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Marce Edwards is the business editor. She has been at The News Tribune for seven years and has written about technology and big businesses in the South Sound including Weyerhaeuser and Russell. Before moving to Tacoma, she worked at The Idaho Statesman in Boise. She is a Northwest native who likes to garden and refuses to use an umbrella. She lives in Tacoma with her husband and two kids.
C.R. Roberts is a Tacoma native. Before joining The News Tribune, he worked as a freelance writer and part-time cowhand on a cattle ranch in Northern Idaho. He writes about small business, personal finance and other business issues.
John Gillie writes about the aerospace and airline industries, commercial development and consumer issues. During his 30-year-tenure at The News Tribune he has covered issues as diverse as the Native American fishing rights disputes, crime and the courts, the wood products industry and energy. He lived in Tacoma with his family for 25 years, but now lives in Kent because his wife heads a five-state non-profit foundation headquartered in Ballard, and it only seemed a sensible compromise to make considering their workplaces are 40 miles apart.
Kelly Kearsley has been a business reporter at The News Tribune since 2005. She covers the Port of Tacoma and international trade. Being born and raised in Spokane she’s used to living in cities with inferiority complexes and, in fact, prefers it. Prior to working at The News Tribune, she spent three years as a reporter for The Bulletin in Bend, Oregon and another year working stints for The Associated Press and Seattle Times. She graduated from Pacific Lutheran University. She lives in Tacoma with her husband and miniature schnauzer.
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The Port of Tacoma will hold three public meetings this month to discuss its 2009 budget, cargo forecast, finance plan and tax levy.
The first budget meeting at noon on Thursday will include an update on the third quarter of the 2008 budget and a preliminary look at the 2009 capital plans, revenue projections, tax levy and finance plans, the port said in a news release.
This general business presentation will not call for public comment, but community members are encouraged to attend to hear how the Port’s budget is formed.
Starbucks is offering to give anyone who votes and then drops into a store to say they had done so a free 12-ounce cup of drip coffee.
No proof needed. Just your word that you participated in democracy.
Here's what the company says:
"This is an extension of Starbucks commitment to community through Starbucks Shared Planet. It lets us immediately support customers who care about the same things we do and who want to make a difference. This idea has also come up a number of times on MyStarbucksIdea.com our on-line forum for sharing customer and partner (employee) ideas."
UPDATE: It turns out this may violate federal election law. Our political blog, Political Buzz has the scoop.
Oh, the frustration of trying to get that new toy open on Christmas morning.
Amazon.com feels your pain. The company said today that it launching an initiative to make it easier to get products out of their packages and make those packages more environmentally friendly.
It's called: Frustration-Free Packaging.
Amazon said in a news release that it is focusing first on two kinds of items: those enclosed in hard plastic cases known as "clamshells" and those secured with plastic-coated wire ties, commonly used in toy packaging.
The program begins with 19 bestselling products from manufacturers including Fisher-Price, Mattel, Microsoft and electronics manufacturer Transcend.
In the company's words: The product is exactly the same - Amazon has just streamlined the packaging. The project will expand across Amazon’s international sites beginning in 2009.
"I think we’ve all experienced the frustration that sometimes occurs when you try to get a new toy or electronics product out of its package," said Jeff Bezos, founder and CEO of Amazon.com. "It will take many years, but our vision is to offer our entire catalog of products in Frustration-Free Packaging. We’d like to thank Fisher-Price, Mattel, Microsoft and Transcend for working with us in this effort - we truly appreciate it."
Circuit City announced today that it's closing 155 stores around the country including the store at 34920 Enchanted Parkway S. in Federal Way.
The Richmond, Va.-based company said in a news release that it would shut 20 percent of its stores as part of a plan to return to profitability.
The stores are scheduled to close by Dec. 31.
Circuit City has had only one profitable quarter in the past year, posting a wider second-quarter loss in September with a 13.3 percent decline in sales at stores open at least a year, according to The Associated Press. Its results have weakened amid a deteriorating retail environment and heightened competition from rival Best Buy Co. and others.
The company is reviewing its operations while exploring strategic alternatives.
