The Seattle Times Co. is on its way back to profitability, a glowing New York Times article reported recently, but the paper's own numbers raise doubts.
Estimates put the sale price at $30-40 million, about a $200 million loss from the 1998 purchase price. And the Seattle company apparently has to carry unfunded pension liabilities as part of the deal...
The rising English composer is starting to show up in Seattle concerts, with his violin concerto getting its Seattle premiere this week at the Seattle Symphony