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Workers at more than 200 U.S. Starbucks locations walked off the job Thursday in what organizers said was the largest strike yet in the two-year-old effort to unionize the company's stores.
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Washington is among the states the Biden administration selected for a new program meant to expand innovative industries into new regions.
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Amazon said on Tuesday that it will hire 250,000 full and part-time workers for the holiday season, a 67% jump compared to last year.
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Climate change, technological leaps, panicked insurers, the shifting sense of responsibility: All are powering the still-nascent, but fast-growing industry of preparing homes for wildfires.
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Longtime Starbucks leader Howard Schultz is stepping down from the company’s board of directors. Schultz is credited for transforming the Seattle-based business into the coffee giant it’s known as today.
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Amazon has been quietly raising the amount some customers must spend on its site to get free shipping. To qualify for no-cost deliveries, some Amazon customers who don’t have Prime memberships now need to spend $35, up from $25 previously.
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Bellevue, Wash.-based T-Mobile plans to cut 5,000 jobs, or about 7% of its workforce. CEO Michael Sievert said the layoffs would impact T-Mobile workers across the country — particularly those in corporate and back office roles, as well as some technology positions.
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A record number of cruise passengers are expected this year in Alaska's capital, drawn by wonders such as the long-retreating Mendenhall Glacier. But the glacier is receding so quickly that by 2050, it might no longer be visible from the visitor center it once loomed outside.
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The Puyallup Tribe is celebrating the launch of its partnership with Kenmore Air, a new venture to diversify its economic development. Scenic seaplane flights start Friday with air tours of Commencement Bay in South Puget Sound, from a new terminal in Tacoma.
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The state is awarding almost $80 million dollars to help hotels and restaurants still struggling to recover from the pandemic.
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UPS has reached a contract agreement with its 340,000-person strong union Tuesday, averting a strike that had the potential to disrupt logistics nationwide for businesses and households alike.
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A handful of small town newspapers in the Pacific Northwest are facing uncertainty as they look for new publishers. It's a daunting page to turn in an ever-evolving industry, and locals are searching for ways to save them.