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2012 Economic Outlook
12/23/11
Build a Bridge; Get a Green Card
12/01/11
M&As in Washington's Wine Business
10/07/11
M&A deals flourish in Washington
10/07/11
Privatizing the liquor business
09/09/11
Top 2011 Money Managers
09/09/11
Name Droppers
08/05/11
Entrepreneurs of the Year: Financial Services
07/07/11
Hanford History
06/17/11
Waiting for the Fall
06/17/11
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Finance

Recent Articles
Washington Banks Continue March Toward Consolidation
For years, a prime criticism about American banks was that there were too many of them. Even in the era of interstate banking and megamergers, new banks seemed to appear as fast as old ones were gobbled up. Problem solved,...
Revenue Screams
They say getting the business community together on anything is a bit like herding cats, but what you see in Olympia these days is a regular feline free-for-all. Ever since it became clear that the Legislature would try to...
The Infamous B&O Tax
Nobody likes taxes, but people really, really hate the levy Washington imposes on businesses. Called the Business & Occupation Tax, the “B&O” is loathed with the intensity usually reserved for your college football...
Funding Forecast Brightens
Tomato Battle does not fit the traditional financial model of a startup. The Seattle company, which produces daylong events in cities across the country that involve beer, bands and, yes, an enormous tomato fight, needed...
Creating Jobs
  Nix the minimum-wage hike Joseph Phillips, Dean, Albers School of Business and Economics, Seattle University I am skeptical that state government can do much to jump-start employment in the short run. Given the...