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

Posted on by September 29, 2015
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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

Posted on by March 2, 2015
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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

Posted on by February 4, 2015
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City’s history is that of audacious gambles

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

Posted on by May 30, 2015
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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

Posted on by October 22, 2014
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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

Posted on by September 29, 2014
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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

Posted on by May 30, 2015
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Pending vote could hike up the rate even more.

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Usual suspects around Seattle unusually rich, as usual

Posted on by July 5, 2014
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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

Posted on by July 6, 2014
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City wasn’t on famous 1976 New Yorker cover

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Forbes 400 list catches up with New To Seattle

Posted on by July 6, 2014
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Nordstrom family’s Anne Gittinger officially joins ritzy roster

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Sexy Gates proposal brings more needling Seattle’s way

Posted on by July 6, 2014
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Call for a better condom draws a lot of notice

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In Seattle, the usual suspects again (plus two)

Posted on by July 6, 2014
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Anne Gittinger and Gabe Newell join roster of the world’s richest.

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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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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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Latest novel about Seattle lampoons city’s persona

Posted on by May 30, 2015
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‘Where’d You Go, Bernadette’, by Maria Semple, finds much fodder in local doings

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A dubious charity solicits in Seattle

Posted on by July 7, 2014
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Cancer Fund of America looks for donations around Puget Sound

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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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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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