Economy

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Seattle ticks through to-do list to revive downtown

It's been one year since Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrel launched his "Downtown Activation Plan." He's racked up a growing list of accomplishments. But so far, economic recovery has proven fickle and elusive.
Joshua McNichols
Boeing chooses a new CEO, who reportedly plans to lead company from Seattle area

‘In symbolic terms, it would be enormous for this area. It would mean reversing mistakes that have been made over 20 years.’ -Dominic Gates on Boeing news
Kim Malcolm

John O'Brien
With its new CEO, is Boeing about to write the 'turnaround story of the century'?

With the selection of its new CEO, Boeing charted a course Wednesday that is giving some officials hope for the future of the aerospace company.
Natalie Akane Newcomb

Dyer Oxley
How downtown Seattle's forsaken real estate could bring good fortune

Some real estate experts say downtown Seattle has hit rock-bottom, or will soon. And there’s nowhere to go but up.
Joshua McNichols
A snowball that became an avalanche. Lessons from the financial struggles of the Bellevue Arts Museum

What started as an art fair made it big in 2001, when the Bellevue Arts Museum opened its brand-new building on the corner of 6th Street and Bellevue Way. But in the decades since opening its doors, BAM has struggled financially, and in recent reporting, the Seattle Times’ Margo Vansynghel found that a recent fundraiser was just one symptom of larger financial struggles.
Libby Denkmann

Alec Cowan
Striking Seattle electrical workers demand better pay, improved safety

Striking electrical workers from IBEW Local 46 have shut down eight work sites after negotiations broke down with the Puget Sound Chapter of the National Electrical Contractors Association (NECA).
Kamna Shastri
Do basic income programs cause people to work less? Let's ask Alaska

Since the early 1980s, Alaska has sent checks to residents every October, generally for around $1,000 or $2,000. In 2020, they were for more than $3,000. A typical household could get up to $10,000.
Alec Cowan

Libby Denkmann
The rise and fall of ecommerce giant Zulily

When you need new stuff, odds are you reach for your phone instead of your car keys. Buying things online is just a way of life for many of us. But the market is changing, and there have been local casualties. Seattle Times Business reporter Lauren Rosenblatt tells the story of Zulily… a local internet retail company that boomed, and busted. It points to the way ecommerce is changing.
Patricia Murphy

Clare McGrane
Balancing the books: Financial education could become a graduation requirement in Washington

A bill to make financial education a high school graduation requirement is making its way through the legislature in Olympia.
Katie Campbell
Republicans, Democrats, carbon, and you: Debating Washington's cap and trade
Dyer Oxley

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