| HeraldNet - Snohomish County's online news source |
 THURSDAY, AUGUST 21, 2008 4:28 pm |
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State is measuring up for business A recent edition of Forbes Inc. magazine rated Washington state third in its annual "Best States for Business" competition, pushing it up two notches from the previous year's contest. [More] In my hometown in Ohio, it's the same problem: costly gas You can go home again. You just need more gas money and an extra dollop of patience these days. That was the lesson I learned last week while visiting my hometown in the Cleveland area for the first time in 20 years or so. [More] What could the Anheuser-Busch buyout mean? Been there, done that, got the T-shirt. [More] Value of life isn't what it used to be I had a lot of ideas about what to write about today, but none of them seemed like a complete column. So here's a little bit of this and a little bit of that: Life is cheaper [More]
Some people are people people. Others are TV people. I don't have any problem with either one, although I don't have a television set right now and sometimes other people bug me. What I am is a book person. [More] Air Force has to say what it wants in a tanker The decision by government investigators last week that the Air Force bungled the latest effort to secure a tanker contract provides columnists like me with a lot to write about. [More] History can be awfully boring, especially as it's taught in most school systems. Ditto for a lot of books. And the History channel isn't much better. [More] Hidden invoice means Everett man's out $195 Reader Dick Ptacek of Everett has come across a new way for mail-order businesses to make it difficult for people to get their money back. Call it the case of the hidden letter. [More] |
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