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CHRIS GRYGIEL Associated Press SEATTLE As the effects of the Great Recession continue to be felt across Washington, it's not surprising that several of the top 10 state news stories of 2011 can be traced to the worst economic downturn in 80 years. From billion-dollar deficits to soaring tuition costs to angry street protests, the financial crisis played out on front pages in many different ways. The resolution of high-profile court cases that...Read Full Story

Costco Wholesale Corp. has announced plans to build a store in Cedar Park at Town Center. The warehouse membership club chain plans to hire between 300 and 400 full- and part-time workers for the new 150,000-square-foot store located at the northwest corner of RM 1431 and U.S. Highway 183A. Costco (Nasdaq: COST) currently has two locations in the Austin area — at in the Arboretum area and in Southwest Austin in the Shops at Arbor Trails. Officials expect construction to begin next summer...Read Full Story

Swan Lake, MS 11/29/2011 ( StreetBeat) – PNI Digital Media ( OTC:PNDMF) , an innovator in online and in-store digital media solutions for retailers, announced yesterday, in a press release, that it has signed a multi-year agreement with Costco Wholesale Canada Ltd. to provide and operate the Costco Canada Business Printing service which is connected to 81 Costco warehouse locations across Canada. The Costco Business Printing service enables Costco Members to easily upload and place orders for...Read Full Story

Costco Wholesale Corp. has announced plans to build a store in Cedar Park at Town Center. The warehouse membership club chain plans to hire between 300 and 400 full- and part-time workers for the new 150,000-square-foot store located at the northwest corner of RM 1431 and U.S. Highway 183A. Costco (Nasdaq: COST) currently has two locations in the Austin area — at in the Arboretum area and in Southwest Austin in the Shops at Arbor Trails. Officials expect construction to begin next summer...Read Full Story

A 74-year-old woman who said she was injured after falling in a Costco store in Florida beat back the retailer’s effort to move the case to that state because it was too much trouble to defend itself in New York. Theresa Danza sued Costco in her hometown of Brooklyn, New York, claiming she was hospitalized for spinal and shoulder trauma and needed months of treatment by a chiropractor after a tumble in a Costco in North Miami, Florida, on Jan. 24, 2009. A word from our sponsor...Read Full Story