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Tag Archives: Bill Gates
Sexy Gates proposal brings more needling Seattle’s way
Call for a better condom draws a lot of notice Continue reading
In Seattle, the usual suspects again (plus two)
Anne Gittinger and Gabe Newell join roster of the world’s richest. Continue reading
Posted in Seattle economy, Starbucks
Tagged Amazon, Amazon.com, Anne Gittinger, Bill Gates, Bruce Nordstrom, Christian Grey, Craig McCaw, Fifty Shades of Grey, Gabe Newell, Harvard, Howard Schultz, James Jannard, Jeff Bezos, Microsoft, Oakley sunglasses, Paul Allen, richest man in seattle, richest people in Seattle, richest woman in Seattle, Starbucks, Steve Ballmer
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Sales tax confusion in Seattle
Why is club soda hit with the state sales tax but not seltzer water? Continue reading
The usual suspects of Seattle (plus others)
Bruce Nordstrom climbs onto the Forbes 400 list, but what about his sister? Continue reading
Latest novel about Seattle lampoons city’s persona
‘Where’d You Go, Bernadette’, by Maria Semple, finds much fodder in local doings Continue reading
Posted in Seattle crime, Seattle culture, Seattle drivers, Seattle image, Seattle politics, Seattle weather, Starbucks
Tagged Bernadette, Bill Gates, Choate Rosemary Hall, E.L. James, Fifty Shades of Grey, Galer Street School, Jim Lynch, Lakeside School, Maria Semple, Microsoft, Mike McGinn, Nordstrom, Paul Allen, Pike Place Market, Queen Anne Hill, Seattle weather, Space Needle, Starbucks, Steve Balmer, Truth Like the Sun, Where'd You Go
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A dubious charity solicits in Seattle
Cancer Fund of America looks for donations around Puget Sound Continue reading
Posted in Seattle charities, Seattle culture, Seattle image
Tagged accounting tricks, BBB, Better Business Bureau, Bill Gates, Bundle.com, Cancer Fund of America, charitable commitment, Forbes, Form 990, fundraising efficiency, Gates Foundation, gift in kind, GIK, IRS, James T. Reynolds, joint costs, Lea Goldman, Marie Claire, Sam Reed, United Way of King County, Volunteering in America, Washington Secretary of State, Wise Giving Alliance
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The richest people in Seattle–a very long time ago
None of their descendants rank among the wealthiest today Continue reading
Posted in Seattle, Seattle economy, Seattle history, Seattle infrastructure, Seattle media
Tagged 047, Arthur Denny, Bailey Gatzert, Bill Gates, creative destruction, Cyrus Walker, David Denny, Forbes 400, Hearst, Henry Yesler, Jacob Furth, Jeff Bezos, Joseph Schumpeter, Leigh Hunt, Mary M. Miller, New-York Tribune, Paul Allen, richest people in Seattle, Seattle billionaires, Seattle millionaires, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Seattle YMCA, Thomas Burke, Thomas S. Lippy, Tribune 4, Watson Squire, William C. Hill, William Renton, World Almanac
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The usual suspects of Seattle (plus one)
Seven around Puget Sound make the Forbes 400 list Continue reading
Posted in Seattle, Seattle economy
Tagged Bill Gates, Craig McCaw, Forbes 400, Howard Schultz, James Jannard, Jeff Bezos, Microsoft, MSFT, Paul Allen, SBUX, Starbucks, Steve Ballmer
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