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Real Estate Q&A | Home Financing
Barbara Alsheikh, supervisor for the King County Tax Advisor Office, answered questions about assessment practices, values and navigating the tax-appeals process. The Tax Advisor Office is part of the Office of Citizen's Complaints-Ombudsman and reports to King County Council. It is independent of the county Assessor's Office.. Read the Q&A.
"What type of loan do you recommend for a first-time homebuyer?"
— Jason, Kirkland
Machinists union talking tough
Picketers marked the first day of the Machinists strike against Boeing, while the union's national president talked strategy.

Bill Gates: His Legacy, His Future
Bill Gates, who last week ended his full-time involvement with Microsoft, was often right. He made a career, a company and an industry by looking over the horizon.
Bellevue couple seek financial advice as retirement looms

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CEO pay
A look at the Northwest's top CEOs.
Overall pay perks up
Pay for NW CEOs shot up in 2007
Pay for the region's top CEOs shot up last year, despite a turbulent stock market and concerns about a U.S. recession.
Saturday, September 6
Boeing Machinists strike; 27,000 workers test company's final offer
Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac rescue is reported; shares plummet
Home-loan troubles break record again
Jobless rate jumps to 6.1 percent, adds economic troubles
Google celebrates 10 years, looks ahead
TV ads part of Windows charm offensive
Ontario firm will acquire Captaris
Bluetooth incorporated into unlikely host...CB radio
Q&A | Encryption no guarantee of privacy on public Wi-Fi
Finally, a wireless headset that speaks Earthling
Analysis | Analysts slash bank estimates
Business Digest | Todd Shipyards to continue labor talks

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Our annual look at the Northwest's top companies. Explore the full Northwest 100 database — supersized with 53 extra companies!
The Northwest 100
Bigger isn't necessarily better
Our annual ranking of the Northwest's publicly
traded companies.
The Northwest 100 Top Five
1. Metals boom helps Hecla Mining win gold
2. Precision Castparts a forged products revenue producer
3. American Ecology's value-added service gives it an edge
4. Concur Technologies has ambitious financial goals
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Bill Gates, Jerry Seinfeld and their churros
Posted 9/04, 04:05 PM
Early review of local FiOS TV service: Great, but no CBC
Posted 9/04, 11:16 PM
Internal Microsoft memo describes initial Windows ad as 'icebreaker'; new PCs, retail effort to follow
Posted 9/04, 07:15 PM
Windows ad has funny reference to Gates' past
Posted 9/05, 07:00 AM
Two real-estate foreclosure workshops scheduled in S. King County
Posted 9/04, 11:11 AM
Real-estate sales: Offer, counter on Bothell house
Posted 9/04, 08:15 AM
Failure to disclose leaky basement
Posted 9/03, 08:30 AM
Seller wonders about need for green card
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Events calendar
- Sarah Palin had turbulent first year as mayor of Alaska town
- UW has nothing to celebrate in controversial defeat to BYU
- Wilson sisters slam GOP's use of Heart's "Barracuda"
- No. 15 BYU holds on for 28-27 win over Washington
- Refs, not Huskies, deserve a flag | Steve Kelley
- Boeing Machinists strike; 27,000 workers test company's final offer
- Seahawks to start rookie at defensive end
- Brandon Morrow flirts with no-hitter vs. Yankees
- Montana motorcyclist dies in 239 mph crash
- Ron Reagan to return to local airwaves
- Sarah Palin had turbulent first year as mayor of Alaska town
- Reflections on Palin from a Christian in Wasilla | Guest columnist
- Wilson sisters slam GOP's use of Heart's "Barracuda"
- Man rubbed with spices, other beaten with sausage
- Palin's earmark requests: more per person than any other state
- Convention Rhetoric vs. Reality | Election 2008
- Muslims feed, greet on "Day of Dignity"
- Heart to McCain campaign: stop using "Barracuda"
- Hockey mom, governor, juggler? | Nicole Brodeur
- Hiking the "American Alps" just outside North Cascades National Park









