Business

Bruce Schultz stands in front of his new business

Renovated sports bar opens on Kent’s East Hill

Bruce Schultz has passed this way before. He once ran a sports bar in Federal Way, but left the tavern scene to work as a employment recruiter for 16 years.

  • Mar 29, 2012
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Bruce Schultz stands in front of his new business

Jersey Mike’s making a difference in drive to help children; Kent store joins campaign

Seattle Children's Hospital joins forces with eight local Jersey Mike's Subs restaurants – including one in Kent at 18119 E. Valley Highway S. – for the second annual March "Month of Giving" fundraising campaign to help make a difference in children's lives.

  • Mar 22, 2012
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Union files charges with NLRB against Kent plant, an Esterline subsidiary

Management at Kent's Hytek Finishes has violated the rights of its workers under federal labor law as they try to negotiate their first Machinists Union contract, the union alleges.

  • Mar 8, 2012
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An Example for Us All | Don Brunell

Adversity often brings out the best in people. We find ways to pitch in and solve problems that government can’t.

State Attorney General Rob McKenna.

Attorney General Rob McKenna to speak at ShoWare Center March 16

Members of the business community are invited to a Kent luncheon with State Attorney General Rob McKenna on Friday, March 16 at the ShoWare Center.

  • Mar 2, 2012
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State Attorney General Rob McKenna.

Kent business forum about homeless shelter set for March 14

Kent business owners are invited to a Business Community Forum about a potential homeless shelter in downtown Kent.

  • Feb 29, 2012
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A new solution in patient care opens in Kent | Doctors Express

A business hoping to redefine the urgent care experience for patients and physicians opened in Kent Jan. 28.

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H.J. Heinz Co. will close in March a Kent plant that makes frozen soups.

Heinz to close Kent frozen soup plant

About 100 employees will lose their jobs when H.J. Heinz Co. closes a Kent frozen soup plant March 30.

H.J. Heinz Co. will close in March a Kent plant that makes frozen soups.

No more band-aids for the state budget | Don Brunell

There is finally a bit of good news from Olympia. The state’s Revenue Forecast Council reports that tax revenues for this biennium will be $96 million higher than projected last November, and state tax collections for 2013-15 are projected to grow by 6.6 percent.

  • Feb 19, 2012
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Jazzercise for the cure | Feb. 25

Local Jazzercisers will help energize the crowd at Jazzercise For the Cure at 4:00 pm, Saturday, Feb. 25 when they gather for a 90-minute aerobic workout with all proceeds going to the Susan G Komen Foundation for Breast Cancer research at the Kent Commons.

  • Feb 19, 2012
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Counterfeit Better Business Bureau emails target businesses

The scam that fraudulently uses Better Business Bureau's name will not die.

When it comes to taxes, keep it simple | Don Brunell

“Keep it simple.” This old saying is more than a bumper sticker slogan, it’s a principle that is especially important when it comes to taxes and regulations.

Tips for winning government contracts | Calvin Goings

Can you imagine your small business providing that key product or service to the Department of Navy, the Environmental Protection Agency or the Department of Agriculture?

Sound Transit CEO to speak at Kent Chamber luncheon Feb. 1

Joni Earl, Sound Transit chief executive officer, will speak at the Kent Chamber of Commerce membership luncheon at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 1 at the ShoWare Center.

  • Jan 30, 2012
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King County’s residents weigh in on river management priorities through survey

Consistent with goals in the King County Strategic Plan, the County’s Water and Land Resources Division (WLRD) is releasing the results of a new customer survey that explores the opinions of King County residents about rivers, how rivers are used and how they are managed.

  • Jan 29, 2012
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What a relief: power’s back on | Don Brunell

An old TV commercial for an antacid once asked heartburn sufferers, “How do you spell relief?”

Washington state unemployment rate, job numbers down in December

December’s labor statistics from the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics once again produced conflicting data about what’s happening in Washington’s economy.

  • Jan 22, 2012
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Buying American products creates American jobs | Don Brunell

As Congress and state legislatures struggle with the sluggish economy, high unemployment and growing deficits, it may seem that a solution is out of reach.

Good and services deficit $47.8 billion | U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis

The U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, through the Department of Commerce, announced today that total November exports of $177.8 billion and imports of $225.6 billion resulted in a goods and services deficit of $47.8 billion, up from $43.3 billion in October, revised. November exports were $1.5 billion less than October exports of $179.4 billion. November imports were $2.9 billion more than October imports of $222.6 billion.

  • Jan 16, 2012
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Our initiative process needs to change | Don Brunell

Would you buy a new car or a new house without knowing how you’ll pay for it? Of course not. But Washington voters do something similar every time they approve a costly initiative without specifying how it will be paid for.

  • Jan 15, 2012
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