Carolyn Adolph
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Business
Boeing extends production shutdown instead of re-opening
Boeing says its temporary shutdown of airplane factories in the Puget Sound region now extends to South Carolina. Beginning on Wednesday, April 8 the company will not be making commercial airplanes for the foreseeable future.
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Government
King County unemployment claims hit new highs
It’s the worst week yet for unemployment claims in King County. But there is some good news for people waiting for their checks.
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Government
April 1 and rent is due - pandemic or not
Rent is due for thousands of people who were laid off in the last month because of the coronavirus epidemic. Many of those people have already filed for unemployment – but this crisis has fallen upon us so swiftly that most people have not yet received their check.
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Business
Washington's Ventec and GM kick into gear for ventilator production
Local maker Ventec Life Systems says it is going ahead with a plan to build 10,000 ventilators a month, to help patients battling COVID-19.
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Business
Seattle area unemployment claims skyrocket during second week of COVID-19 business closures
It’s a collapse in employment of historic proportions. Weekly jobless claims in Washington state are five times worse than they were during the worst week of the Great Recession.
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Business
GM helps Washington ventilator maker scale up amid COVID-19 crisis
Bothell’s Ventec Life Systems is one of only a handful of manufacturers that makes ventilators in the US. Now General Motors is stepping in to help Ventec ramp up production.
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Business
Boeing shuts down production in Seattle area
Boeing is suspending factory production in the Puget Sound Region.
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Business
King County unemployment claims triple due to COVID-19 layoffs
King County, at the center of the coronavirus outbreak in Washington state, is now the contending with the economic damage of the disease.
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Business
Starbucks says it's already recovering from the impact of COVID-19
Starbucks was one of the first US companies to be sucked into the coronavirus downdraft. Now it’s the first to start reporting from the other side.
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Business
How Amazon is responding to the coronavirus pandemic
In addition to creating a global health care crisis, COVID-19 is initiating an economic crisis. Amazon is reacting globally and locally.