely causes someone’s heart to pound or adrenaline to flow, but for millions around the world, drinking the local water is just another version of Russian... Read more »
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Arzeda, an artificial enzyme developer based in Seattle announced today that it is working with Des Moines, IA-based DuPont to create new crop seeds incorporating Arzeda’s enzymes. The enzymes will ideally... Read more »
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Kryptiq, a Portland, OR-based developer of healthcare software announced today that NASA’s space medicine division will begin using Kryptiq’s Connect IQ software for sharing health data. Financial details of the deal were... Read more »
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PopCap Games today announced the launch of a new, social media aspect to its popular action/puzzle game Zuma. Zuma Web Connect allows users to not only play the game but to compare... Read more »
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Every new technology brings new options and opportunities for people to learn, explore, and of course, sell to each other. Internet video has proven no exception. Companies today can whip up... Read more »
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Seattle-based Internet retailer Amazon today announced the launch of a new website focused on selling mobile phones and phone plans. AmazonWireless is limited to AT&T and Verizon plans but will expand as... Read more »
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Amazon’s e-book reader, the Kindle, dropped $60 in price today from $359 to $299, only five months after the February debut of the second generation reader.
The price change comes... Read more »
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Nuclear waste dumps require careful handling. To avoid incidences of nuclear material leaking into the surrounding soil and water, the Department of Energy must monitor the 80 sites in the U.S. regularly... Read more »
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Cozi, a free online family organizing and planning application, is partnering with Nestlé to launch their service on Nestlé’s website according to an announcement made today. Financial details were not released. The... Read more »
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Earth Class Mail, a Seattle-based company that delivers physical mail digitally announced today that it is working with Kansas City, MO-based Perfect Output to create a combined document and mail-processing service. Financial details were... Read more »
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SAIC, the San Diego government contractor also known as Science Applications International Corp., has acquired R.W. Beck, a Seattle-based engineering consulting firm, according to an announcement made today by SAIC (NYSE: SAI... Read more »
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Taxes aren’t fun for anyone, but recent events have put online retail leviathan Amazon.com in a “Boston Tea Party” mood. In the digital age, what does “physical presence,” the usual definition... Read more »
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Roger Krakoff, a five-year venture partner at Boston-based Sigma Partners, has left the firm to form his own fund, according to a report on Dow Jones VentureWire. After planning the new firm... Read more »
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Twing? Beet? There may have to be a new word for the sound of Twitter results showing up on Microsoft’s new search engine, Bing. Launched just last month, Bing has begun indexing... Read more »
