http://blogs.thenewstribune.com/business?disp=comments en-US hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://blogs.thenewstribune.com/business/2009/09/28/what_tacoma_buildings_do_you_like#c178013 2009-10-23T03:14:53Z seattledove The Miller Apartments and the Ansonia condos near 2nd and Tacoma in the Stadium District. http://blogs.thenewstribune.com/business/2009/10/21/boeing_ceo_admits_outsourcing_went_too_f#c178006 2009-10-22T13:36:01Z Concerned Citizen Well - ignorant electorate - when you contunuously elect socialist democrats they just want to become one of the good-ole-boy socialists around the world and blend right in!! You can all see what a fine job socialism has done for the economies of the rest of the world!!!!???? http://blogs.thenewstribune.com/business/2009/10/21/boeing_ceo_admits_outsourcing_went_too_f#c178005 2009-10-22T05:29:32Z ldozy1234 Lets see... in 1965 the US manufactured about 95% of the clothing sold here , in 1985 it was down to about 50% and in 2007 only 5% of clothing sold here in the US was made in the US. That's just one industry and the outcome of outsourcing. The garment workers union was one of the strongest ones and yet they couldn't stem the tide. Outsourcing has pretty well destroyed the US market place , workforce and production schedules. Only now does Boeing's leaders see that this might be a problem? That's just one industry and the outcome of outsourcing. The garment workers union was one of the strongest ones and yet they couldn't stem the tide.

Outsourcing has pretty well destroyed the US market place , workforce and production schedules. Only now does Boeing's leaders see that this might be a problem?

]]> http://blogs.thenewstribune.com/business/2009/10/21/expedia_closing_tacoma_call_center#c178004 2009-10-22T04:30:13Z tree_guy "Expedia did not offer an explanation" Hows this? Minimum wage Washington 8.55 Minimum wage Nevada 7.55

Hows this?

Minimum wage Washington 8.55
Minimum wage Nevada 7.55]]> http://blogs.thenewstribune.com/business/2009/10/21/goodwill_opening_new_store_in_former_puy#c178003 2009-10-22T04:26:43Z tree_guy Minimum wage in Nevada 7.55 Minimum wage in Washington 8.55 Minimum wage in Washington 8.55]]> http://blogs.thenewstribune.com/business/2009/10/21/boeing_ceo_admits_outsourcing_went_too_f#c178002 2009-10-22T03:19:09Z Btline Yeah, and as long as you continue to use the Jack Welch model and trust leadership to the clowns that ran that operation into the ground, you are going to have big issues. Rumor has it Boeing can't even manage to retool for the 737 in Renton without hosing the tooling up. And, a bunch young engineers who can't even speak enough english to talk to the factory workers run around shaking their heads and talking to themselves. You laid off your brains and expertise over the laid 9 years to show a short term gain in the form of dividents for the stockholders and burned the future of the company at the stake of self-serving interests. Condit accelerated the process and McDon/Douglas people finished it thanks to him. Condit and the Board turned a good company over to a bunch of also rans who couldn't build anything original. What a shame.
Rumor has it Boeing can't even manage to retool for the 737 in Renton without hosing the tooling up. And, a bunch young engineers who can't even speak enough english to talk to the factory workers run around shaking their heads and talking to themselves.

You laid off your brains and expertise over the laid 9 years to show a short term gain in the form of dividents for the stockholders and burned the future of the company at the stake of self-serving interests.

Condit accelerated the process and McDon/Douglas people finished it thanks to him. Condit and the Board turned a good company over to a bunch of also rans who couldn't build anything original.

