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Real Estate Q&A | Home Financing
Barbara Alsheikh, supervisor for the King County Tax Advisor Office, answered questions about assessment practices, values and navigating the tax-appeals process. The Tax Advisor Office is part of the Office of Citizen's Complaints-Ombudsman and reports to King County Council. It is independent of the county Assessor's Office.. Read the Q&A.
"What type of loan do you recommend for a first-time homebuyer?"
— Jason, Kirkland
UPDATE - 12:20 PM
Boeing Machinists strike; 27,000 workers test company's final offer
The frustration had been pent up inside Boeing Machinists for an extra 48 hours since they voted overwhelmingly to strike on Wednesday. At midnight Friday, all that...

Bill Gates: His Legacy, His Future
Bill Gates, who last week ended his full-time involvement with Microsoft, was often right. He made a career, a company and an industry by looking over the horizon.
Bellevue couple seek financial advice as retirement looms

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Latest entry: When an audit is a good thing Posted 9/06, 07:45 AM
CEO pay
A look at the Northwest's top CEOs.
Overall pay perks up
Pay for NW CEOs shot up in 2007
Pay for the region's top CEOs shot up last year, despite a turbulent stock market and concerns about a U.S. recession.
Friday, September 5
Boeing Machinists will strike at midnight
Jobless rate jumps to 5-year high of 6.1% in August
Seinfeld-Gates ad debuts, and it's no showstopper
Hard Rock Café to open in Seattle
Retail Report | Crush chef behind Dry Soda's latest flavors
Comcast appeals FCC slap over blocking Web traffic
Gas prices not falling as fast as oil's drop
Higher oil produces leaner companies
Shares dive, hurdles mount for Yahoo
Home loan troubles break record again
Home-price decline may be slowing
Business Digest | Drugstore.com, Rite Aid realign

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Bill Gates, Jerry Seinfeld and their churros
Posted 9/04, 04:05 PM
Early review of local FiOS TV service: Great, but no CBC
Posted 9/04, 11:16 PM
Internal Microsoft memo describes initial Windows ad as 'icebreaker'; new PCs, retail effort to follow
Posted 9/04, 07:15 PM
Windows ad has funny reference to Gates' past
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Two real-estate foreclosure workshops scheduled in S. King County
Posted 9/04, 11:11 AM
Real-estate sales: Offer, counter on Bothell house
Posted 9/04, 08:15 AM
Failure to disclose leaky basement
Posted 9/03, 08:30 AM
Seller wonders about need for green card
Latest entry: When an audit is a good thing Posted 9/06, 07:45 AM

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- Man who lured wife to noose gets 12-year prison sentence
- Montana motorcyclist dies in 239 mph crash
- M's unlikely to sign stars for '09
- Heart to McCain campaign: stop using "Barracuda"
- Boeing, Machinists talk in last-ditch effort to avert strike
- Seinfeld-Gates ad debuts, and it's no showstopper
- 3 more shooting victims identified
- UW to test second-week gains theory against BYU
- Wilson sisters slam GOP's use of Heart's "Barracuda"
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- Reflections on Palin from a Christian in Wasilla | Guest columnist
- Hockey mom, governor, juggler? | Nicole Brodeur
- Heart to McCain campaign: stop using "Barracuda"
- Hard Rock Café to open in Seattle
- Can heroic past beat solid plan for future? | Danny Westneat
- Posh food, wine and diners at Sip - and you'll fit right in | Restaurant Review
- Wilson sisters slam GOP's use of Heart's "Barracuda"
- Palin's earmark requests: more per person than any other state
- Hiking the "American Alps" just outside North Cascades National Park
- A woman is a woman is a woman — and an insult is an insult is an insult | Leonard Pitts Jr. / Syndicated columnist









