As more educated, foreign-born entrepreneurs face stumbling blocks with the U.S. immigration system, Canada launches its new startup visa, providing immediate permanent residency in Canada.

A Senate investigation said yesterday that Apple, "used a 'complex web' of offshore entities" to avoid taxes. From 2009 to 2012, the tech company moved subsidiaries to Ireland and avoided taxes on $74 billion in profits. 

Up until recently, advertising and paid content was nonexistent on the free site which hosts more than 100 million blogs. In 2012 their paid content revenue was $13 million. So why did Yahoo fork over so much cash for the site? Its user population is mainly 18 - 24-year-olds, who are an important demographic for advertisers. 

Principled liberals and conservatives should both demand that any immigration reform proposal also include a sharp rise in the federal minimum wage.

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.