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Officers workers and tourists on the streets of the South Lake Union business district in Seattle, Washington on August 25, 2023. 224834

Seattle really is in a geeky league of its own, new data on tech workers shows | FYI Guy

Census data released this month shows tech workers have never had a more outsize presence in Seattle than they did in 2022.

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Union members of UFCW 3000 gather to pass out free tote bags to shoppers at the Holman Road NW QFC, April 6, 2023. From left, Daniel Cobb, Chris Crawford an Nile Bentley.

Kroger, Albertsons say merger preserves WA stores. History says otherwise

FILE – Credit cards are seen in Philadelphia on June 10, 2015. When a credit card issuer decides to close an account, there may be a narrow window of time in which you can help safeguard your credit scores. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File) NYAB205

Are your credit card debts spiking? If you’re in WA, you’re not alone

The Seattle Space Needle Sunday, June 18, 2023, after heavy rain in Seattle. LO

Harrell’s ‘Space Needle thinking’ needs to aim high

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Driverless trucks move shipping containers at an automated port in Tianjin, China, Monday, Jan. 16, 2023. China’s exports fell 7.5% from a year ago in May, 2023, and imports were down 4.5%, adding to signs an economic recovery is slowing. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
Jon Talton

China’s economic decline brings risks to both Washingtons

Charissa Soriano, originally from the Philippines, is photographed on Aug. 8, 2023. Soriano worked at a tech company after graduating graduate school locally at the University of Washington. After spending years applying for the H1B visa she has not been picked for the lottery. —— Photographed at Pratt Park.
Education Lab

They earned advanced degrees. Now comes the hard part for these Seattle women

Motuma Debela leaves a Raise the Wage Tukwila door hanger on a home on 34th Place S on Friday, Oct. 21, 2022. The group is working to rally a large turnout of voters in support of a measure to raise Tukwila’s minimum wage.
Local Politics

King County looks at $19 minimum wage in unincorporated areas

Several hundred people lined Mercer Street from the Seattle Center to South Lake Union in an effort to draw attention to Windmill Farms unwillingness to recognize farmworkers who want to unionize. At center in white is United Farmworkers President Teresa Romero. 224867
Northwest

Advocates ramp up support in Seattle for farmworker union recognition

Workplace

Officers workers and tourists on the streets of the South Lake Union business district in Seattle, Washington on August 25, 2023. 224834

Seattle really is in a geeky league of its own, new data on tech workers shows | FYI Guy

Maritime Industry

Cruises ships docked awaiting passengers at Pier 91 Friday morning in Seattle, Washington on June 23, 2023.

With cruise season in full swing, Seattle reaps benefits

Real Estate

A biker travels along Yesler Way in the early morning hours near Smith Tower on Aug, 4, 2023.

These Seattle office buildings would make good housing, researchers say

Technology

Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy speaks at the America First Policy Institute in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2023. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein) DCMS106 DCMS106

To TikTok or not to TikTok? One GOP candidate joins the app even as he calls it ‘digital fentanyl’

Tech Reviews & Tips

In the streaming era, as video consumption shifts from movie theaters toward content shrunk down for televisions, tablets and smartphones, making dialogue crisp and clear has become the entertainment world’s toughest technology challenge. About 50 percent of Americans — and the majority of young people — watch videos with subtitles on most of the time, according to surveys, in large part because they are struggling to decipher what actors are saying. (Derek Abella/The New York Times)

Can’t hear the dialogue in your streaming show? You’re not alone.

Retail

FILE – A LEGO set made of its blocks featuring K-pop band BTS, is shown during a publicity event at a store in Seoul, South Korea, on March 2, 2023. Danish toymaker Lego said Monday Sept. 25, 2023 that an experiment to make its colorful building bricks out of recycled drinks bottles didn’t work but the world’s largest toymaker “remains committed” to its plans to find sustainable materials to reduce carbon emission. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man, File) LGK106 LGK106

Toymaker Lego will stick to its quest to find sustainable materials despite failed recycle attempt

Agriculture

Jose Martinez, a union advocate speaks during an April rally a few days before he was fired in what he believes was a retaliatory move.

It’s nearly impossible for WA farmworkers to unionize. Here’s why that matters

Amazon

The company logo graces one of the doors of a delivery van for Amazon, Sept. 1, 2021, in Denver. Amazon said Wednesday, April 13, 2022 it will add a 5% “fuel and inflation surcharge” to fees it charges third-party sellers who use the retailer’s fulfillment services as the company faces rising costs. The company said in an announcement on its website that the added fees will take effect on April 28 and are subject to change. Federal data released Tuesday showed inflation hit 8.5% in March, its fastest pace in more than 40 years. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, file) NYPS208

Amazon is investing up to $4 billion in AI startup Anthropic in growing tech battle

Boeing & Aerospace

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Toxic legacy of Seattle’s only river could cost Boeing, taxpayers $1 billion. Talks over who pays more are secret

More on Boeing

The final version of the 737 MAX, the MAX 10, takes off from Renton Airport in Renton, WA on its first flight Friday, June 18, 2021.

Complete coverage of Boeing’s 737 MAX »

Microsoft

FILE – The Microsoft logo is pictured outside the headquarters in Paris, on Jan. 8, 2021. Microsoft said Thursday Aug. 31, 2023 its will stop combining its Teams messaging and videoconferencing app with its Office productivity software for European customers, in a move to head off a possible European Union antitrust penalty. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus, File)

Microsoft’s revamped $69 billion deal for Activision is on the cusp of going through

Personal Finance

The market is stuck until the Fed is done

The stock market has basically gone nowhere since the start of last year. That’s no great claim until you remember how battered most stocks were last autumn.

Money Makeovers

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Have a money question? A financial planner can help, for free

Economy

The market is stuck until the Fed is done

The stock market has basically gone nowhere since the start of last year. That’s no great claim until you remember how battered most stocks were last autumn.

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Harrell’s ‘Space Needle thinking’ needs to aim high

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Officers workers and tourists on the streets of the South Lake Union business district in Seattle, Washington on August 25, 2023. 224834

Seattle really is in a geeky league of its own, new data on tech workers shows | FYI Guy

Markets

Shou Zi Chew, chief executive officer of TikTok, speaks during the Bloomberg New Economy Forum, Nov. 16, 2022, in Singapore. 775901110

TikTok’s data rules are keeping researchers from studying the app

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Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commodities

Benchmark U.S. crude oil for November delivery fell 35 cents to $89.68 a barrel Monday.

Careers

Ñ ILLUSTRATION MOVED IN ADVANCE AND NOT FOR USE – ONLINE OR IN PRINT – BEFORE 12:01 A.M. ET ON SUNDAY, SEPT. 10, 2023 Ñ Earlier in the pandemic, when the labor market was tight and workers across industries were fighting for higher wages and better hours, a hashtag took hold: #ActYourWage. A popular slogan on social media, the phrase is meant to urge workers not to labor beyond their pay grade. (Luci GutiŽrrez/The New York Times) Ñ FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY WITH NYT STORY SLUGGED ACT YOUR WAGE BY EMMA GOLDBERG FOR SEPT. 10, 2023. ALL OTHER USE PROHIBITED. Ñ

A workers’ refrain: ‘#ActYourWage’

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