The extent of the economic threat to home office workers and the economy in general as a result of summer vacation continues to expand. New studies detail a much more…
Summer vacation has disrupted home office workers. Economist anticipate a significant drop in productivity and earnings possibly pushing the economy back into recession. Administration officials are encouraging home office workers…
Despite the poor jobs report today, the Seattle area is doing far better than the national average. http://www.bls.gov/eag/eag.wa_seattle_md.htm On a more sobering note, the state is doing worse than the…
I spent a good portion of my career planning and executing business turnarounds in a large corporation. Almost all the businesses I worked on were formally profitable businesses that enjoyed…
The Washington Roundtable has given the state its 2nd report card on the business environment and keeping Washington competitive. The benchmarks are all graded relative to all other states. On…
How much do you know about the economy here in Issaquah? Do you have any idea about how we compare to our neighbors in Bellevue, Sammamish, Renton and Redmond? Here…
May 24 2012
Meadow Creek’s Audrey Slade, Director of Operations and Chair of the Young Issaquah Professionals group at the Greater Issaquah Chamber of Commerce, is making her mark on Issaquah. A recent…
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce had some stiff criticism for the Seattle Public Schools. Instead of defending itself, I hope the School Board takes it to heart and makes some…
The National Assoication for Business Economics reported that the economy keeps chugging along yesterday with some modestly improved forecasts for jobs growth, housing start and auto sales. It looks like…
For over thirty years now I’ve made my career in the private sector. Working both for a large corporation and owning my own business. I’ve been through more economic cycles…