Latest Press Release on Seattle

National Association of Realtors® Selects DocuSign as the Official and Exclusive Provider of ESIGN Services for NAR’s 1.2 Million Members, Under the REALTOR Benefits® Program
SEATTLE - DocuSign®, the leading provider of on-demand electronic signature solutions, announced a broad business and technology partnership with the National Association of Realtors® (NAR), America’s largest trade organization. NAR has selected DocuSign a

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Holland America Line Wins Nine Porthole Readers' Choice Awards
SEATTLE, Nov. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Among the nine 2009 Readers' Choice Awards that Holland America Line has received from Porthole Cruise Magazine are five that recognize the line's varied and port-intensive cruise itineraries. Readers of Porthole conferred awards for Best Centra...

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Innovative Adventure Club for Singles Opens in Santa Clara
SANTA CLARA, CA -- 11/19/09 -- Santa Clara singles now have the opportunity to share in the fun that their counterparts in other cities such as Dallas, Houston, Phoenix, Seattle, Vancouver and Minneapolis have enjoyed for years. Events and Adventur..

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Former World Vision Sponsored Child Named CNN Hero of the Year
SEATTLE, Nov. 23 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Efren Penaflorida, a schoolteacher from Cavite, Philippines, has won this year's CNN Hero of the Year Award. Penaflorida received the honor for his inspiring commitment to help educate street children with his Kariton Klasrum (Class...

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Fitch Affirms Port of Seattle, King County, WA's $378.1MM LTGOs at 'AA+'
NEW YORK - Fitch Ratings assigns an 'AA+' rating to Port of Seattle, WA's (the port) $378.1 million limited tax general obligation bonds (LTGO), consisting of: --$87.9 million series 2000; --$228.6 million series 2004; --$61.6 mil

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CircleSMS Launch Announcement
SEATTLE, Nov. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- CloudFish Inc., a Seattle-based software firm, announces the release of CircleSMS, an application for iPhone and iPod Touch. CircleSMS allows users to send unlimited text messages to virtually any phone, new or old, for a single payment of one dollar.

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Hydrogen Unveils New Ads for Solar-Simulation Products from Agilent’s Electronic Measurement Group
SEATTLE - Development of sophisticated green technologies requires advanced testing products, such as those from Agilent’s Electronic Measurement Group. New print and banner ads from Hydrogen Advertising communicate to engineers that Agilent offers solutions capable of delivering real-

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Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Commits $335 Million to Promote Effective Teaching and Raise Student Achievement
Foundation Approves $290 Million in Grants to Support Intensive Partnerships for Effective Teaching; Also Announces $45 Million for Measures of Effective Teaching Research Project SEATTLE, Nov. 19 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation toda...

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Bob Barton Steps Into New Role as Onlineshoes.com’s Chief Financial Officer
SEATTLE - Onlineshoes.com today announced that financial and operations veteran Bob Barton has joined the Seattle-based company as chief financial officer. Bob brings a wealth of experience gained in roles as CFO at Cranium, Inc. and CFO and interim CEO at drugstore.com. He has a

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SmartDeploy® Enterprise Named 2009 Editors’ Best Award Winner by Windows IT Pro Magazine
SEATTLE - Prowess, a leader in IT management solutions and services, today announced that Penton Media’s Windows IT Pro® magazine named Prowess SmartDeploy Enterprise the Gold Medal Winner in the “Best Deployment Product” category as well as the Silver Medal Winn

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NetMotion Wireless' Mobility XE(TM) Achieves Motorola Enterprise Mobility Validation
SEATTLE, Nov. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- NetMotion Wireless, a leading provider of mobile productivity and management software, today announced its award-winning mobile Virtual Private Network (VPN), Mobility XE(TM), successfully achieved Enterprise Mobility validation by completing Mot...

