Even if Seattle-Tacoma's 11 Forbes 500s companies are thrown in (Seattle is not on our list because it is not one of the ten largest metropolitan areas), New York still stays on top.

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Users in the Seattle-Tacoma area pay the lowest interest rate, with a 9.72 percent APR.

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Seattle-Tacoma International Airport says it has had an uptick in reports of wheelchair cheating.

WSJ: Airports Battle Bogus Requests for Wheelchair Assistance

Wally Smith, 51, REI's chief executive since 1983, presides over the empire from a no-frills office complex near the Seattle-Tacoma airport.

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Regional airlines fly 64% of the takeoffs and landings at Chicago's O'Hare International, 74% at Seattle-Tacoma and 52% at New York's LaGuardia Airport.

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Outside of New York, three runways were opening this week at other major airports: Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, Washington Dulles International Airport and Chicago O'Hare International Airport.

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On the stump in the Democratic bastions of Seattle, Tacoma and Olympia on Thursday, the former New Jersey senator emphasized his stance on abortion rights, the environment, campaign finance reform and education.

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The city, mainly a residential outpost of Tacoma and Seattle, has had its share of setbacks.

WSJ: A City Slips as Downgrade Hits Home

The 25-year-old Mitchell made one start for Triple-A Tacoma before the Seattle Mariners designated him for assignment April 11.

WSJ: Marcum preps for Mets debut in extended spring

In anticipation, they often sell the business to a big out-of-state company which is what happened in Seattle to Ben Bridge Jeweler, in Tacoma to the Frank Russell Co.

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