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State purchasing index falls
Purchasing managers in Western Washington are less optimistic about the future, a July study shows.
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Jones Soda reports Q2 loss
Jones Soda Co. reported a second-quarter loss of $2.7 million, or a loss of 10 cents a share, which compares with earnings of $40,700, or nothing per share a year earlier. (JSDA)
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Eddie Bauer cuts Q2 loss
Eddie Bauer Holdings Inc. said second-quarter total revenues increased to $233 million from $227 million a year earlier and the company cut its loss to $100,000, or nothing per share, from a loss of $22.2 million, or a loss of 73 cents per share in 2007. (EBHI)
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Arbitrator rules Alaska Airlines violated union contract
When Alaska Airlines fired union baggage handlers and other unionized ramp-service employees at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport and outsourced their jobs to a nonunion service provider in May 2005, it violated a union contract, according to ruling by an arbitrator. (ALK)
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Higher gasoline prices boost Costco?s July same-store sales
Gas prices that were 41 percent higher last month compared with a year earlier boosted Costco Wholesale Corp.’s July comparable-store sales by 10 percent. (COST)
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Boeing announces $1.5 billion in 737, 767 and 777 airplane orders
Boeing Co. said British Airways, GE Commercial Aviation Services (GECAS) and Azerbaijan Airlines have ordered $1.5 billion of 737s, 767s and 777s. (BA)
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Nordstrom July sales fall
Nordstrom Inc. said July sales fell to $840 million from $901 million a year earlier. Comparable-store sales also fell, dropping 6.1 percent from July 2007. (JWN)
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Zumiez same-store sales dip
Zumiez Inc. said same-store sales fell 1.4 percent in July from a year earlier. Total net sales for the month rose to $31.7 million from $28.2 million in 2007. (ZUMZ)
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Average King County home sale price in July was $502,500
The average home sale price dipped in King County last month but the median price rose slightly, according to the latest figures.
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Washington?s average wage rose 5 percent in 2007, to $45,023
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