New president named for Sound Publishing
Gloria Fletcher has been named president of Sound Publishing.
March 30, 2012
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Starbucks builds Tukwila store out of shipping containers
Tukwila is the site for a one-of-a-kind Starbucks drive-thru built out of used shipping containers.
March 19, 2012
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Attorney General Rob McKenna to speak at ShoWare Center March 16
Members of the business community are invited to a Kent luncheon with State Attorney General Rob McKenna on Friday, March 16 at the ShoWare Center.
Rapid rise of Asian middle class to revamp global food systems | U.S. Grains Council
The sophisticated food demands of newly affluent consumers in China and other developing nations are likely to cause major change in U.S. farming and food production, Asian food policy and world trade, according to Food 2040, a new study of emerging food trends in Asia by the U.S. Grains Council (USGC).
February 24, 2012
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Rising gas prices threaten our economic recovery | Don Brunell
What’s that old saying? “One step forward, two steps back.”
Just as our economy is starting to move again, rising gas prices threaten to put the brakes on the recovery.
February 24, 2012
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A new solution in patient care opens in Kent | Doctors Express
A business hoping to redefine the urgent care experience for patients and physicians opened in Kent Jan. 28.
February 23, 2012
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No more band-aids for the state budget | Don Brunell
There is finally a bit of good news from Olympia. The state’s Revenue Forecast Council reports that tax revenues for this biennium will be $96 million higher than projected last November, and state tax collections for 2013-15 are projected to grow by 6.6 percent.
February 19, 2012
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Jazzercise for the cure | Feb. 25
Local Jazzercisers will help energize the crowd at Jazzercise For the Cure at 4:00 pm, Saturday, Feb. 25 when they gather for a 90-minute aerobic workout with all proceeds going to the Susan G Komen Foundation for Breast Cancer research at the Kent Commons.
February 19, 2012
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Counterfeit Better Business Bureau emails target businesses
The scam that fraudulently uses Better Business Bureau's name will not die.
Real gross domestic product increases | U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis
Real gross domestic product (GDP) increased 2.8 percent at an annual rate in the fourth quarter of 2011, according to the advance estimates of the national income and product accounts.
February 16, 2012
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