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Seattle fund manager accused of $48M fraudA federal grand jury has indicted Seattle financial adviser Mark Spangler on 23 criminal charges, accusing him of defrauding investors of nearly $48 million by secretly diverting their money to startup companies he co-founded.
On Thursday, a Seattle grand jury indicted the 57-year-old Spangler on 23 criminal charges, including wire fraud, money laundering and investment adviser fraud, the office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Washington said in a press release.
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</div>Puget Sound Business Journal names Corporate Citizenship award winners<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/seattle/news/Corp_Citizenship_Awards-0386*100.jpg?v=1'>The Puget Sound Business Journal's annual lunch to celebrate Corporate Citizenship was a lively event Thursday, featuring prominent community leaders and plenty of applause for the winners.
Business Journal Publisher Gordon Prouty and columnist Patti Payne emceed the event at the Sheraton Seattle, which was packed with about 460 people.
Most of those in attendance were employees and leaders at the top 75 philanthropic corporations that were recognized. Collectively, those businesses donated more...<div class="feedflare">
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</div>Report: Foreclosure activity slowing in Wash., nationA new report says foreclosures are declining nationally, particularly in the West.
According to RealtyTrac, a California-based foreclosure listing service, foreclosure filings nationwide in April hit their lowest monthly total since July 2007, and foreclosure activity declined sharply in several Western states.
Foreclosure activity nationwide was down 14 percent in April from April of 2011, with one in every 698 U.S. residences having a foreclosure filing during the month.
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</div>President of Bulgaria visits Seattle with focus on economic development<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/seattle/news/Bulgarian%20president*100.jpg?v=1'>Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev was in Seattle this week on a special stop before a NATO Summit next week in Chicago.
?It?s a wonderful city,? Plevneliev said. ?My first impression about the city isn?t actually about the buildings and the beautiful sites, it?s about people. There was so (how should I say) positive energy shown. I?m impressed.?
Plevneliev met with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and toured the currently under-construction Bullitt Center, The Bullitt Foundation...<div class="feedflare">
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</div>First Boeing 787 gets fitting at Sea-Tac Airport in preparation for ANA route<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/seattle/news/787SIDE2*100.jpg?v=1'>Operations workers for Seattle-Tacoma International Airport and All Nippon Airways got their hands on their first 787 Dreamliner on Monday in preparation for All Nippon?s planned nonstop flights between Seattle and Tokyo.
People wanting to fly the 787 from Sea-Tac will have to keep holding their breath a bit longer, however.
ANA plans to start its Seattle-Tokyo service July 25, but will fly Boeing 777s on the route until near the end of the year, when a 787 will replace it, said Sea-Tac spokesman...<div class="feedflare">
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</div>Seattle No. 8 in number of jobs added among U.S. metro areas<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/austin/news/2010/12/17/jobs%20chairs*100.jpg?v=1'>Seattle has been ranked No. 8 for the number of jobs added during the past 12 months, according to a study.
Eighty-six of the nation?s 100 biggest metropolitan areas increased their nonfarm employment between March 2011 and the same month this year, according to an analysis of U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics by the Business Journals? On Numbers.
Seattle jumped to 1,682,200 jobs, posting a 39,100 employment gain during that 12-month period ? a 2.38 percent increase.
New York City led the...<div class="feedflare">
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</div>Former PSBJ reporter Kirsten Grind plans Seattle talk on her book about WaMu collapse<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/seattle/blog/Grind_Kirsten_2010*100.jpg?v=1'>Journalist Kirsten Grind will appear at Town Hall Seattle on June 26 to talk about her new book, ?The Lost Bank,? which tells the story of the collapse of Seattle?s Washington Mutual.
Her book promises to be a must-read for many in the greater Seattle area and beyond who have followed her coverage of WaMu?s downfall, including its seizure by bank regulators and ultimate sale to JPMorgan Chase & Co. in 2008.
In her book, Grind, a former reporter at the Puget Sound Business Journal, chronicles...<div class="feedflare">
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</div>As Mariners struggle to win, attendance takes a hit<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/seattle/print-edition/Mariners-3*100.jpg?v=1'>The Seattle Mariners will return home from a grueling road trip on Monday, hoping to improve their record on the field and in the stands.
The Mariners are a quarter of the way into the Major League Baseball season, and the team is averaging an attendance of 20,286 per game as of Thursday. That ranks them 27th in the 30-team league, ahead of the Cleveland Indians, Oakland Athletics and the Chicago White Sox.
Last season the team averaged 27,873 fans per game, placing them 23rd in the league overall....<div class="feedflare">
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</div>Credit card and mortgage debt down, but so are scoresWhile a typical American's credit card and mortgage debt have both fallen since last year, the average credit score nevertheless fell by one point between March and April.
So says Credit Karma, a San Francisco company that tracks such things. The average American consumer had about $5,650 in credit card debt in April, down 13 percent from a year earlier. And average mortgage debt was down 3 percent year-over-year at $166,631.
But the average credit score for U.S. consumers fell one point in April...<div class="feedflare">
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</div>Seattle ranks No. 1 in tech sector job growth<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/seattle/print-edition/MICROSOFT-CAMPUS-HORZ-RGB*100.jpg?v=1'>The Seattle area has seen the most growth in technology jobs in the country ? significantly more than Silicon Valley.
That?s according to a Forbes/Praxis Strategy Group study that measured employment growth in high-tech industry sectors such as software engineering, data processing and STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics).
The study found that, while the Silicon Valley employs fewer people in the high-tech sector than it did in 2000, the Seattle area has seen a 43 percent...<div class="feedflare">
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