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Prowess Announces SmartDeploy® Enterprise Support for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2
SEATTLE - Prowess, a leader in IT management solutions and services, today announced full support for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 with its innovative software suite, SmartDeploy Enterprise. SmartDeploy Enterprise is a simple, comprehensive deployment solution for Windows desk

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MWV Consumer & Office Products Selects Cozi as Partner: Launches Online Family Calendar and Organization Solution
SEATTLE and SIDNEY, N.Y., Nov. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- MeadWestvaco Consumer & Office Products (MCOP), a division of MeadWestvaco (NYSE: MWV), the leader in school supplies, office products, planning, and organizing tools, and Cozi® Group Inc, the nation's leading online provider of so...

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Onvia Launches New Platform to Help Businesses Prepare for Huge Jump in Government Contracting in 2010 and Beyond
SEATTLE, Nov. 19 -- Onvia, the leader in business-to-government solutions, announces the launch of the newly enhanced Onvia Online Database©. The new platform enables businesses to position themselves to win more government contracts with business intelligen...

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Isilon to Present at Supercomputing 2009
SEATTLE, Nov. 19 -- Isilon® Systems (Nasdaq: ISLN) today announced it is presenting as part of the Exhibitor Forum at Supercomputing 2009, taking place at the Oregon ...

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Top US Family Constellation Facilitator Offering Training in Virginia Beach, VA
Seattle Constellations Institute founder, Mark A. Johnson M.A., LMFT, is providing five opportunities for everyone interested in improving their lives and relationships to learn and experience Systemic Constellation techniques in Virginia Beach December 3rd through 7th with more to come in 20...

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Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP: 60-Day Notice of Right To Serve as Lead Plaintiff - Lawsuit Against Northwest Pipe Company
SEATTLE, Nov. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- The Seattle law firm Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro announced today that a lawsuit has been filed against Northwest Pipe Company ("Northwest Pipe" or the "Company") (Nasdaq: NWPX) and certain of its top officials on behalf of purchasers ...

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TisBest Philanthropy Teams With Jumping Cracker Beans to Introduce New Greeting Cards That Benefit Charities
SEATTLE, Nov. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Seattle-based TisBest Philanthropy today announced a partnership with international Card of the Year winner Jumping Cracker Beans LLC to offer a collection of new greeting cards that benefit charities. The greeting cards will be sold in retail locati...

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Amazon Extends Battery Life of Newest Kindle by 85 Percent and Adds Native PDF Reader
SEATTLE - Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) today announced two new enhancements to the latest generation Kindle—85 percent more battery life and a native PDF reader. Kindle now has battery life of up to seven days even with wireless turned on, a significant improvement from the previous

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Blue Marble Energy, OPDA Awarded $2M by WA's Community Economic Revitalization Board
SEATTLE, Nov. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Blue Marble Energy Corp. announced today that the company and the Odessa Public Development Authority (OPDA) were recently awarded $2 million by Washington State's Community Economic Revitalization Board (CERB) in a private/public partnership to construc...

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Bellevue's Washington Square Triples Condominium Sales
New condominium sales at Washington Square in Bellevue, WA more than tripled in the past two months, offering the first sign buyers are coming back to the high-rise condo market in the Seattle region./I/P P(PRWEB) November 24, 2009 -- New condominium sales at Washington Square more than...

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Mmmm, Brains! Undead Labs to Develop Console-Based Zombie MMO
SEATTLE - When flesh-eating, shambling undead corpses invade Seattle, Undead Labs will probab

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Nordstrom Offers Exclusive Fashion and Travel Experiences
SEATTLE, Nov. 23 -- Nordstrom, Inc. (NYSE: JWN) announced today that the retailer is offering exclusive, one-of-a-kind fashion and travel packages created by some of the hottest names in the world of fashion including designers Jason Wu and Isabel Toledo. ...

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Nordstrom Rack to Open First Store in North Carolina
SEATTLE, Nov. 23 -- Seattle-based Nordstrom, Inc. (NYSE: JWN) announced plans to open its first Nordstrom Rack in North Carolina. The new 33,000-square-foot store will be located at Renaissance Center in Durham. The store is expected to open in fall 2010. ...

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Blink Introduces New Line of Exclusively Designed Bags
SEATTLE, Nov. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Blink Product Design is always looking for ways to develop new products that customers will value and integrate into their own brand. This week it rolls out a new line of exclusively designed bags for the workplace. The new product line i...

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