June 6, 2023, 7:50am Business
ESG, or environmental, social and corporate governance criteria, has become a lightning rod for contention. The right says it’s woke hogwash, and the left says it can save the planet. But few can say what ESG has actually done. Read story
June 6, 2023, 7:50am Business
In a typical spring boost, Seattle-area home prices ticked up slightly from April to May. But compared with a year ago, home prices took another dive across the region as high mortgage rates and economic concerns continued to weigh down the market. Read story
June 6, 2023, 7:50am Business
Can you trust Erica, or Sandi or Amy to increasingly control parts of your financial life without giving you inaccurate information or sending money to the wrong place? Read story
June 6, 2023, 7:49am Business
Spotify is reducing its staff by 200 people, or about 2% of its workforce, as the company restructures its podcast division, the Swedish streaming audio giant said Monday. Read story
June 6, 2023, 7:49am Business
Journalists at two dozen local newspapers across the U.S. walked off the job Monday to demand an end to painful cost-cutting measures and a change of leadership at Gannett, the country’s biggest newspaper chain. Read story
June 6, 2023, 6:07am Business Subscriber Exclusive
As summer starts to set in, folks begin relying more and more on their air conditioners. But just a few months ago, those same folks were relying on their heaters. So much so that this winter, energy usage reached a 23-year high. Read story
June 6, 2023, 6:02am Business
You might say that Vancouver’s biggest export is labor. Although it borders on cliché, there is a grain of truth to it. Read story
June 6, 2023, 6:02am Business Updated 2 days ago
When Vancouver’s city manager began his career in Clark County in the ’90s, Portland’s bedroom community to the north was perhaps best known for its strip malls, downtown cardrooms and the abandoned Lucky Lager brewery building — aptly located across from the beer can-shaped Smith Tower. Read story