What a shame.]]> http://blogs.thenewstribune.com/business/2009/10/21/boeing_ceo_admits_outsourcing_went_too_f#c178001 2009-10-22T03:14:15Z Thorax Outsourcing is only going to lead to the idiots we keep electing to DC to start thinking Tarriffs are a good idea. And we all know how well Smoot-Hawley worked out.
And we all know how well Smoot-Hawley worked out.]]> http://blogs.thenewstribune.com/business/2009/10/21/tight_cost_containment_keeps_trueblue_in#c178000 2009-10-22T03:11:39Z Thorax It's nice to see a local company not leaking money through a sieve. http://blogs.thenewstribune.com/business/2009/10/21/second_dreamliner_assembly_site_decision#c177999 2009-10-22T03:10:44Z Thorax NC, definitely. Boeing can't wait to leave WA, and who can blame them? Between regular strikes and the insane taxes Olympia levies on businesses, it's a wonder they didn't take the manufacturing with them when Corporate left 10 years ago. Boeing can't wait to leave WA, and who can blame them? Between regular strikes and the insane taxes Olympia levies on businesses, it's a wonder they didn't take the manufacturing with them when Corporate left 10 years ago.]]> http://blogs.thenewstribune.com/business/2009/10/21/boeing_ceo_admits_outsourcing_went_too_f#c177998 2009-10-22T02:52:01Z Concerned Citizen Before I retired from Boeing the senior management continuously went around "babbling" about Global Competiveness which meant "outsourceing" which translated to future problems and layoffs to anyone with a brain - welcome aboard management!!! http://blogs.thenewstribune.com/business/2009/10/21/boeing_ceo_admits_outsourcing_went_too_f#c177995 2009-10-22T01:28:51Z WTF Cut defense spending... then lay off union members. It must be tough being a Democrat... never knowing what special interest to pander to on a given day? http://blogs.thenewstribune.com/business/2009/10/21/boeing_ceo_admits_outsourcing_went_too_f#c177994 2009-10-22T01:04:35Z mcgyver Okay, so fix it. http://blogs.thenewstribune.com/business/2009/10/21/boeing_ceo_admits_outsourcing_went_too_f#c177992 2009-10-21T21:00:05Z fatuous Duh! You think so? I don't know who going to destroy the first, the unions or senior management. So far, the senior management is trying its hardest to do it single-handedly.
I don't know who going to destroy the first, the unions or senior management.

So far, the senior management is trying its hardest to do it single-handedly. ]]> http://blogs.thenewstribune.com/business/2009/10/21/second_dreamliner_assembly_site_decision#c177991 2009-10-21T20:52:06Z fatuous New Boeing commercial: "We thought Vought was so screwed up, we bought the company!" Unbelievable!!!!
Unbelievable!!!! ]]> http://blogs.thenewstribune.com/business/2009/10/21/goodwill_opening_new_store_in_former_puy#c177990 2009-10-21T20:52:01Z ldozy1234 glad to see someone finally using some of these empty businesses. Now if someone like Whole Foods would redo the old Larson's lot that would be cool.
]]> http://blogs.thenewstribune.com/business/2009/10/21/second_dreamliner_assembly_site_decision#c177989 2009-10-21T17:07:17Z uptodate With on going union talks, this is a perfect time to strike. The union should show Boeing who is really in charge. http://blogs.thenewstribune.com/business/2009/10/15/chamber_celebrating_125_years#c177971 2009-10-20T02:23:02Z Thorax ...yet the street-level retail in their own building has been sitting empty for a couple of years now. http://blogs.thenewstribune.com/business/2009/10/15/mcclatchy_earnings_top_those_from_a_year#c177970 2009-10-20T02:21:34Z Thorax You know you're running a sinking ship when the only way to post a profit is by outsourcing to Mumbai, cut janitorial services, lay off, force unpaid time off and cut salaries. Said it before, and I'll say it again: buying Knight Ridder (and their debt) in an era of declining print media was an epically stupid decision.
Said it before, and I'll say it again: buying Knight Ridder (and their debt) in an era of declining print media was an epically stupid decision.]]> http://blogs.thenewstribune.com/business/2009/10/16/lemay_and_city_officials_meet_and_agree_#c177969 2009-10-20T02:17:33Z Thorax For the love of... Seriously! Just give LeMay the 10' of lot A that they need and get on with it. If our civic leaders feel that a parking lot is more valuable than the LeMay museum, I think it's time we gave all of them (especially Anderson) a UA to see just what it is that they're smoking.
Seriously! Just give LeMay the 10' of lot A that they need and get on with it. If our civic leaders feel that a parking lot is more valuable than the LeMay museum, I think it's time we gave all of them (especially Anderson) a UA to see just what it is that they're smoking.]]> http://blogs.thenewstribune.com/business/2009/10/19/marcato_units_sell_for_an_average_of_55_#c177968 2009-10-20T02:14:49Z Thorax Still too much. When those things get down to $90,000 then we'll be at actual value. When those things get down to $90,000 then we'll be at actual value.]]>