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Q&A with Alan R. Mullaly: Leading Boeing to Record Sales Written On: April 2006 Alan R. Mullaly is executive vice president of the Boeing Company, and president and chief executive officer of Boeing Commercial Airplanes. Read more... Pushing Biodiesel by Legislative Fiat Written On: April 2006 Written By: by Daniel Brunell Among the hot topics debated in Olympia this session were the alternative energy bills. Read more... Profile - Fred Stabbert: Retiring, but far from Retired Written On: April 2006 Written By: by Charles Henry Thomas Watching Fred Stabbert develop and implement a business strategy is like looking over Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf's shoulder when he prepared and executed the battle plan for Desert Storm in 1991. Read more... President's Message: Learning from the French Written On: April 2006 Written By: by Don C. Brunell - AWB President France is a caldron of civil unrest that is unlikely to cool off soon. Read more... Policy: Heat Stress in Washington? Written On: April 2006 Written By: by Grant Nelson - AWB Governmental Affairs Director In December, before the legislative session, the business community received an early Christmas present from the Washington Department of Labor & Industries — a pre-proposed emergency rule on "heat stress." Read more... Points of View: I-937 Moves Us Toward More Renewable Power Written On: April 2006 Written By: by Chris Taylor Initiative 937 will direct Washington's largest electric utilities to increase the amount of reasonably priced, new renewable energy such as wind, biomass and solar to 15 percent of their overall energy mix by 2020. Read more... Points of View: Don't Dictate Our Utilities' Generation Choices Written On: April 2006 Written By: by Michael B. Early Initiative 937 mandates that a utility purchase 15 percent of its resources from renewable sources by 2020 or pay a penalty of $50 per mega watt hour. Read more... Nuclear Power on the Rebound Written On: April 2006 Written By: by Paul Schlienz Twenty-five years ago, nuclear power's future looked grim. Read more... Member Profile: Microsoft Charges Ahead Written On: April 2006 Written By: by Ron Dalby Most of us have probably gotten used to the big, ostensibly routine pronouncements from Redmond that Microsoft seems to make on an almost weekly basis. Read more... Made in Washington: Wilbert Precast Written On: April 2006 Written By: by Daniel Brunell Some of the greatest business opportunities are the ones we don't normally think about. Read more... JobMakers.com Releases Legislator Scores for 2006 Written On: April 2006 Written By: by Alexis Nepomuceno It's a sad state of affairs when job providers in Washington must celebrate "not getting burned too badly" by state lawmakers in a legislative session. Read more... Inside Washington: News Briefs Written On: April 2006 Get an update on developments across the state that can affect your business Read more... Industry Profile: Skiing Industry On Top of the World Written On: April 2006 Written By: by Daniel Brunell The 2004-2005 ski season went down in the record books as a catastrophe. Read more... Dick Davis Column: Mixing Markets and Mandates Makes for Renewable Energy Morass Written On: April 2006 Written By: By Richard S. Davis - President, Washington Research Council Energy policy in Washington has begun to take on some unpleasant "eat your spinach" qualities. Read more... Community Profile: Big Changes in Winlock Written On: April 2006 Written By: by Shawn Sullivan Small Community's Economic Base Moves from Farming to Manufacturing Read more... Coal Written On: April 2006 Written By: by Serena Howarth and Charles Henry Thomas "Can't Get No Respect" Read more... Chair's Corner: Washington Set Up for Another Perfect Electrical Storm Written On: April 2006 Written By: by Creigh H. Agnew - Chair, Board of Directors In 2000, the West Coast faced an unprecedented energy crisis. Read more... Displaying results  1 to 18 of 18

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