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WEEK IN REVIEW
Monday


A gift for a gifted kid
An early start to allergy season
Students to have their first look at ‘WAS...
Sunday


Stillaguamish Tribe carves a link to its long-l...
Paine Field results delayed by months
The Hub, a Snohomish institution, closes
Saturday


Shock at fish killings in Mill Creek
Former Snohomish County planning director charged
Murder suspect James Fryberg back in custody
Friday


Told there's no buyer for pea crop, farmers adjust
Everett courts water-bottling company
Alcohol, marijuana cited in fatal wrong-way crash
Thursday


Special session likely to finish budget, tax in...
County to pay builders $1.7 million to settle s...
Cut through solid-white lines and it could cost...
Wednesday


New high-tech tool aids searchers after avalanches
Boeing to boost output of 787s
Everett routinely sees people break anti-dumpin...
Tuesday


Mill Creek YMCA now has twice the room to play
Report faults teacher’s actions
Marysville middle school will pick a new principal
 

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Market roundup

Frontier Financial 'critically undercapitalized'

EVERETT -- Frontier Financial Corp. revised its 2009 losses today, saying the company lost $295.1million in 2009 instead of $258.8 million. [More]





County jobless rate holds at 10.5%

EVERETT — Snohomish County’s jobless rate stayed at 10.5 percent in February, the same as the previous month, the state Employment Security Department said today. [More]





City Bank of Lynnwood gets 30-day ultimatum from FDIC

LYNNWOOD — City Bank is trying to sell its building lots to a national homebuilder to raise enough money to prevent a forced sale by the government, officials said today. [More]





Air Berlin cancels $1.7 billion order for Boeing 787s

Air Berlin has reduced the number of 787 jets it has on order with the Boeing Co. to 15 from 25, the airline said Tuesday. [More]





Two more jets begin 787, 747-8 test flights

EVERETT — The Boeing Co. boosted both its 747-8 and 787 flight testing programs this weekend, putting two new jets in the air. [More]





Greece gets some relief on credit rating

BRUSSELS — Greece won some respite from financial market pressure today as ratings agency Standard & Poor’s took the country off credit watch for a possible downgrade — a day after eurozone governments laid out a vague blueprint... [More]





Housing construction drops 5.9 pct in February

WASHINGTON — Housing construction fell in February as winter blizzards held down activity in the Northeast and South. The decline highlighted the challenges facing builders as they struggle to emerge from the worst housing slump in... [More]






Homebuilders still in a funk

LOS ANGELES — Harsh winter weather and competition from deeply discounted foreclosures are putting a damper on sales prospects for the nation’s homebuilders. [More]





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