aggregated from: James Wallace on Aerospace

Boeing has predicted that airlines in North America will get about 7,200 new planes in the next 20 years. That would represent an investment of $700 billion....

aggregated from: Cascadia Prospectus

Two months ago we reported on the railroad industry's reaction to the FRA's directive setting forth the terms of the so-called Stakeholder Agreements. Those are the agreements between state authorities and Class I railroads that will govern the sha...

topics: budget, investment, tax

aggregated from: Slog

Joni Balter at the Seattle Times weighs in:As previously noted, this song is playing constantly over there. (And apologies for comparing Balter to Carol Channing.)UPDATE: The logic in this editorial is just so inscrutable that it has to be read to be...

topics: business, downtown, elected, investment, neighborhood

aggregated from: Seattle Bubble

I recorded an interview with KIRO news radio yesterday that might be of some interest. The days of buying a house for profit may be gone[See post to listen to audio]An excerpt:If you re looking for an investment, consider stocks and bonds, coins or c...

topics: housing, real-estate

aggregated from: Slog

If you remember, The Stranger endorsed Mike McGinn for many reasons, including the fact that he was the culture candidate. Let's refresh:Neither candidate had shown a deep interest in arts and culture prior to the election, but there's no shame in th...

topics: arts, budget, candidate, city-council, election

aggregated from: Slog

So over: The idea that your huge home is a great investment.But don't worry, you can live in 182 square feet: And still have three living levels, a soaking tub, a full kitchen, and storage for two bikes.GoogleTV: On its way, and making the entertainm...

topics: elected, investment, obama

aggregated from: Slog

Mike Daisey under a billboard in the Special Economic Zone of China. Special's right.This past weekend I discovered that there had been fingers inside my iPhone before I got it. Somehow I'd imagined that my phone was made almost exclusively by machin...

topics: activist, artist, business, economy, investment

aggregated from: Slog

Cricket McRae signs at Seattle Mystery Bookshop today. Something Borrowed, Something Bleu is a book title that does not make me want to learn anything new about it. Between the wedding cliche and the pun, that seems like nature's way of telling me to...

topics: book, books, investment

aggregated from: Brier Dudley's blog

After four years and several overhauls of its business strategy, Seattle startup Delve Networks was sold today to Limelight Networks, an Arizona-based content delivery network.The price was undisclosed but one report - based on unnamed sources - pegg...

topics: amazon, business, investment, microsoft, technology

aggregated from: Brier Dudley's blog

Steve Ballmer's trying to set the record straight on Microsoft's maligned consumer businesses. We're pretty focused in a set of areas we think have big potential, the Microsoft chief executive said to 180 or so financial analysts meeting in Redmond ...

topics: business, investment, microsoft, redmond