News in Tacoma, Washington
Tacoma Farmers Market promotes video contest
The Tacoma Farmers Market and Click! Cable TV! are requesting submissions for videos promoting local food, farming, and markets. Videos are to be four to 10 minutes in length with an opening title including name of creator or organization.Russell Europe Index: Equity Markets Up 12.4% in July TACOMA, WA--(Marketwire - July 29, 2010) - Equity markets in the Russell Europe Index are showing a gain of 12.4% for the month of July (MTD through July 27, 2010), as compared to returns of -0.5% and -14.6% for the first and second quarters of 2010, respectively.
Cascadia Investments, Inc. Games Stackeo and Constella Major Featured by Apple iTunes -- They're "What's Hot" TACOMA, WA--(Marketwire - 07/29/10) - Cascadia Investments, Inc. (Pinksheets: CDIV - News ) announced today that two of its new iPad compatible games, Stackeo and Constella Major, were recently chosen by Apple iTunes as featured games on its "What's Hot" list. Stackeo is a puzzle game which challenges the player to balance and arrange blocks of different shapes. Each of its 20 levels is ...
Conservative WA Supreme Court justice targeted Liberal advocacy groups have ramped up their bid to oust state Supreme Court Justice Jim Johnson, the high court's most conservative member.
U.S. Senate: Akers confident he can clear primary hurdle Paul Akers put up large campaign signs on I-5 before any other Republican candidates in the race for U.S. Senate. He ran campaigns ads on television months before the incumbent, Sen. Patty Murray, D-WA ran her first commercial.
Margret Day Riley Margret Day Riley passed away July 24, 2010, in Tacoma, WA. She was born January 29, 1920, in Spokane and was raised in Potlatch, ID, the oldest of eight children. She married Robert Day in 1938, and moved to Spokane when he went into the Army. They had one son, Jim, in 1943. She was very active in support of Bob's success with Safeway stores and raising their son, who graduated from Gonzaga ...
Russell 3000 Index: U.S. Financial Sector Gains Since Passage of Reform Bill TACOMA, WA--(Marketwire - July 27, 2010) - The financial services sector of the U.S. broad-market Russell 3000® Index outperformed six other sectors in one-day returns two of the three days since the U.S. government passed the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.
Russell Developed Eurozone Index: Financial Services Sector Up 2.9% Following European Bank Stress Tests TACOMA, WA--(Marketwire - July 27, 2010) - The financial services sector of the Russell Developed Eurozone Index reflected a gain of 2.9% on Monday, July 26, 2010, following the release of the European bank stress tests results on July 23, 2010. Among the country constituents of the sector, Greece was the top performing for the day with a 5.3% return followed by Austria (4.1%), Belgium (3.6 ...
Russell 3000 Index: U.S. Financial Sector Gains Since Passage of Reform Bill TACOMA, WA--(Marketwire - 07/27/10) - The financial services sector of the U.S. broad-market Russell 3000 Index outperformed six other sectors in one-day returns two of the three days since the U.S. government passed the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sectors in the One-day return One-day ...
Russell Developed Eurozone Index: Financial Services Sector Up 2.9% Following European Bank Stress Tests TACOMA, WA--(Marketwire - 07/27/10) - The financial services sector of the Russell Developed Eurozone Index reflected a gain of 2.9% on Monday, July 26, 2010, following the release of the European bank stress tests results on July 23, 2010. Among the country constituents of the sector, Greece was the top performing for the day with a 5.3% return followed by Austria (4.1%), Belgium (3.6%), France ...