Bidders walked deliberately among trays of small, lung-shaped sacs full of fish eggs. The room inside a nondescript gray trailer near Seattle's waterfront was white from floor to ceiling, setting off the bright red of the roe sacs.
LYNNE CURRY
Company cell phone's not for calls from Mom
Can our state require its employees to carry a state-issued cell phone? Apparently our state government has decreed that state-issued cell phones cannot be used to make or receive personal calls. Sounds like too much hassle to me, so can I give the phone back if my manager insists on implementing the policy?
A large percentage of people work in Alaska but live somewhere else. The chart shows the percentage of nonresident workers at various locations around the state.
News on hires or promotions of employees to senior or midlevel professional or supervisory positions
Highlights of the business week ahead
Meetings, speeches, classes and more
Upcoming business meetings around Alaska
Upcoming seminars in the area
TIM BRADNER
Rejecting Point Thomson leases wrong move
I was disappointed with state Natural Resources Commissioner Tom Irwin's recent decision to turn down a $1.3 billion project for Point Thompson development put forth by lease owners in the big North Slope gas and condensate field. We need to keep in mind, however, that this might be part of a broader strategy the state is pursuing.
News on hires or promotions of employees to senior or midlevel professional or supervisory positions
Power outage shuts down Prudhoe Bay plants
Oil production at Prudhoe Bay, the nation's most prolific oil field, halted on Friday when a vehicle clearing snowdrifts damaged the power supply to processing centers.
Enemy of Pebble also an investor in mining firm
Over the past year, the firm owned by one of the biggest enemies of Pebble -- a huge copper and gold prospect -- has been investing millions of dollars in an international mining firm that wants to develop the controversial project in Southwest Alaska.
Alaska business news in brief
Friday's oil, gas, gold, zinc prices
The price of North Slope oil sold on West Coast open markets reached a record high for the fourth day in a row, closing Friday at $125.96 a barrel, up $2.27 for the day.
Hospital adapts to state's aging population
Alaska Regional Hospital recently completed construction of an endovascular neuroradiology suite in its radiology department. It is 600 square feet and offers alternatives to brain surgery for treatment of aneurysm and stroke.
GCI reports jump in quarterly profit
Anchorage telecom company GCI reported preliminary first-quarter profits of $2.7 million, up 48 percent from the same three months of last year.
Court rebuffs BP plea deal over Texas blast
HOUSTON — Federal prosecutors violated the rights of victims of a deadly 2005 explosion at a BP plant when they didn’t consult them about a plea agreement to settle criminal conduct in connection with the blast, a federal appeals court has ruled.
Strange carpet store names can floor you
In Anchorage and a thousand towns across America, there's a certain niche in local advertising where jingles are king and gimmicks never die.
Alaska business news in brief
Thursday's oil, gas, gold, zinc prices
The price of North Slope oil sold on West Coast open markets reached a record high for the third straight day, closing Thursday at $123.69 a barrel, up 16 cents for the day.
When the Pentagon announced that an obscure California company partly owned by an Alaska Native corporation had won a lucrative military contract, no one mentioned any plans for a Caribbean outpost -- a tropical shell the company quickly created that allowed it to duck millions in taxes and deflect U.S. lawsuits.
WHAT WORKS IN AK? PART 4 OF 4
Doing business in rural Alaska can be very risky
To a first-time visitor arriving by floatplane, the Southeast community of Thorne Bay seems more an idyllic getaway than a former timber capital.
If you're considering starting a business, here are some tips
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