From Seattle area, one on, one off, new Forbes 400 list

Gabe Newell makes the mother of all rich lists, pushing off Bruce Nordstrom.

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Same old Seattle faces adorn Forbes billionaires list

But group of nine is $11 billion richer than a year ago

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In blasting Pete Carroll, Seattle forgets it grew through similar risk-taking

City’s history is that of audacious gambles

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Seattle’s home state still has country’s most regressive tax system

Poor pay seven times more of their income in state and local taxes than the rich.

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Seattle has Mickey Mouse elections–really

Officials ask voters not to write in fictional names while a disbarred lawyer is running for the state Supreme Court

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Richest people in Seattle get a lot richer

Net worth of nine local Forbes 400 members rises by $18.75 bllion

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Seattle quietly becomes clear No. 1 in big-city sales tax

Pending vote could hike up the rate even more.

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Usual suspects around Seattle unusually rich, as usual

Same 10 grace new Forbes list of the world’s richest.

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New ‘View of the World from 9th Avenue’ would include Seattle

City wasn’t on famous 1976 New Yorker cover

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Forbes 400 list catches up with New To Seattle

Nordstrom family’s Anne Gittinger officially joins ritzy roster

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Sexy Gates proposal brings more needling Seattle’s way

Call for a better condom draws a lot of notice

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In Seattle, the usual suspects again (plus two)

Anne Gittinger and Gabe Newell join roster of the world’s richest.

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Sales tax confusion in Seattle

Why is club soda hit with the state sales tax but not seltzer water?

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The usual suspects of Seattle (plus others)

Bruce Nordstrom climbs onto the Forbes 400 list, but what about his sister?

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Latest novel about Seattle lampoons city’s persona

‘Where’d You Go, Bernadette’, by Maria Semple, finds much fodder in local doings

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A dubious charity solicits in Seattle

Cancer Fund of America looks for donations around Puget Sound

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The richest people in Seattle–a very long time ago

None of their descendants rank among the wealthiest today

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The usual suspects of Seattle (plus one)

Seven around Puget Sound make the Forbes 400 list

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