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Monday, May 12, 2008

PAUL SAKUMA / AP

Jeff Raikes, 49, will succeed Patty Stonesifer as head of the world's largest philanthropy, managing a $37 billion endowment and $3 billion a year in grants. Earlier this year Raikes announced that he would retire in September from Microsoft after more than 20 years.

UPDATE - 11:40 AM

Microsoft veteran Jeff Raikes to succeed Stonesifer at Gates Foundation

A top-ranking executive from Bill Gates' inner circle at Microsoft, Jeff Raikes, will become the next chief executive of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.


NEW - 11:15 AM

Planning to fly this summer? Buy ticket now

No matter where you're traveling this summer, now is the time to buy your flights.


NEW - 01:37 PM

Wall Street rallies as oil prices fall, dollar gains

Wall Street rallied today as oil prices, supported by a stronger dollar, fell back and alleviated some of investors' concerns about accelerating...


See tomorrow's Seattle Times for the latest on these and other stories.


Worth reading
In Case You Missed It

Latest Brotman retailer targets high-end buyers

Eastside native Amanda Pearl Brotman was recently in Seattle to promote her designer handbags. She is following her grandfather, her father and her mother in the retail industry.


Coming up

Wednesday

Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates will address more than 100 chief executives during the company's annual CEO Summit at its Redmond headquarters.

Thursday

Nordstrom will report its first-quarter financial results after the market closes. A 1:30 p.m. conference call to discuss the results will be accessible at 888-390-0675 and webcast live at http://investor.nordstrom.com.


Markets at the close
Index Close Change
DJIA 12,876.31 130.43
NASDAQ 2,488.49 42.97
S&P 500 1,403.58 15.30
NW stocks at the close

Best performers

NameLastChange
NLS6.6528.63%
EDEN2.3112.68%
TRBN7.099.24%
GRZ1.929.09%
FLOW10.648.57%
PLNR2.497.79%
RVSB9.037.24%
BJCT0.457.14%
NILE48.046.76%
MVIS3.245.88%

Worst performers

NameLastChange
MATH0.30-11.91%
CLWR12.75-9.57%
ZONS8.14-7.81%
CBMX10.16-5.58%
MERX2.52-4.91%
NSTK1.13-4.24%
CTIC0.64-3.76%
KTCC3.63-3.20%
CTBK16.08-3.07%
ONVI5.97-2.77%

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