Washington state is shuttering the official tourism agency that unifies its marketing message and abandoning all public support for one of its largest industries. John Dunphy, Orange County Register, MCT”Eye Benches I, II and III” by Louise Bourgeois are giant all-seeing eyes, but also serve as resting places for weary tourists and bikers in Seattle, [...]

CHICAGO – Car-sharing services, which allow city residents to use a car for a few hours in order to run errands or visit friends in the suburbs, have soared in popularity in recent years due to high gas prices. But many municipalities discourage greater use by levying disproportionately high taxes on the services, according to [...]

Two weeks ago, in tandem with our conversation with two Wells Fargo small-business lending officers, Marc Bernstein and Doug Case, we invited You’re The Boss readers to submit questions for the executives. Today, we present their responses. We selected the questions from the comments posted by readers. We only forwarded clear questions specifically about small-business [...]

LONDON — U.K. financial services firms aren’t learning from past mistakes in offering inappropriate products to customers and have done little to change their attitude toward customers in recent years, Financial Services Authority Chief Executive Hector Sants said Tuesday. Sants was speaking at an event promoting the Financial Conduct Authority, a new body taking over [...]

John Garibaldi has been named president of Royal State Insurance, replacing Doug Murata, the firm’s president since June 2008. Garibaldi previously served as the vice chairman, president and CEO of the Hawaii Superferry Hawaii Superferry Latest from The Business Journals Failed Hawaii Superferry catamarans are for saleHarbor improvements fall behind scheduleHawaii Superferry vessels acquired by [...]