Thursday, July 9, 2009 - Page updated at 03:56 p.m.

Median pay for the CEOs of publicly traded companies in the Northwest dropped 6 percent to $1.18 million, reversing several straight years of steep increases.

Database: Search the CEO-pay database

The five top-paid Northwest CEOs

Q&A about CEO compensation

| Talton: Outrage over CEO pay is so last quarter

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Gates, Schmidt share laugh over operating system

Google Chairman and CEO Eric Schmidt, left, jokes with Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates today at the annual Allen & Co media summit in Sun Valley, Idaho. At right is Nathan Myhrvold, formerly Chief Technology Officer at Microsoft and co-founder of Intellectual Ventures.

Latest AP Business news

Updated at 03:41 p.m.

Sunoco places 4 on leave after investigation

Tidewater board OKs stock buyback up to $200M

Sunoco puts 4 workers on leave after investigation

Healthcare Realty Trust joins S&P SmallCap 600

Chevron says oil prices helped 2Q earns v. 1Q

Calif. fiscal experts see late August as deadline

Furloughs to close Calif. offices starting Friday

Chevron says oil prices helped 2Q earns v. 1Q

The Dow Jones industrials' moves since Lehman fall

How the major stock indexes fared on Thursday

Seattle-area homebuilder losing projects to foreclosure

Conner Homes of Bellevue has lost one new housing development to foreclosure, and is close to losing another property. Other King County developers may be in trouble as well.

Microsoft names Sinofsky to head Windows

Top players in the Windows division (PDF)

Costco, Nordstrom, other retailers report weak June sales

UPDATE - 03:02 PM

New General Motors about to roll off assembly line

UPDATE - 01:25 PM

Jobless claims indicate economy remains weak

Talton | Nine years of jobs wiped out by the great recession ... and counting

UPDATE - 01:56 PM

Sprint Nextel signs networking deal with Ericsson

UPDATE - 03:06 PM

Gains in financials, technology stocks lift market

Oil dips below $60 with consumers scaling back

UPDATE - 02:02 PM

NY official: Tagged site stole identities

UPDATE - 02:09 PM

Madoff won't appeal 150-year sentence

For lease: Office with river views, Madoff stigma

UPDATE - 02:52 PM

Official says 7 South Korean Web sites attacked

Eddie Bauer gets bankruptcy court OK to borrow $100M

UPDATE - 02:37 PM

Americans favor science, but less than before

Dole sues `Bananas!' filmmaker, alleges defamation

UPDATE - 12:25 PM

Local Smith & Hawken garden stores to close

UPDATE - 02:52 PM

FDA: Tollhouse cookie E. coli didn't cause illnesses

May wholesale inventories fall, 9th straight drop

Ticketmaster, Priceline.com form partnership

Analysis | Don't expect too much from 2nd quarter earnings

2Q earnings per share for S&P 500 industries (PDF)

Local group launches investigative journalism Web site

Special section: Northwest's top companies

Our 18th annual analysis of the Northwest's best performers produced two firsts: Only 87 companies qualified for ranking, and we had our first three-time winner.

Database: Stats for top NW companies

Flir comes in at No. 1

Q&A about this year's rankings

Photo gallery

Layoff Ledger

Layoffs of 20 employees or more at companies in Washington.
To see all layoffs by company go to the database; or send a tip about layoff news.

Boeing warning 250 workers of potential layoffs

WSU announces layoffs, program cuts

AP business & technology wire

Sunoco places 4 on leave after investigation

Tidewater board OKs stock buyback up to $200M

Sunoco puts 4 workers on leave after investigation

Recent stories

Wednesday, July 8

Key lawmakers warn of Boeing no-strike ultimatum

Google is developing PC operating system

Pickens' wind dies down

Online radio stations reach royalty accord

Telecom deals under scrutiny

Blogs

Coffee City

NEW - 7/09, 03:02 PM
Verite Coffee & Cupcake Royale opens July 22 on Capitol Hill

Brier Dudley's Blog

NEW - 7/09, 02:33 PM
Seattle 2.0 launches video channel, in time to get "Naked"

Microsoft Pri0

NEW - 7/09, 11:13 AM
Lunch break: New movie trailer for Microsoft's Office 2010

Sound Economy with Jon Talton

NEW - 7/09, 10:11 AM
Nine years of jobs wiped out by the great recession...and counting

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PR Newswire
PR report listings for Washington and Oregon, organized by state, subject or industry.

Weekly interest and loan rates

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Video

Gen. David Petraeus: Iraq and Afghanistan Wars
Watch highlights of General David Petraeus discussing the Iraq and Afghanistan War at the Global Leadership Series sponsored by the World Affairs Council.