By The Tim on January 25, 2010
It would appear that our old friend Bill Virgin (formerly of the print P-I), is now writing a weekly column for the Tacoma News Tribune. Here are a few excerpts from his latest piece regarding what we may expect to see in store for the local economy in 2010: 2010 recovery will hinge on [...]
Posted in Economy, Local, News | Tagged Bellevue-Reporter, DeLisle, Economy, Hicks, predictions, Tacoma_Tribune, UW, Virgin
By The Tim on March 15, 2009
See the forums for a related discussion: What’s so great about daily print newspapers?
Update 03.16.09: Via Monica Guzman at the P-I:
Publisher Roger Oglesby just announced in the P-I newsroom: Tomorrow will be our last print edition, but seattlepi.com will live on.
Update 2: Aubrey Cohen will be staying on with the online-only P-I.
Update 3: Word comes [...]
Posted in News, Polls | Tagged Cohen, Polls, Seattle_PI, Trahant, Virgin
By The Tim on February 3, 2009
Yet another great editorial from Bill Virgin: Once considered recession-proof, Seattle no longer is
Recessions, Seattle has long believed, were phenomena that happened to other, less fortunate, less blessed and, frankly, less gifted parts of the world.
…
Until now.
As recently as the first half of 2008, you could find plenty of people who believed that the old [...]
Posted in News | Tagged Economy, Seattle_is_special, Seattle_PI, Virgin
By The Tim on January 13, 2009
A couple weeks ago we mentioned a recent Bill Virgin column in which he sorta kinda called a bottom for housing (and the economy) in 2009. Well, a lot has changed in Bill’s world in the last few weeks, and his tune has changed slightly.
Forecast of short recession looks shaky
It is a sobering reminder [...]
Posted in News | Tagged Economy, Seattle_is_special, Seattle_PI, Virgin
By The Tim on January 2, 2009
It’s a pretty slow news day today, what with most people still taking time off for the new year. So I thought this would be a good time to throw a bunch of smaller stories together into one post.
First off, let’s hit a topic that has been on a lot of people’s minds lately: [...]
Posted in News | Tagged foreclosures, government_meddling, Humor, layoffs, Microsoft, Seattle_PI, Virgin
By The Tim on August 4, 2008
Here are a few stories from the last week or so that are worth pointing out.
First up a TV report from KOMO News: “Open House” — sign of the times in Snohomish County
Real estate agents in Snohomish County are now resorting to a “shock treatment” for slouching home sales in their area.
Realtors advertised more than [...]
Posted in News | Tagged alt-a, Boone, Forbes, incentives, KOMO, Local Economy, New York Times, open house, Seattle_PI, Virgin, Woolsey
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