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Thursday, May. 08, 2008

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177 new jobs added in Richland

Pratik Joshi, Herald staff writer

New businesses helped create 177 jobs in Richland in the first quarter, city officials say. Senenet Inc. added 32 employees, Columbia Bells, LLC (Taco Bell) added 14 workers, Starbucks Coffee hired 13 employees and El Rancho Alegre Mexican Restaurant added 12 workers.

Famous Footwear and the law firm of Sperline Telquist Ziobro Raekes added six employees each. Eighty other smaller businesses hired 94 workers.

-- Pratik Joshi: 582-1541; pjoshi@tricityherald.com; Business Beat blog at www.tricityherald.com


Pratik Joshi covers technology, employment, transportation, economic development and industrial growth. He joined the Herald in December 2006. He likes to write stories that educate. And there's hardly a subject he's not interested in. Drop him a line at pjoshi@tricityherald.com.

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