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Monday, February 6, 2012 - Page updated at 11:34 p.m.
Snapshot of 2011 housing market
After more than two years of on-again, off-again federal tax credits, the housing market in 2011 had two things going for it — historic low mortgage rates and lots of inventory — which enticed some buyers back into the market. As for prices, well, let's just say they are higher than they were a decade ago.
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Paul Rice spreads the word for Fair Trade USA
In Person: After years of living in the mountains of northern Nicaragua as an agricultural aid worker trying to make life better for the country's poor farmers, Paul Rice woke up and smelled the coffee — specifically, fair-trade coffee. That was 12 years ago. Today, Rice heads Fair Trade USA, an Oakland-based nonprofit that is the country's leading certifier of fair-trade products.
King County home prices drop again; median at $315,000
House prices in King County hit another new post-boom low in January, according to statistics released Monday by the Northwest Multiple Listing Service.
Snapshot of 2011 housing market
After more than two years of on-again, off-again federal tax credits, the housing market in 2011 had two things going for it — historic low mortgage rates and lots of inventory — which enticed some buyers back into the market. As for prices, well, let's just say they are higher than they were a decade ago.
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Veteran financial journalist Jon Talton blogs on the region's most important economic news, trends and issues.
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Brier Dudley offers a critical look at technology and business issues affecting the Northwest.
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Welcome to Microsoft Pri0: That's Microspeak for top priority, and that's the news and observations you'll find here from Seattle Times technology reporter Janet Tu.
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ITC staff backs Barnes & Noble in patent fight with Microsoft
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Top 10 ways Apple could spend its cash pile
Brier Dudley: Apple says it's finally going to start spending its ridiculously huge $97 billion cash pile. Since it's always fun to guess what Apple's doing next, here's my Top 10 list of ways it could use the dough.
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