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Instacart's price hike just made Amazon Fresh a little more refreshing Grocery delivery service Instacart plans to raise the price for its annual membership by 50 percent, making Amazon Fresh's $299 subscription seem a little more reasonable. Startup lets you get in on hot Seattle commercial real estate deals for as little as $1,000 "What Amazon.com did with books, we're going to do with real estate," said Ben Miller, CEO of a young crowdfunding company. Everett engineer develops a wild new way to fly: In a bubble on the top of a jet An Everett aerospace engineer has designed a way to see out the top of a jetliner from inside a plastic bubble attached to the top of the jet. The price tag is pretty steep, but the ride is a "once in a lifetime" opportunity. Zillow: Seattle homes are worth $41 billion more than they were last year Seattle real estate company Zillow crunched the numbers and found the region's homes increased 8.8 percent in value compared to last year. Let me Google that for you: Here's what Washingtonians searched for most in 2015 Seattle-based real estate startup Estately compiled a list of top Google search terms for each state. Here's what Washington was most curious about this year: Seattle rents are 8th-highest in the country, among other high-tech hubs Zillow data shows the region's rents are among the most expensive in the country. Seattle is still far behind San Jose and San Francisco, though, where rents are more than $3,300 a month. How well do you remember the business news of the year? Take our quiz and find out We've put together a quiz to test your knowledge of this year's biggest business stories. National Tech News Comcast gets most FCC complaints by wide margin 2015 in Review: Your top 10 most-read TechFlash stories Facebook's lawsuit against Buffalo law firm thrown out Credit Karma acquires mobile notification startup Snowball Now's your chance to tell the city how you feel about Comcast

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