While Seat­tle con­tin­ues to chalk up some impres­sive rank­ings and rev­enue suc­cess­es, the bot­tom line is that the recov­ery, if that is what you want to call it, has all but flat-lined with min­i­mal growth and lim­it­ed con­fi­dence across the nation. Recent news arti­cles high­light­ing weak real income, scarce jobs, inven­to­ries out­pac­ing sales and a…

Signs of Life Sig­nal Sun­ny Seat­tle Future If you ignore the world around us and the con­tin­ued flail­ing of the nation­al econ­o­my, it appears that the Puget Sound region may be climb­ing out of the depths of the Great Reces­sion trough. Retail sales seem to be pick­ing up steam as the pri­ma­ry dri­vers of con­sumer…

Seat­tle Earns Top Praise for Jour­nal­ism, Lifestyles and Jobs Growth The lat­est edi­tion of Seat­tle Mar­ket Review is out and it’s pop­ping with top acco­lades for the Emer­ald City.  Seat­tle’s show­er of  pos­i­tive atten­tion starts with a cou­ple Pulitzer prizes for local jour­nal­ists. The Seat­tle Times, won its 9th Pulitzer Prize based on Michael J.…