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Boeing Co. delivered 125 airliners in this year's second quarter, the company reported today.For the year, the company's Puget Sound factories in Renton and Everett have produced and delivered a total of 246 airliners. The popular 737, built in Rent...

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The News Tribune has confirmed that members of Tacoma Elks #174 last night approved the sale of its property at South 23rd and Union streets.A few weeks ago, we reported that the lodge turned down Wal-Mart's bid to buy the 17-acre property but that t...

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State Attorney General Rob McKenna praised the Federal Trade Commission for tackling a Tacoma company that preyed on financially strapped consumers. The FTC sued Mutual Consolidated Savings last week for allegedly using robo-calls to aggressively t...

topics: business, tacoma

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A blog post on CBS Moneywatch.com recently reported Tacoma at the top of a list of The 10 Best Housing Markets. Some markets are poised to do quite nicely others will tank. Based on the Case-Shiller index, Moody's Economy.com forecast the 10 b...

topics: economy, tacoma

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Alaska Airlines has painted several of its 737s in Disney paint schemes. Now Amtrak is getting in the act to promote a new Disney version of a wintertime classic.Disney has chartered an Amtrak train, painted its engine and cars like an English town a...

topics: alaska-airlines, tacoma

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SeaTac's Alaska Airlines has won first place among the nation's traditional air carriers in a J.D. Power & Associates satisfaction survey.This is the second year in a row the airline won top honors. In the low-cost carriers category, JetBlue Airways...

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A Bellingham hotel developer today formally unveiled a plan to build two hotels and an office building on a near-downtown Tacoma waterfront site.Hollander Investments' hotel construction plan could fulfill the Foss Waterway Development Authority's lo...

topics: downtown, economy, puyallup, shoreline, tacoma

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Kelly Kearsley wrote this story this afternoon: By Kelly KearsleyThe News TribuneA Federal Court in Tacoma temporarily shut down a telemarketing firm Monday following a lawsuit filed by the Federal Trade Commission alleging that the company lied to c...

topics: business, tacoma

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Seattle's daily and monthly parking rates are among the highest in the country according to a new parking survey by Collier International.Colliers, a real estate service firm, lists downtown Seattle's median daily parking rates as $28.00 a day and $2...

topics: downtown, tacoma

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The state Attorney General's office, Secretary of State and Better Business Bureau are warning people not to be misled by two Pierce County businesses claiming to be charities.Telemarketers from the organizations -- called Jobs for the Homeless and A...

topics: business, employment, tacoma