http://www.seattlecourant.com Seattle's newest 21st century local daily newspaper serving Seattle. en-us Fri, 10 Sep 2010 13:16:07 EDT http://www.seattlecourant.com/section/news/150 Tue, 10 Mar 2009 21:07:56 EDT http://www.seattlecourant.com/section/business/150 Wall Street jumped to life on Tuesday with the Dow Jones Industrial Average closing up nearly 380 points. The 5.8 percent bump in the Dow is a sparkle of hope in a seemingly endless sea of bad news that has dominated headlines since the recession began in December 2007, but economists aren't saying the markets have hit bottom yet. http://www.seattlecourant.com/section/news/127 Thu, 19 Feb 2009 23:42:29 EDT http://www.seattlecourant.com/section/business/127 Publicly traded Seattle companies are taking a beating. Just look at Starbucks, Amazon and Boeing since Jan. 2, 2008, on average, their stocks have plummeted 47 percent.