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Seattle startup founders, investors react to new state capital gains tax that targets stocks

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The law imposes a 7% tax on capital gains of more than $250,000 from the sale of stocks and bonds, excluding revenue from real estate and retirement accounts, among other exceptions. The video below, published by Invest in Washington Now, a nonprofit that supported the tax, shows how much a person would owe based on the new tax.

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Tech Moves: Expedia board director Skip Battle resigns; Madrona promotions; Vacasa’s new CFO

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Its net loss for the first nine months of this year was $2.2 Based in New York City, Gavet was most recently COO at real estate startup Compass. The company offers mobile platforms for religious, education and nonprofit organizations. Expedia has been crushed by the pandemic as travel restrictions slow its business.

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Biotech industry leaders share cautious optimism for 2023 amid downturn and layoffs

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million square feet, said Pete Warsinske , a life science specialist at commercial real estate company CBRE. government and nonprofits, supplementing income from its commercial collaborations and $27.7 During the pandemic, demand for lab space in the Seattle area peaked at 1.25 Sonoma chief technology officer Heidi Hagen.

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Amazon allocates $42.5M to build 318 affordable apartments near Seattle area light rail stations

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million low-rate loan commitment and predevelopment grant to BRIDGE Housing, a nonprofit developer, for construction of 233 affordable apartments in Bellevue, near a light rail station that is scheduled to open next year. The company also announced funding for 742 new apartments in the Arlington-Washington, D.C. totaling $81.7

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Book excerpt: How tech and government can spin the flywheels of equitable prosperity together

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The livability flywheel depends on leadership from elected officials, corporate and nonprofit executives, and the community. Another example: In the 1990s, Microsoft cofounder Paul Allen purchased a swath of underdeveloped downtown real estate, intending to create Seattle’s version of Central Park.

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Here are all the winners of the 2020 Webby Awards

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Webby Award for Charitable Organization / Nonprofit : Our Stories Alzheimer’s Awareness Campaign by The Ad Council. Webby People’s Voice Award for Charitable Organization / Nonprofit : Equal Justice Initiative by Madeo. Webby Award for Real Estate : Urby by Kettle. Webby People’s Voice Award for Real Estate : Compass.

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List of the world’s top female futurists (Update #5)

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Her clients range from industries such as retail to telecom, banking to manufacturing, FMCG and real estate. She is a future thinker who specializes in the field of management and has launched more than 100 products, netting $18 billion in sales. Twitter: @stafie_diana.

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