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WEEK IN REVIEW
Thursday
Past sexual allegations surface against Arlingt...
Light-rail measure headed to voters
Grandmother burnt while making pancakes
Wednesday


Friends plan auction, hope to save woman's home
Man blackmailed ex-girlfriend with nude picture...
Traffic deaths decline in Washington
Tuesday


Sauk River will run its course again
Heroin blamed in Mukilteo teen's death
Monroe motorcyclist dies in U.S. 2 crash
Monday


Suspects in Monroe burglary found sleeping on b...
Sounder fills up with new riders
Look for Camano Island actress, 16, on Broadway
Sunday


A life interrupted
Everett composting company ordered to track dow...
WASL questions dominate at forum
Saturday


Marysville teen to race as Olympian for the Mar...
Teen burglar can't run forever, police say
New branch campus in Snohomish County doesn't a...
Friday


Vandals cause $12,000 damage at Evergreen Cemet...
Everett's study on Paine Field air service chan...
Two jailed suspects may be involved in dozens o...
 

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Mike Benbow
Business Editor Mike Benbow writes regular columns about business issues and trends in Snohomish County.

What could the Anheuser-Busch buyout mean?

Been there, done that, got the T-shirt. [More]





Value of life isn't what it used to be

I had a lot of ideas about what to write about today, but none of them seemed like a complete column. So here's a little bit of this and a little bit of that: Life is cheaper [More]






Elizabeth Armstrong / Herald file photo
Pilchuck Books closes its Wetmore Avenue store

Some people are people people. Others are TV people. I don't have any problem with either one, although I don't have a television set right now and sometimes other people bug me. What I am is a book person. [More]





Air Force has to say what it wants in a tanker

The decision by government investigators last week that the Air Force bungled the latest effort to secure a tanker contract provides columnists like me with a lot to write about. [More]






How Everett's fishing history is kept alive

History can be awfully boring, especially as it's taught in most school systems. Ditto for a lot of books. And the History channel isn't much better. [More]





Hidden invoice means Everett man's out $195

Reader Dick Ptacek of Everett has come across a new way for mail-order businesses to make it difficult for people to get their money back. Call it the case of the hidden letter. [More]





How 60 goats can improve parkland

The Port of Everett, People For Puget Sound and 60 goats are forging an alliance that they hope will be good for everybody. [More]





Banks still safe place, FDIC official says

At a recent conference in Baltimore, I had a chance to meet Sheila Bair, chairwoman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp, the federal corporation in charge of making sure that people with money in the bank don't lose it. [More]





 
More columns
What's new in The Herald's business section  May 12
What the Navy base does for Everett's economy  April 21
Snagging a part of Olympics crowd  April 14
Fishermen say goodbye to Everett net sheds  March 31
The trades also need our best and brightest  March 24
2 key reasons why gas is spendy in Washington   March 17
Air Force's tanker decision just flat wrong  March 10
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