Microsoft has accelerated development of new versions of Internet Explorer to stabilize its eroding market share and address the central role the Web has assumed in computing and daily life.
Boeing presented to the Machinists union Tuesday an improved contract proposal that offers more money and removes two of three issues that union officials had previously labeled "deal-breakers," but union official Mark Blondin said "the wage package falls well below expectations."
Seattle investment firm Columbia Pacific said it has raised $135 million to help its Malaysia-based Asian hospital business expand into India's burgeoning private health-care sector.
