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Month: September 2006
Seattle’s Tenuous Smartness
Yo ho, mateys. This be a fairly long article from the weekend, but considerin’ that it be about Seattle’s smartness ‘n high tech jobs, I be findin’ it worthy of postin’ here.</pirate> A once-proud hub of innovation left to languish as brilliant people, new ideas and dazzling products bubble up elsewhere. An urban wasteland that’s…
Tuesday Open Seas
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How people do it
Meshugy presents good facts on recent sales. Other bloggers have asked me about financing statistics. Let’s take some of Meshugy’s recent sales and find out how people are financing the home purchases. This will shed light on the fuel that drives this market. Money. My opinion is that if people did have a significant down…
Trahant: Wake Up and Smell the Credit Bubble
There were a lot of interesting stories in the news this weekend, but the one that deserves attention before the rest is the latest editorial gem from Mark Trahant. This region ought to be one where we are comfortable with the boom-and-bust cycle. It is inevitable — and it is reflected in our stories. Yet…