Saturday, July 19, 2008 - Page updated at 07:00 p.m.

Tech Tracks Blog is now Microsoft Pri0
Maybe you've noticed that recent coverage on Tech Tracks has emphasized Microsoft. We're formalizing the Microsoft focus with a new name: Microsoft Pri0. That's Microspeak for top priority, and that's the news and observations you'll find from Seattle Times technology reporter Benjamin J. Romano. This week, he will bring you the latest on the video game industry live from the E3 Media and Business Summit in L.A.
Former Microsoft manager gets 22-month sentence in embezzlement
Carolyn M. Gudmundson, the former Microsoft employee who pleaded guilty in January to embezzling about $1 million, was sentenced in federal court Friday to 22 months in prison.
Move aside, 3G | Practical Mac
Impressive week ends mixed | Markets
HaloSource raises $11.5M to expand | Business Digest

Bill Gates: His Legacy, His Future
Bill Gates, who last week ended his full-time involvement with Microsoft, was often right. He made a career, a company and an industry by looking over the horizon.
Bellevue couple seek financial advice as retirement looms

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CEO pay
A look at the Northwest's top CEOs.
Overall pay perks up
Pay for NW CEOs shot up in 2007
Pay for the region's top CEOs shot up last year, despite a turbulent stock market and concerns about a U.S. recession.
Friday, July 18
Microsoft trims profit outlook
Airbus tallies big sales but faces trouble at home | Farnborough Air Show
Google's 2Q earnings disappoint
Oil drop real or just a swoon?
Starbucks makes it official: Washington losing 19 stores
Cell Therapeutics warns cash is running low
Stocks close out week with mixed performance
Citigroup posts $2.5B loss, but beats expectations
Tomato scare ending; fears linger for many people
Cutter & Buck tries again with organic cotton line | Retail Report
FDA declares it's OK to eat tomatoes again
Starbucks closing 16 more stores than expected
2 University District churches seek rezone for taller buildings
Japanese shares fall on US worries
Tiny bug threatens California citrus industry
Spokane-based Potlatch to spin off tissue, paperboard | Business Digest
Stocks up on falling energy prices | Markets
PR report listings for Washington and Oregon, organized by state, subject or industry.
Weekly interest and loan rates
Coming up in business
Events calendar

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Microsoft earnings tidbits: Danger costs, plus MSFT's mortgage issue
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Former Microsoft employee gets 22 months for fraud scheme
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U.S. search market share trend reversed in June: Google down, Microsoft and Yahoo up
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Real-estate lending: What's the attraction of an ARM again?
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Unsuccessful house seller considers trading homes instead
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Why didn't PMI save lenders?
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Hundreds of baby penguins found dead in Brazil
Tomato growers: Salmonella scare damages industry
Bush: Congress could take steps to ease gas prices
PR report listings for Washington and Oregon, organized by state, subject or industry.
Weekly interest and loan rates
Coming up in business
Events calendar
- Starbucks makes it official: Washington losing 19 stores
- More spikes found in Green Lake
- Tyrone Willingham's job status could be giving UW recruits reason to stall
- Did Air Force divert terror funds to buy posh seats?
- $89k potty stirs flush of shame | Nicole Brodeur
- Rookie LaHair gets to fill Sexson's shoes with Mariners
- Starbucks identifies 600 U.S. stores it's closing
- Suspect arrested in fatal Federal Way shooting
- 2 more sharp spikes found in Green Lake
- Sound Transit light-rail proposal may make fall ballot
- Snow still covers hiking trails in Cascades, Olympics
- The next big Think: Electric car from Norway could be coming to U.S
- Tiny Bistro Turkuaz brings elegance to Turkish home cooking | Restaurant Review
- UW wants to double enrollment at Tacoma, Bothell branches
- More spikes found in Green Lake
- Sharpened spikes at Green Lake
- Did Air Force divert terror funds to buy posh seats?
- Tim Gabutero, raised in Seattle projects, became Pac-10 basketball official | Obituary
- $89k potty stirs flush of shame | Nicole Brodeur
- Tyrone Willingham's job status could be giving UW recruits reason to stall









