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Dec. 1, 2008 at 10:30am

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Business owners not previously able to afford health insurance for their employees have a new tool available to them – government subsidies for employee health insurance. The state's Health Insurance Partnership combines public and private resources to help small employers and their employees purchase health insurance in the marketplace. A free educational workshop on HIP is being offered Thursday between 10 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. at the Phoenix Inn Suites in Olympia. Employers eligible for the subsidies are those: not currently offering health insurance; have between two and 50 employees; and have workforces that have half of their workers earning less than $10 an hour. The workshop is being sponsored by the Thurston County Chamber affiliated Chamber Benefit Services Fund, a leader in small business health insurance solutions. The event is held in cooperation with the Washington Health Care Authority and Choice Regional Health Network. Reservations are requested at (360) 357-3362 or www.ThurstonChamber.com.

The Lakewood Chamber of Commerce is sponsoring its annual Holly-Jolly Christmas Auction on Thursday between 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. at the Great American Casino. For $20 admission, guests can enjoy a lovely plated lunch, visit with Santa, enjoy holiday music, as well as take advantage of shopping for family, friends, co-workers and employees in a casual setting. Reservations are required, call (253) 582-9400.

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Dec. 1, 2008 at 10:18am

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Visit BusinessExaminer.com and voice your thoughts on today's news and read comments from other people in the South Sound's business community. The BE blog also offers RSS functions so you can see only the local or industry business news that you want, as it happens.

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Nov. 26, 2008 at 10:07am

Blog Watch: road warriors

Tacoma's downtown blog has an item about the Dome District's thoughts about Sound  Transit's plans for the train extension through the area. It makes for interesting reading about this changing neighborhood.

Kevin Freitas writes about the filming of the Toyota Commercial in downtown Tacoma last week. He also has pictures of the filming.

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Nov. 26, 2008 at 10:06am

COFFEE BREAK: Holiday blessings or worries

The Business Examiner would like to know your thoughts about the upcoming holiday season. Are your primed for the deep discounts you will likely find in stores or are you wondering if you will have a paycheck by the time the credit card bill comes due? Are you trimming back on gift giving this year?

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Nov. 19, 2008 at 12:18pm

COFFEE BREAK: down times

The weather is bad. The news about the local, state and national economy is bad. Retirement accounts are lighter.

The Business Examiner would like to know how you are feeling about your job and what you are doing to ease the stresses in your life.

To reply to the poll, send an e-mail to news@BusinessExaminer.com. Poll results will be published in Friday's BE Daily. 

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Oct. 3, 2008 at 8:31am

Speak up: BE wants your opinion

The Business Examiner would like you to take five minutes out of your day to help us grow and improve our BE Daily service.

It is our goal to provide timely and relevant news coverage, while making the BE Daily interesting and valuable for our readers and advertisers.  The information you provide in the survey link below is invaluable in helping us reach that goal.

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Sep. 30, 2008 at 2:34pm

People on the move

Promotions and recognitions

St. Joseph Medical Center has received the prestigious Consumer Choice Award for the 10th straight year for being identified as a preferred hospital in Tacoma by an independent survey of area residents by National Research Corp. Winners of the Consumer Choice Award from 190 markets across the U.S. were announced Sept. 29 by National Research Corp., an independent company that measures health care performance and improvement. The list of winners also was published in the current edition of Modern Healthcare, an industry publication.

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Sep. 17, 2008 at 11:19am

COFFEE BREAK: investment worries

With all the bad news from Wall Street these days about billion dollar firms going into bankruptcy or falling into governmental receivership, the Business Examiner would like to know how comfortable you feel about your own financial situation.

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Aug. 27, 2008 at 1:08pm

COFFEE BREAK: Class act

With students heading back to school, the Business Examiner would like you to think back to your own classroom days and come up with the best lesson you ever learned during those years. Was it to be organized and do  the work? Was it that cheaters prosper? Was it that geometry is applicable to everyday life?

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Aug. 26, 2008 at 2:41pm

Brewery broker announces call for bids

Colliers International Puget Sound and the Colliers Natural Resource Group of Olympia has announced the first round of call for offers on the Olympia Brewery property in Tumwater.

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Aug. 25, 2008 at 11:04am

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Aug. 5, 2008 at 11:18am

People on the move

Promotions and recognitions

The Abbey Road Group, as it was known for the past eight years, has changed its name to Abbey Road Group Land Development Services Co. and announces that its former director of Land Development Services, Gil Hulsmann, has agreed to purchase and take over the company ownership of the Puyallup company with his wife Kathy. Hulsmann has been involved in the company since its inception in 2000. In his new role as CEO, he will continue the consulting relationships and services he has developed throughout the years in the land development field.

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Jun. 17, 2008 at 9:47am

People on the move

Promotions and recognitions

The Tacoma Regional Convention and Visitor Bureau has hired Advantage Publishing to produce its official 2009 Tacoma-Pierce County Visitor Guide and Meeting Planner Guide. Advantage is an award-winning publishing firm with experience in producing visitor guides, directories and maps for destination marketing organizations.

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May. 29, 2008 at 12:28pm

State cites local health care workers

The Washington State Department of Health has taken disciplinary actions against health care providers in the South Sound.

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May. 29, 2008 at 12:09pm

Trident Seafoods fined for spill

The state Department of Ecology fined Seattle-based Trident Seafoods $12,000 today for causing an oil spill last summer in Tacoma's Hylebos Waterway.

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May. 12, 2008 at 12:58pm

Budd Inlet dioxin study available

An environmental report on Olympia's Budd Inlet is available online and in many public buildings in Olympia.

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