A federal appeals court on Friday upheld the Oregon program aimed at reducing greenhouse gases in the transportation sector, the state’s leading source of the heat-trapping gases. Trade groups representing gasoline, diesel and ethanol producers, sellers and users argued the program, which requires fuel providers to meet gradually declining carbon intensity targets, discriminates against out-of-state fuels. But as it had in 2014 when it ruled on a largely identical California program, the Ninth…

Wage gains for employees of Seattle-area small businesses have been weaker than expected, despite the booming economy.

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine wants the space agency to explore boosting its brand by selling naming rights to rockets and spacecraft, including allowing astronauts to appear in commercials. NASA historically has stayed away from endorsing specific products, and such a move, should it happen, could be “a giant cultural leap” for the agency and present ethics challenges for public officials, The Washington Post reports. Likening the effort to the branding seen on NASCAR race cars, Bridenstine…

Hackers obtained personal information for some 1,100 people through an email account of an employee of a growing Peninsula biotech company. The phishing incident in July was revealed Thursday by Guardant Health Inc. in its filing for a $100 million initial public offering, and it showcases the vulnerability of health care companies, including biotech companies, hospitals and others that hold personal and precious health and financial data on millions of people. In the attack on Redwood City-based…

Uber Technologies Inc. engineer Susan Fowler, whose searing blog post last year on company culture spurred tech’s own #metoo and eventually ousted cofounder and CEO Travis Kalanick, has endorsed a $10 million settlement regarding pay equity and alleged harassment. In a filing on Friday in Oakland’s federal court, Fowler wrote that the settlement — which affects almost 500 people —  would monitor “follow-through concerning Uber’s commitment to a new direction,” Bloomberg reports. “Fowler…

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