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27-year sentence for wine warehouse fire

A federal judge also ordered Mark Anderson to pay $70.3 million to customers who lost wine collections in the 2005 fire.

6.5M people may have overlooked tax credit

By EILEEN AJ CONNELLY

The earned income tax credit is the federal government's largest benefit program for workers, but many don't know they may claim it.


Incubator opens for UW startups

By JOURNAL STAFF

The University of Washington has a new business incubator in Seattle that will give startups access to labs and office space on campus.


Builders group: 2012 is ‘ramp' to recovery

By ALEX VEIGA

One housing economist expects single-family home sales to rise by a whopping 40 percent to 505,000 in 2013.


Amazon talks with N.J. about warehouses, taxes

Amazon.com, the world's biggest online retailer, is in talks to bring two warehouses to New Jersey in a deal that could bring 1,500 or more full-time jobs to a state where unemployment has hovered around 9 percent.


Tax reform in an election year? Not likely

By TOM RAUM

Overhauling the complex code could mean that for everyone who would pay less, someone else would pay more. And every existing provision has fierce advocates.


Arizona moves ahead with online sales tax requirement

By PAUL DAVENPORT

Amazon.com says it would be illegal but Arizona legislators are moving ahead with a bill that would require the online retailer to collect sales tax on purchases by state residents.


GOP eyes federal pension cuts to pay for roads, transit projects

By JOAN LOWY

Federal employees would pay more toward their pensions and new employees would receive less generous retirement benefits under a House Republican plan to pay for highway programs.


Jobs gap widest ever between young, old

By HOPE YEN

Young people have suffered bigger income losses than other age groups and are less likely to be employed than at any time since World War II.





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February 8, 2012
More U.S. offices are going to the dogs
Software firm RMS is expanding here
TechNet: App demand creating 466,000 jobs
Silicon Valley booming for those with right skills
Two new hotels for Lakewood
More Japanese head east, to Silicon Valley
Fee increases would pay for road repairs
Officials fear economic fallout from Fairbanks squad move
Stocks erase early losses

February 7, 2012
State lawmaker wants vote on a permanent capital gains tax
Memorial today for Steve Johnson
Amazon could open retail store
'One-stop' health center opens in Boston
Verizon and Redbox are taking on Netflix
Jim Bozich dead at 44
Kent apartments sell for $31.5M
Omeros takes space for HQ and labs
Small cap stocks deserve a closer look
$40M expansion for Idaho cheese plant
GM: most dealers agree to upgrades
Stocks close slightly lower

February 6, 2012
Mercedes dealership is moving to Sodo
First Hill units sold for $9.5M
Lawmakers reject Miami casino plans
Oil boom's pros and cons coming to S.D.
Cave B Inn & Spa is up for auction
How to negotiate salaries today: Be polite, prepared and flexible
Forum in March on Kent East Hill
Ariz. wants taxes from online retailers
Can San Francisco revamp Dogpatch district, but save its history and soul?
Health clinic in Tacoma uses a ‘concierge model'
Electrician and teacher Thorstensen dies at 81

February 3, 2012
New field for Trump: High-end cemeteries
Transportation policy debate is a ‘food fight'
Kodak Theatre may lose Kodak name
Yoga room opens in SFO airport
Napa wineries push for ‘truth-in-wine' labeling
'Concierge' clinic opens in Tacoma
Startup offers app for car fix estimates
You can still cut your 2011 business taxes
Yellowstone Club founder loses in Caribbean court
Sandia labs creates a ‘self-guided' bullet
Abu Dhabi green lights huge airport terminal
Stocks flat ahead of jobless report

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