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State steps up its efforts to produce more engineers
Will the Boeing Co. and its suppliers have enough engineers to work on new programs like the 737 MAX or a potential upgrade to the 777?Thousands of engineers are approaching retirement age.And too few Washington college students are graduating with engineering degrees.
Date: 03/25/2012 | Business
Local companies take their composites worldwide
Composites are big here in the land of Boeing. Bigger than plastics! And state officials hope to make the rarified composites sector even bigger. Companies traveling to Paris next...
Date: 03/21/2012 | Bizblog
Soaring gold prices fail to lift plight of China's miners
ZHAOYUAN, China — As flames swept through the Luoshan Gold Mine late one afternoon in August 2010, men began dropping dead. By the next day, 16 people had died, most of them from choking to death on smoke and fumes.
Date: 09/07/2011 | Nation & World
U.S. factory orders increase sharply
WASHINGTON -- U.S. factory orders rose strongly in July on the biggest jump in demand for autos in more than eight years and a surge in commercial airplane orders. The increase suggests supply chain disruptions created by the Japan crisis are easing.
Date: 09/01/2011 | Business
Gold exploration begins again in Aleutian Islands
Associated PressANCHORAGE, Alaska -- The price of gold has soared worldwide, and that means another exploration has been launched into remote parts of the Aleutian Islands and Alaska Peninsula.
Date: 08/27/2011 | Northwest
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