Economists predict a return to growth, but many challenges lie ahead, including the rebuilding of war-torn cities and labor shortages.

Global payments firms are spending billions of dollars on fintechs around the continent as e-commerce growth picks up.

Seattle-based Convoy, once valued at $3.8 billion, has gone through four rounds of layoffs since June of last year.

Mandy Ho will work with ultra-high net worth clients in her role with The Matthews Group at UBS, which has 19 employees.

Amazon says it’s on track to meet its commitment to buy 100,000 delivery vehicles from EV maker Rivian by 2030. Hundreds are already on the road in the Seattle area.

The fast-moving events highlighted the difficulty of covering the war between Israel and Hamas.

Rite Aid’s real estate adviser says it will market additional leases, with the total number depending on the outcome of negotiations.

Outgoing CEO Craig Jelinek has led Issaquah-based Costco since 2012. The company has named a replacement.

The city approved permits for Google to conduct demolition work on the exterior and atrium of the Thompson Center as part of the tech giant’s larger efforts to remake the building into its Chicago headquarters. 
Google will remove the metal and glass skin on the 17-story building at 100 West Randolph St. and on its atrium, per information in permits issued Friday by the Chicago Department of Buildings and as first reported by the Chicago Sun-Times.
The estimated cost of the project is $6M, per the permit documents. 
The demolition wasn’t completely unexpected, the Sun-Times reported. Previous renderings showed prospective views of the renovated edifice with new exterior and interior glazing that…

Fifteen hospital system executives in Washington state earned salaries of greater than $1.5 million in 2022, per data from state and federal filings.