What will it take to turn the Pacific Northwest into a ‘Quantum Valley’?

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Amazon's growth over the past decade has made the company a lightning rod for numerous social, environmental, and political issues. A record 18 shareholder proposals will be on the ballot at the company’s annual meeting in May. Read more.

Climate tech investments have been rapidly climbing in recent years, but the sector is getting both buffeted and bolstered by large forces at play, including a slowing economy and President Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act. We checked in with two leading investment funds with ties to the Pacific Northwest to see how everything is playing out for those writing the checks.

The latest round of layoffs at Redfin came just a few months after the Seattle real estate company said the housing market had started to recover, while acknowledging that we weren’t “out of the woods yet.” Read more.

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