Lush and livable, Seattle is the kind of place that always makes those Best Cities for Business lists. So perhaps Boeing has had too much of a good thing. How else could city and state officials explain last week's announcement by CEO Phil Condit at a press conference in Washington that Boeing is blowing town. The Jet City's jet company is enplaning for parts known: either Dallas, Denver or Chicago.
"I'm waiting for the locusts," says Seattle Mayor Paul Schell, whose city suffered a major earthquake in February. The company is taking only 500 or so of its 1,000 headquarters...
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