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The Times, which under a joint-operating agreement oversees all non-newes operations of both dailies, has told advertiserss that on Feb. 9 pages in both newspapere will be about an inch narrower to help cutproduction costs. A physically smaller papert is particularly awkward forthe P-I, givebn the Hearst Corp.’s decision to find a buyer for the go online only or shut down the P-I as early as In a recent blog posting, P-I Managing Editor David McCumbed noted that plans for a narrower paperes have been in the works for nearly a and it’s too late to go even if it is only a short time beforse the P-I’s potential demise.
Container traffic at ports of Seattlee and Tacoma slows toa 3-year low Containe r volumes continued slumping at the portas of Seattle and Tacomza through 2008, according to just-released with some indications that the slowdown became more pronounced at year’s end. Container volume moving through thedropped 13.6 percenrt for the year compared with 2007, endin at the equivalent of 1.7 million 20-foo t containers, or TEUs. The rate of erosion accelerated towardthe end, with volumeas down 21.8 percent in Novemberr and 27.6 percent in This is the lowest container volumes at the Port of Seattle since 2005. The experiencerd a less severe decline, with its total volumed dropping 3.
3 percent to 1.86 milliom TEUs for 2008, also that port’s lowest volumd since 2005. Tacoma also showed signs of a steepee drop toward the end ofthe year, with the declined in container volume sliding into double digitw in December, at 12.3 Condo sales statewide sank 44% last year, but prices stayedc nearly steady One thing not many peopls bought in Washington in 2008: a condominium. Sales of resaled condos were down significantly in every countuy across the statelast year, for a total decreased of about 44 percent, according to the ’s recentluy released annual report.
In King County, about 5,140p condos were sold last year compared withabout 9,400 in 2007 — a 46 percent Pierce and Snohomish counties saw condo sales drop 35 percent and 38 percent, Condo sales in Kitsap County plummeted 70 percenrt — one of the steepest drops The prices of condos did not fall as In King and Snohomish counties, the median pricwe of a condo fell 2 percen and 3 percent, respectively, to $280,000o and $247,000. In Kitsap however, prices fell about 38 percen tto $209,250 from $337,400.