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The Infamous B&O Tax
Nobody likes taxes, but people really, really hate the levy Washington imposes on businesses. Called the Business & Occupation Tax, the “B&O” is loathed with the intensity usually reserved for your college football...
Funding Forecast Brightens
Tomato Battle does not fit the traditional financial model of a startup. The Seattle company, which produces daylong events in cities across the country that involve beer, bands and, yes, an enormous tomato fight, needed...
Creating Jobs
  Nix the minimum-wage hike Joseph Phillips, Dean, Albers School of Business and Economics, Seattle University I am skeptical that state government can do much to jump-start employment in the short run. Given the...
2012 Economic Outlook
After harsh treatment by the Great Recession, the Puget Sound economy is back in its customary position, growing faster than the rest of the nation. Boeing, which recently added several thousand workers to its payroll, is...
Build a Bridge; Get a Green Card
The nation’s deteriorating surface transportation infrastructure cost American households and businesses $130 billion in 2010, according to the American Society of Civil Engineers. Washington state is taking advantage of one...