Category Archives: Seattle economy

Sales tax confusion in Seattle

Posted on by May 30, 2015
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Why is club soda hit with the state sales tax but not seltzer water?

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Seattle influence in, of all places, Antarctica

Posted on by July 6, 2014
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More than a dozen features are named for local persons

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Stampless in Seattle

Posted on by July 5, 2014
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Not for the first time, local branch is out of needed stamp.

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Yellow Cab at Seattle-Tacoma Airport: What 10% discount?

Posted on by July 6, 2014
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Cab drivers profess ignorance of price break posted on Internet.

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The usual suspects of Seattle (plus others)

Posted on by July 6, 2014
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Bruce Nordstrom climbs onto the Forbes 400 list, but what about his sister?

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Seattle plastic bag ban creates City of Clutchers

Posted on by July 6, 2014
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New law has unintended consequences

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Different search engines see a different Seattle

Posted on by July 6, 2014
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Inclusions and omissions are interesting

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Seattle by the numbers

Posted on by May 30, 2015
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Answers to questions I get asked by friends elsewhere

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Obama ‘endorses’ a mortgage broker in Seattle with a past

Posted on by September 24, 2014
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Paramount Equity runs a long presidential sound bite in its refinancing spots on the radio

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Likkered up with an Amazon Kindle in Seattle

Posted on by July 6, 2014
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Prominent Fremont Bridge billboard gets a new advertisement

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Starbucks bug story is big news outside Seattle

Posted on by April 20, 2012
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Headline writers have a field day

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NY Times headline cites Seattle ‘bubbles of corruption’

Posted on by July 6, 2014
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But it only refers to a novel

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Stressful Seattle: HOW CAN THAT BE??!!

Posted on by July 7, 2014
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Metro area ranks No. 9 in list of “most stressful” areas.

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Hollywood mystery solved in Seattle!

Posted on by July 7, 2014
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So where exactly is the headquarters of IMDb?

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In Seattle, an anti-government protest over bridge tolls?

Posted on by July 7, 2014
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A 40% traffic drop might be caused by Tea Party-like sentiments

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The richest people in Seattle–a very long time ago

Posted on by November 10, 2020
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None of their descendants rank among the wealthiest today

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A ranking where Seattle just became No. 1

Posted on by July 7, 2014
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Bad news: It’s the list of big-city sales tax rates

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For whom the bridge tolls: a Seattle lesson in behavioral economics

Posted on by January 4, 2012
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How many drivers will waste time and money to save $3.50 crossing Lake Washington?

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Vitamin D and other things they advertise in Seattle

Posted on by February 1, 2015
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You can tell a lot about the nature of a region by what gets marketed

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The usual suspects of Seattle (plus one)

Posted on by July 7, 2014
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Seven around Puget Sound make the Forbes 400 list

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