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Green goes to extreme in unique office plan

Lots of Seattle buildings call themselves green. But they would pale in comparison to the Bullitt Foundation's proposed Cascadia Center for Sustainable Design and Construction in Seattle's Central District, shown in this artist's rendering. It would use less than one-third the electricity consumed by the average building -- and would generate as much power as it consumes. It would rely almost exclusively on the rain that falls on the roof for its water.

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Patriot Coal cuts deal to export to Asia

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Redgate Media cuts expected price for IPO

UK unions and lawmakers criticize Kraft CEO

Financial Engines prices shares above expectations

Renault shares up on report Daimler talks widen

Ahead of the Bell: Chip demand still improving

Boeing execs reap stock's gains in 2009 pay

Boeing's top executives saw modestly smaller bonuses and flat salaries in 2009, but they also received blocks of company shares and options that — thanks to the rise in Boeing's stock price — make their total compensation last year much higher than it was in 2008.

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City Bank of Lynnwood faces regulatory ultimatum

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Air Berlin to cut $1.7B in Boeing aircraft orders

ConocoPhillips to pay extra $588,000 for 2004 spill

Normandy Park couple sue Toyota over vehicle's lost value

FCC to reveal plan to expand broadband to underserved Americans

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Weyerhaeuser CEO Fulton's compensation falls 27%

AARP offers job fairs for older workers

China criticizes US pressure over currency

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Fed weighs how and when to signal higher rates

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Housing construction drops 5.9 pct in February

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OPEC ministers to keep present output targets

Rain, even urine, would help make Bullitt HQ city's 'greenest building ever'

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Stocks open slightly higher ahead of Fed meeting

Dollar slips before Fed decision on interest rates

After tanker flop, Airbus pushes transporter in U.S.

Michelle Obama talks anti-obesity to food giants

NW real estate firm John L. Scott lists on Zillow

Old-school manufacturing leads U.S. recovery

On the move

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Saab may locate North American HQ in Royal Oak, Mich.

Google's China advertising clients urged to defect

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Prosecutors want Nacchio in court for new sentence

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China without Google: 'a lose-lose scenario'

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Dollar slips before Fed decision on interest rates

Pay czar limits exec pay at still-struggling GMAC

Toyota counts rising cost of recall woes

Q&A: FCC chairman talks about broadband goals

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State's job numbers grow in Jan. for first time since late '08

Boeing says work force here will shrink this year

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Widespread spring flooding forecast

Britain rules out stronger deficit cuts

Investors eye Greek aid pledge