Business news from across the U.S.

• Puget Sound Business Journal

  Microsoft's most famous part-time employee

  Bill Gates has nothing new to say on Microsoft's search for a new CEO, but he did say that he's only "part time," with his "full time" job being his foundation.

• Silicon Valley Business Journal

  Apple gets a break from antitrust monitor

  Apple has a small win in its quest to keep a court-appointed monitor from overseeing that the company complies with federal antitrust laws following an ebook price-fixing trial.

• Austin Business Journal

  Whole Foods launching TV show

  Whole Foods Market is teaming up with a young television network to launch a new TV show that focuses on food, health, design and technology.

• Washington Bureau

  Outlook improves for construction

  This year is shaping up to be a good year for the construction industry -- if contractors can find enough qualified work...

• Puget Sound Business Journal

  Unions come out against T-Mobile/Sprint merger

  As rumors heat up that the Japanese company that owns Sprint is in talks with the German company that owns T-Mobile to merge the companies, labor unions are fighting back.