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 TUESDAY, MAY 13, 2008 12:46 pm |
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Snohomish County jobless rate drops to 3.6 percent Snohomish County’s jobless rate fell to 3.6 percent in April, a drop that places it well below the figure generally considered full employment. [More] Airbus announces new delays for A380 PARIS -- Airbus on Tuesday announced new delays on deliveries of the superjumbo A380, already almost two years late, saying the company is behind schedule in switching to automated production. [More] Americans expected to fly less this summer WASHINGTON -- Fewer Americans are expected to fly this summer, but don't expect more empty seats as carriers park planes to help offset surging fuel costs. [More] Puget Sound Energy: Raise gas rates by $60 a year? Puget Sound Energy's request to increase natural gas rates by an average of about $60 a year is up for public comment now as the new rates advance toward a vote by regulators. [More]
REARDAN -- Mom-and-pop service stations are running into a problem as gasoline marches toward $4 a gallon: Thousands of old-fashioned pumps can't register more than $3.99 on their spinning mechanical dials. [More] For years, the ThinkPad line has been the top class of Windows laptops, offering rugged, simply designed machines with great keyboards, even in small sizes. But ThinkPads have always been aimed at corporate buyers, not the broader consumer market. [More] U.S. exports hurt by port bottleneck At the time when the struggling U.S. economy needs the biggest boost it can get from booming exports, companies and agricultural producers with American goods bound for overseas can't find enough empty cargo containers and have to wait weeks to get... [More]
SAN FRANCISCO -- Apple Inc. said Monday its online stores in the U.S. and U.K. are sold out of the iPhone, a sign supplies are being winnowed ahead of the launch of the device's next generation, which features faster Internet surfing speeds. [More]
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