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Get the Lead Out: The Rise and Fall of Mechanical Pencils

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Hitting Elon Where It Hurts

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David Brewster - January 16, 2025

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Nancy Devaux - December 10, 2024

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Case Study: Why a Downtown Low-Income Apartment Building is Failing

Bruce Ramsey - October 28, 2024

Lessons for Industry from Boeing’s Wanton Self-Immolation

James S. Russell - October 26, 2024

Why Trump’s Tariffs Would Be Bad for Washington State

Bruce Ramsey - October 16, 2024

The Long Dock Strike That Wasn’t–For Now

Mike Merritt - October 7, 2024

Why this Election has State Businesses Singing the Blues

Paul Queary - October 4, 2024

Mayor Harrell’s New Budget and Windfall Revenue Provoke Big Questions

Kevin Schofield - September 26, 2024

A Revised History of the Port of Seattle: Change as Mantra

Mike Merritt - September 24, 2024

The Big Panic: Restaurants Face Reality of New Minimum Wage Rules

Jean Godden - July 29, 2024

Seattle’s Booming Cruise Ship Business

Mike Merritt - July 14, 2024

Burn it Down: Kara Swisher’s Love Affair with Tech

Jean Godden - June 26, 2024

High Interest Rates? A Little Historical Perspective, Please!

Bruce Ramsey - June 12, 2024

The Bitter Truth: Investing in Trump’s Truth Social

Jim Margard - May 7, 2024

Requiem: How the Lazy-B Veered off the Runway

David Brewster - April 28, 2024

Can Microsoft and Starbucks Learn Lessons from Henry Ford?

David Freiboth - March 15, 2024

Is the Port of Seattle Doing Enough to Mitigate Airplane Noise?

Mike Merritt - March 13, 2024

Hot or Not: The Decline of Super Bowl Commercials

Sally J. McMillan - February 14, 2024

Reality Check: No National Recession, But Seattle Economy is Ringing Alarms

Bruce Ramsey - January 29, 2024

Boeing: Still Flying Blind

Mike James - January 11, 2024

Have Recent Tenant Protection Laws Reduced Our Number Of Rental Units?

Bruce Ramsey - January 3, 2024

Prime Time? Stuck in Amazon Delivery Hell

Josef K - December 31, 2023