Tableau — a company of data visualization products based in Fremont — started its first day on the New York Stock Exchange with a bang. Its shares jumped more than 50 percent of its initial public offering at $31.

The Tri-Cities Tea Party said they were targeted by the IRS after applying for nonprofit status in 2010. The group eventually dropped their nonprofit application. The IRS is accused of targeting the Tea Party following the release of the inspector general's report this week. 

In a poll by Universum USA, Microsoft, Amazon and Nordstorm made the top 15 ideal employers among business students.

Tayloe Washburn, dean of Northeastern University/Seattle, predicts that "the region can be a national leader in the the area interactive video games and using games to help solve social needs and find cures for diseases." Already, nearly 100 gaming companies have set up shop in the Seattle region.

Boeing will tell IT employees Monday that it plans to eliminate another 1500 jobs in the next few months, which will be shifted to South Carolina and Missouri. One employee said the decision was based on the high cost of doing business in the Northwest. 

The Tax Foundation released a map comparing beer tax across the nation: Tennessee is the highest, but Washington is in the top ten.

In efforts to offer entrepreneurs more resources to the Seattle startup community, the City of Seattle rolls out a new initiative, from taking over Startup Seattle to partnerships with local organizations like Startup Weekend.

Signs of a bike-sharing program creep into New York City.

A new Microsoft ad in Forbes Magazine offers magazine subscribers 15 days of free wifi through a mini router and battery in the pages of the magazine itself. 

The Internet sales tax bill — called the Marketplace Fairness Act — is a rarity in Washington these days, a significant tax measure that has split antitax groups in Washington from reliably Republican Main Street businesses beyond the capital.