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| Economy |
Companies
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Five companies on the 2004 Fortune 500 list of the United
States' largest companies, based on total revenue, are currently
headquartered in Seattle: financial services company Washington
Mutual (#103), insurance company Safeco Corporation (#267),
clothing merchant Nordstrom (#286), Internet retailer Amazon.com
(#342) and coffee chain Starbucks (#425).
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| Many Seattle residents work for companies based outside of
Seattle proper. Airplane manufacturer Boeing (#21) was the largest
company based in Seattle before its 2001 move to Chicago. Because
several production facilities remain in the region, Boeing is
still a major Seattle employer. |
| Other Fortune 500 companies popularly associated with Seattle
are based in nearby Puget Sound cities. Warehouse club chain
Costco Wholesale Corp. (#29), the largest company in Washington
state, is based in Issaquah. Microsoft (#46) is based in Redmond.
So was the cellular telephone pioneer McCaw Cellular, which
in 1994 became AT&T Wireless (#120), before being absorbed
in 2004 into Cingular. Weyerhaeuser, the forest products company
(#95), is based in Federal Way. And Bellevue is home to truck
manufacturer PACCAR (#250). |
| Mayor Greg Nickels has announced a desire to spark a new economic
boom driven by the biotechnology industry. Major redevelopment
of the South Lake Union neighborhood is underway in an effort
to attract new and established biotech companies to the region,
joining current biotech companies such as Corixa, Immunex (now
part of Amgen), and ZymoGenetics. The effort has public support
and some financial backing from Paul Allen. |
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