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Pierce County Man Run Over By Truck Thief - Seattle Times
the pierce county sheriff's office says a man has been run over and killed by a thief taking his pickup truck south of tacoma. tacoma, wash. — the pierce county sheriff's office says a man has been run over and killed by a thief taking his pickup ...
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The Business Of Balls And Strikes
the tacoma rainiers battle the portland beavers during a recent home game at cheney stadium.
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Faced With $7.2 Million Shortfall, Tacoma Looks At Tough Cuts
the city of tacoma may have to delay or slow construction on some projects in order to patch a projected $7.2 million shortfall from real estate taxes this budget cycle.
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Ltx-credence Corporation Added To Russell Indexes - Msn Moneycentral
milpitas, calif., sept. 5, 2008 (globe newswire) -- ltx-credence corporation (nasdaq:ltxc), a global provider of focused, cost-optimized ate solutions, today announced its addition to the russell 2000(r), russell 2500(tm), russell small cap ...
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Yaris Sales Up 20.5% - Detroit Free Press
toyota said wednesday that its august vehicle sales dropped 9.4% to 211,533 vehicles as sales of some of its trucks and suv’s plummeted more than 50%. the toyota division, which includes scion, reported total sales of 182,252 units, a decrease of 9 ...
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Seattle/tacoma Cfos Report On Fourth-quarter Hiring Outlook
a net 1 percent of chief financial officers in the seattle/tacoma area expect to add accounting and finance staff during the fourth quarter of 2008, according to the most recent robert half international financial hiring index.
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Man Hit, Killed In Confrontation With Truck Thief
two brothers who shared a roofing business were preparing for work thursday when a young man stole one of their pickup trucks, hitting and killing one of the men.
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Rhodes Center Sale In Doubt - Tacoma News Tribune
the tacoma housing authority is backing off a plan to purchase downtown tacoma’s rhodes center from the state, but there’s still time left to salvage a deal. “it would have needed $5 million in repairs within the first three years and ...
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Bellingham Clothing Store Owner To Open Portland Location - Bellingham Herald
a bellingham business owner will soon be opening a store in portland, ore. alison hawley of bellingham has partnered with victoria gomez of tacoma to open a frank james store. hawley owns the frank james at the gateway building on railroad avenue and ...
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Toys Boost Learning Business At Tacoma Shop
rose calvin started her entrepreneurial career in the most modest of ways – taking care of other people’s children in her home.
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Las Vegas Sun
findlay college prep basketball coach mike peck added an outstanding talent recently in avery bradley, a 6-foot-3 shooting guard who transferred from bellarmine prep in tacoma, wash.
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Federal Way Sets Sights On Business Owners - Bothell Reporter
a low-budget marketing campaign kicked off this week to convince business owners that federal way has it all within reach. the city and federal way chamber of commerce, in partnership with leasing agents and property owners, will undertake the ...
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August Auto Sales: Toyota Sales Fall - Boston Globe
torrance, calif.— toyota motor sales usa inc. said wednesday its august u.s. sales dropped on a double-digit decline in demand for trucks and sport utility vehicles. toyota sold a total of 211,533 vehicles, down 9.4 percent from 233,471 in the same ...
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Neighborhood Groups To March Against Crime
twelve neighborhood groups will take to the streets friday in what’s being billed as the biggest and most collaborative demonstration against crime in tacoma.
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Port Plans For Maytown Sale
posted on the biz buzz blog at 1:51 p.m. wednesday when the port of tacoma bought 745 acres near maytown in thurston county two years ago, the port’s plan for the property seemed ripe for implementation.
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Report: Samsung Working To Acquire Sandisk - Tacoma News Tribune
seoul, south korea -- samsung electronics co. is pursuing an acquisition of u.s. computer memory card maker sandisk corp., a south korean online business newspaper reported friday. both samsung and sandisk neither confirmed nor denied the report. "we ...
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Contract Rejected, But No Strike At Boeing For Now - Seattle Post Intelligencer
despite an overwhelming vote to reject boeing's final contract offer and go on strike, leaders of the machinists union reached a last-minute agreement with boeing late wednesday to extend the contract for 48 hours and continue bargaining. gov. chris ...
seattlepi.nwsource.com

Business Briefs
the steve barry's sports apparel store in glenbrook commons will remain open, despite being bought out of bankruptcy by bh s b holdings, according to the company's media relations firm. bh s b holdings will run the chain as a smaller base of about 170 stores vs. 276 before the bankruptcy, a media release sent tuesday said.
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Lace Up For Bank To Bay Sept. 7
keybank and the city of tacoma will host the ninth annual bank to bay 10k run, 5k run/walk and 1k kids' run on sun., sept. 7, in downtown tacoma. registration opens at 8 a.m., the 1k kids' run begins at 9 a.m., followed by the 10k run at 9:20 a.m. and the 5k run/walk at 9:35 a.m.
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Changes Coming To Docks - Seattle Post Intelligencer
2008 could herald the greatest technological revolution on the u.s. west coast's working waterfront since containerization. a six-year contract negotiated between the international longshore and warehouse union and the pacific maritime association ...
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