http://blogs.thenewstribune.com/business?disp=comments en-US http://backend.userland.com/rss 60 Fri, 23 Oct 2009 03:14:53 +0000 seattledove c178013@http://blogs.thenewstribune.com/ The Miller Apartments and the Ansonia condos near 2nd and Tacoma in the Stadium District. http://blogs.thenewstribune.com/business/2009/09/28/what_tacoma_buildings_do_you_like#c178013 Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:36:01 +0000 Concerned Citizen c178006@http://blogs.thenewstribune.com/ 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#c178006 Thu, 22 Oct 2009 05:29:32 +0000 ldozy1234 c178005@http://blogs.thenewstribune.com/ 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/boeing_ceo_admits_outsourcing_went_too_f#c178005 Thu, 22 Oct 2009 04:30:13 +0000 tree_guy c178004@http://blogs.thenewstribune.com/ "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/expedia_closing_tacoma_call_center#c178004 Thu, 22 Oct 2009 04:26:43 +0000 tree_guy c178003@http://blogs.thenewstribune.com/ 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/goodwill_opening_new_store_in_former_puy#c178003 Thu, 22 Oct 2009 03:19:09 +0000 Btline c178002@http://blogs.thenewstribune.com/ 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#c178002 Thu, 22 Oct 2009 03:14:15 +0000 Thorax c178001@http://blogs.thenewstribune.com/ 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/boeing_ceo_admits_outsourcing_went_too_f#c178001 Thu, 22 Oct 2009 03:11:39 +0000 Thorax c178000@http://blogs.thenewstribune.com/ It's nice to see a local company not leaking money through a sieve. http://blogs.thenewstribune.com/business/2009/10/21/tight_cost_containment_keeps_trueblue_in#c178000 Thu, 22 Oct 2009 03:10:44 +0000 Thorax c177999@http://blogs.thenewstribune.com/ 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/second_dreamliner_assembly_site_decision#c177999 Thu, 22 Oct 2009 02:52:01 +0000 Concerned Citizen c177998@http://blogs.thenewstribune.com/ 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#c177998 Thu, 22 Oct 2009 01:28:51 +0000 WTF c177995@http://blogs.thenewstribune.com/ 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#c177995 Thu, 22 Oct 2009 01:04:35 +0000 mcgyver c177994@http://blogs.thenewstribune.com/ Okay, so fix it. http://blogs.thenewstribune.com/business/2009/10/21/boeing_ceo_admits_outsourcing_went_too_f#c177994 Wed, 21 Oct 2009 21:00:05 +0000 fatuous c177992@http://blogs.thenewstribune.com/ 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/boeing_ceo_admits_outsourcing_went_too_f#c177992 Wed, 21 Oct 2009 20:52:06 +0000 fatuous c177991@http://blogs.thenewstribune.com/ New Boeing commercial: "We thought Vought was so screwed up, we bought the company!" Unbelievable!!!!
Unbelievable!!!! ]]> http://blogs.thenewstribune.com/business/2009/10/21/second_dreamliner_assembly_site_decision#c177991 Wed, 21 Oct 2009 20:52:01 +0000 ldozy1234 c177990@http://blogs.thenewstribune.com/ 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/goodwill_opening_new_store_in_former_puy#c177990 Wed, 21 Oct 2009 17:07:17 +0000 uptodate c177989@http://blogs.thenewstribune.com/ 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/2009/10/21/second_dreamliner_assembly_site_decision#c177989 Tue, 20 Oct 2009 02:23:02 +0000 Thorax c177971@http://blogs.thenewstribune.com/ ...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/chamber_celebrating_125_years#c177971 Tue, 20 Oct 2009 02:21:34 +0000 Thorax c177970@http://blogs.thenewstribune.com/ 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/2009/10/15/mcclatchy_earnings_top_those_from_a_year#c177970 Tue, 20 Oct 2009 02:17:33 +0000 Thorax c177969@http://blogs.thenewstribune.com/ 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/2009/10/16/lemay_and_city_officials_meet_and_agree_#c177969 Tue, 20 Oct 2009 02:14:49 +0000 Thorax c177968@http://blogs.thenewstribune.com/ 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.]]> http://blogs.thenewstribune.com/business/2009/10/19/marcato_units_sell_for_an_average_of_55_#c177968