Seattle's publicly traded big businesses have only eight more days to announce their second-quarter results by the SEC-mandated August 14 deadline. Already, it seems that the Puget Sound Business Journal has nearly used up an entire thesaurus-worth of words that can describe losing a ridiculous amount of money. So far, we've heard: Jones Soda loses $2 million, Costco July sales fall, ZymoGenetics loses $27M in Q2, Nordstrom's July sales slid and Radio, TV ad dips hurt Fisher in Q2. Well, here's to hoping for better third-quarter results and positive, uplifting descriptors. more ›

Amazon buys Zappos, the online shoe store. Amazon already runs high-end shoes and accessories site Endless.com. Zymogenetics stock is up with promising new lupus treatment. more ›