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Archive - Week of May 24, 2004
Browse selected articles from the May 21, 2004 print edition and web-exclusive Daily News. Only a limited number of articles from the print edition are posted on Monday mornings. Certain features from the paper, such as the Top 25 List, record materials and special publications, are not available on the web.

Exclusive Reports
Seattle is among costliest cities
Federal SBA hits policy potholes
Seattle SBA office reels from changes
Tasty market: Eateries eye expansion options
I-895 picks up more business support
Tasty sales at Kremeworks
Fluke Venture Partners turns to outside investors
Seattle GameWorks requests rent reduction

Industry Wrapups
Deal diary: Federal tenants drive office deal
Behind the scenes: City of Seattle cable host parties with the glitterati

Enterprise
Preferring gradual growth, consulting firm Point B is selective about its projects
Small business bulletins: Web delivers seminars to individuals
Business vigilance: Small businesses are more vulnerable to fraud

In Depth: Corporate citizenship
Quiet vision: Despite high-profile McCaw Hall gift, most McCaw giving is behind the scenes
Corporate commitment: The wisdom found in corporate citizenship
Charity initiatives: Develop a strategy for community commitment
Beyond the check
In it for the long term
A decade of Gates Foundation giving
Companies seek new ways to give globally
Struggle to deliver
Executive Alliance supports nonprofits
Roundtable gives public voice to shape policy
Companies discover innovative ways to give
Dollars for Scholars learns to avoid budget famine
Assistance League services Eastside groups
Museum without walls
Feeling the squeeze
Top-level temps help agencies avoid rush to hire
Vivid reminders: Seattle artist Mary Larson tells the homeless story through her paintings
Nonprofits notebook: Food Lifeline adopts Sarbanes-Oxley rules
Charitable investment: Passion not enough to sustain nonprofits
Foundation of support: Foundations relieve burdens of donors
Power of technology: Networks will change nonprofit organizations
Nonprofit business: Find a balance between mission and money
Publisher's note: Good citizenship is good for business

Opinion
Editorial: Take-off time: With ruling in hand, port should build third runway
Editor's notebook: In Olympia, POG trudges ahead
Policy perspectives: America must find its way in post-9/11 world
Letter to the editor: Anonymous donors
Letter to the editor: Costco's values
Letter to the editor: Monorail doubts

Other Features
Heard and overheard: Lights! Camera! Action! -- Monorail gets its close-up
Coming up: Calendar of business events
Top of the list:Largest Puget Sound area philanthropists

Latest News
Friday: Kenworth production lines rev up, company to hire 250
Friday: Seattle Chamber endorses tunnel option for viaduct
Friday: Travel agent pleads guilty in $400K fraud
Friday: Spam Arrest files summary judgment motion in Hormel trademark action
Friday: Study: Washington state low on economic freedom
Friday: Washington WorkFirst remains effective after six years
Friday: Windows XP update to fight malicious software
Thursday: WaMu issues layoff notices to 170 in Seattle
Thursday: Tommy Bahama parent predicts robust 2005 sales, profits
Thursday: Survey: One in four private companies sued by employees
Thursday: Costco beats Q3 profit estimates
Thursday: King County's hybrid bus fleet arrives
Thursday: Microvision wins $3.85M Army contract
Thursday: REI plans return to Texas capital's downtown
Wednesday: Washington Banking closing specialty mortgage unit
Wednesday: Starbucks' May same store sales up 11 percent
Wednesday: Local composites developer gets 7E7 work
Wednesday: Tacoma Art Museum loses director
Wednesday: Laird Norton combines trust, financial advice units
Wednesday: Choe will join the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Wednesday: 360networks agrees to sale of Canadian assets for $205M
Wednesday: Aviation Technologies acquires Transicoil
Wednesday: Quinton Cardiology raises $15.4M in secondary offering
Wednesday: 767 tanker decision delayed six months
Tuesday: Rodda Paint, Cloverdale announce merger
Tuesday: Issaquah Bancshares shareholders approve sale to Cascade
Tuesday: Briazz departs Chicago market
Tuesday: Longview Fibre Q2 profit jumps on higher sales
Tuesday: Insurance tops small-biz concern
Tuesday: Cingular ends venture with T-Mobile
Tuesday: Nordstrom to open first store in Boston
Tuesday: SPEEA urges Boeing Wichita workers to reject contract
Monday: HomeStreet Bank plans new branch in Kent
Monday: Top Locke adviser lands post at Portland State
Monday: Fuel prices continue steady climb
Monday: Boeing Capital agrees to sell $2B commercial finance unit to GE
Monday: Amazon.com sued by Toysrus.com
Monday: Machinists agree to new 3-year contract with Boeing defense unit
Monday: Pipeline incident limited to testing line
Monday: Clark County joins distressed counties list
Monday: Nastech acquires patent for obesity treatment
Monday: Coinstar agrees to $235M purchase of American Coin Merchandising


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