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Boeing Chief Executive Dennis Muilenburg speaks at a news conference after company’s annual shareholders meeting at the Field Museum in Chicago, Monday, April 29, 2019. (Joshua Lott/The Washington Post via AP, Pool) NYOTK

Boeing Chairman Muilenburg is asked to testify before Congress next month

 The chairman of a U.S. House committee announced Tuesday on Oct. 30, marking the first time that a top Boeing official has been publicly asked to appear before a congressional body since two deadly crashes of the 737 MAX. Peter DeFazio, D-Ore., chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, also extended an invitation...

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Protesters take to the streets in the Chinatown International District in front of Uwajimaya during a rally against real estate development in Seattle, Wash. on August 1, 2019. (Photo by Karen Ducey)

Battle for ‘soul’ of Seattle’s Japanese American community as Keiro Northwest nursing home closes

Keiro Northwest nursing home was founded 41 years ago by Japanese Americans for Japanese Americans, to care for their elderly in a respectful and culturally familiar manner. Its closure after years of financial struggle has caused anger and suspicion.

Amazon is leasing a new multi-story warehouse in on East Marginal Way South. The warehouse, with ramps allowing semi-trucks to access loading doors on a second story, is the first of its kind in the U.S., according to developer and owner Prologis.

Amazon leases new multistory warehouse in South Seattle, first of its kind in U.S.

The new warehouse on East Marginal Way South was developed in response to demand by e-commerce companies for storage and logistics space close to population centers.

The Air Force KC-46 Pegasus is a refueling tanker, built on a Boeing 767 frame. This tanker is seen at Paine Field in Everett. Photographed on June 19, 2019. 210631

Air Force finds another problem with Boeing’s KC-46 tanker

The U.S. Air Force has indefinitely barred the Boeing-built KC-46 from carrying cargo and passengers, the trade publication Defense News reported Wednesday.

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Planned apartment construction in Seattle dips from record-setting pace

Customers and others walk past Whole Foods Market at the corner of Denny Way and Westlake Ave. in Seattle Thursday, April 18, 2019.
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Amazon-owned Whole Foods cuts healthcare benefits for part-time employees

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Amazon tops 53,500 local employees as it begins nationwide hiring push

Boeing 737 MAX

The Port of Moses Lake operates the Grant County International Airport where there are approximately 80 Boeing 737 MAX airplanes being stored near the runway until the FAA clears the MAX to fly passengers again. The airport has enough space to store around 180 of these 737s if necessary as Boeing continues to build these jet in Renton Washington. Photographed in Moses Lake Washington on August 29, 2019. 211299

European regulator plans its own test flights of Boeing 737 MAX in sign of rift with FAA

Just over seven weeks after it rolled out of the paint hangar, Boeing’s first 737 MAX “the Spirit of Renton” lifts off the runway and flew for the first time Friday, from Renton Municipal Airport at 9:48 a.m. January 29th, 2016.

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Aerial photograph shows a stockpile of Boeing 737 MAX airplanes parked while awaiting FAA approval for a technical fix before they can be delivered to customers. This parking area is along the west side of Boeing Field and just south of the South Park Bridge. Photographed on June 19, 2019. 210631

Boeing hiring hundreds of temps in Moses Lake — and paying for their housing — as it prepares for 737 MAX’s return to skies

Aerial photograph shows a stockpile of Boeing 737 MAX airplanes parked while awaiting FAA approval for a technical fix before they can be delivered to customers. This parking area is along the west side of Boeing Field and just south of the South Park Bridge. Photographed on June 19, 2019. 210631

Boeing CEO expects 737 MAX to resume flying around November, but possibly not in all countries

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The Evernote app offers features like note templates, a Web Clipper tool for saving pages from a browser and the ability to search handwritten notes. It is one of several apps for organizing your thoughts.(Evernote)

Collecting your thoughts is good. Organizing them is even better.

Real Estate

The market’s chilled out, but Seattle home prices still too hot for many first-time buyers

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Customers and others walk past Whole Foods Market at the corner of Denny Way and Westlake Ave. in Seattle Thursday, April 18, 2019.

Amazon-owned Whole Foods cuts healthcare benefits for part-time employees

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Leading Pacific Northwest shipbuilder acquired by East Coast investor

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Boeing Chief Executive Dennis Muilenburg speaks at a news conference after company’s annual shareholders meeting at the Field Museum in Chicago, Monday, April 29, 2019. (Joshua Lott/The Washington Post via AP, Pool) NYOTK

Boeing Chairman Muilenburg is asked to testify before Congress next month

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Amazon tops 53,500 local employees as it begins nationwide hiring push

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FILE – In this file photo made Nov. 16, 2009, Stephen Guymon, of Twin Falls, Idaho, separates packages for final shipment inside the 800,000 sq. ft. Amazon.com warehouse in Goodyear, Ariz. Amazon.com Inc., reports quarterly earnings Thursday, April 22, 2010, after the market close. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin file) NYBZ139

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This image released by Netflix shows billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates in a scene from “Inside Bill’s Brain: Decoding Bill Gates,” streaming Sept. 20. (Saeed Adyani/Netflix via AP) NYET233 NYET233

Go ahead, dive inside the mind of Bill Gates. But strap in.

Economy

A stab at the heart of Saudi oil puts Trump to his biggest test yet | Jon Talton

The weekend attack on critical oil facilities rattled the market. No wonder: Spikes in petroleum prices are closely associated with recessions.

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A stab at the heart of Saudi oil puts Trump to his biggest test yet

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T-Mobile’s brash CEO sprints to top of best-paid leaders at Pacific Northwest companies

Personal Finance

Melissa Tatro, 52, feeds her three pigs at her small 2 1/2-acre farm in Kent in 2016. (Lindsey Wasson / The Seattle Times)

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Markets

Washingtonians likely to feel pain at the pump after Saudi attack

Artificial Intelligence

FILE- In this March 21, 2019 photo a robot called “Pepper” is positioned near an entrance to a Microsoft Store location, in Boston. Microsoft, a company that often tries to position itself as an early thinker on ethics and privacy issues, published its principles around developing artificial intelligence, released a short book that discussed the societal implications of the technology and has called for some government regulation of AI technologies. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)

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International Trade

WeWork Postpones Long-Awaited IPO, Sending Its Bonds Falling

(Bloomberg) -- WeWork pushed back its much-awaited initial public offering as the company seeks more time to allay investor doubts over its governance, slashed valuation and business prospects.The offering is likely to be postponed until at least October, people familiar with the matter said Monday. The office-rental unicorn had planned to begin making its pitch...

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Air China jet returns to Dulles after engine fire reported

WASHINGTON (AP) — Officials say an Air China jet bound for Beijing has made an emergency return to Dulles International Airport after reporting an engine fire. In a statement, the Federal Aviation Administration says that the Air China flight landed safely Tuesday in Washington after reporting an engine fire and that its pilot was in...