Washington’s unemployment rate falls again, seemingly pointing to a better economy, but this slow-going recovery makes the overall picture a confusing one.
HP is gambling that its sophisticated WebOS operating system will earn it a seat at the mobile-technology table along with Apple and Android. Now all it needs is buyers.
Benefits paid to unemployed workers in Washington set a record in 2010. And one broad measure of unemployment puts the true jobless rate here at over 18 percent.