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Bezos one of America's best
U.S. News & World Report named Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos one of "America's best leaders," along with such luminaries as cyclist Lance Armstrong, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, and director Stephen Spielberg. Bezos sums up his philosophy this way: "If you don't have a willingness to be misunderstood for a long period of time, then you can't have a long-term orientation."
Clearwire shareholders voted to approve the company's merger with Sprint's WiMax unit, removing one of the last remaining hurdles to the $14.5 billion deal.
Mercer Island billionaire Paul Allen talks about some of the initial suspicion in the scientific community around the Allen Institute for Brain Science in a guest piece in The Economist, writing that some at first didn't understand the collaborative nature of trying to map gene expression in a mouse's brain. "I believe a real acceleration in progress and innovation comes from open sharing of ideas and collaboration," writes Allen. How about that? An open-source idea from the man who co-founded Microsoft.
Embattled Yahoo won a key deal today to power the new web2go mobile search function on lower-end phones from T-Mobile USA, with The Wall Street Journal reporting that Seattle's Medio Systems will continue to offer search functions to the Bellevue carrier for digital content such as ringtones.
WhatCounts, a Seattle e-mail marketing company, has named Vicky Oxley to the position of vice president of services. Oxley spent nearly 20 years at AT&T, including serving as a regional vice president where she oversaw 1,700 people, and vice president of international operations.
Biotechnology executive Chris Rivera has been named the new president of the Washington Biotechnology and & Biomedical Association, replacing retiring chief Jack Faris, reports Xconomy.
Seattle startup Twilio gets a glowing review from TechCrunch, noting that the phone service application is a prime acquisition target.
Applications for the WTIA's annual Industry Achievement Awards are due Friday, so hurry folks you have only one more day to apply.
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