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Sunday, May 18, 2008 - Page updated at 01:06 a.m.
Gabi Campanario / The Seattle Times
A permanent loss of hundreds or even thousands of jobs certainly is nothing to dismiss casually. But such losses have to be held against the size of the Seattle metro area's economy, which employed nearly 1.5 million people as of April. Read story
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The notion that a company's local impact evaporates when it's sold to a distant owner isn't always true.
Annika Sorenstam to keep swinging for Cutter & Buck | Sunday Buzz
Always be ready to find a new job | Job Market
Hospital lift teams solve weighty injury problem | Job Market
"Love contract" guides workplace romances | Job Market
Boss out to get you? Step out of victim role | Interpersonal Edge
Key steps to finding job — and they take work | Ask the Headhunter
UPDATE - 01:05 AM
Don't park cash where you'll get dinged | Your Funds
Pimco's El-Erian to run new Global Advantage Fund | Mutual-fund spotlight
Looking ahead in business | Looking ahead
Year-round tax tips for self-employed | Money Tip
Flower power — FTD Group | Behind the Brand

Can a bold new "eco-city" clear the air in China?
The world is watching as China launches ambitious plans to address its environmental problems -- with help from Seattle.

In a little more than two decades, Microsoft's Redmond headquarters has grown to a sprawling, multisite campus that spans both sides of Highway 520.
Bellevue couple seek financial advice as retirement looms

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Latest entry: Install a ceiling fan Posted 5/18, 01:00 AM
Saturday, May 17
Boeing Machinists re-elect current leadership
Opportunity galloped into UPS' lap
FAO Schwarz toy shops will soon be found in Macy's
Noise-canceling headphones enhance music to your ears
Foneshow provides podcast access via cellphone | Reviews
Kits can keep drivers on phone and their hands on the wheel | Q&A
Stocks end week narrowly mixed | Markets
Starbucks reaches settlement on mileage suit | Business Digest
Friday, May 16
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Organic materials and all-natural dyes make these fashions earth-friendly.
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Save 25 percent on all pottery, fountains and statuary through June 1.
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Posted 5/16, 10:05 AM
Amazon.com joins tech companies in China, Myanmar disaster relief
Posted 5/15, 05:27 PM
Alex St. John at ION Game confab: Dim future for consoles, tips for online games
Posted 5/15, 05:50 PM
April console sales don't get "GTA IV" jumpstart, but who benefited more?
Posted 5/15, 04:22 PM
Microsoft Windows on XO laptop later this summer
Posted 5/16, 01:00 PM
Weird real-estate terms
Posted 5/15, 06:30 PM
New construction: boon or bane to real-estate market?
Posted 5/14, 09:00 AM
Lack of written payment record worries tenant
Posted 5/13, 02:35 PM
Overgrown easement impairs driveway access
Latest entry: Install a ceiling fan Posted 5/18, 01:00 AM

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Ecuador offers to buy out oil companies
UAW, American Axle reach deal that could end strike
Union rejects American Airlines offer
Treasury secretary says markets are calmer now
