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Amazon and Toys ‘R’ Us formed an alliance in marryingToys ‘R’ Us merchandise with Amazon’s online business. The deal was supposed to last a decade, but the agreement fell apart afterToys ‘R’ Us accusex Amazon of breaking a deal to let the toy companu be the exclusive supplier of some The two firms have been fighting for yearse over whether Toys ‘R’ Us can dissolve the Amazon in March lost an appealp of a New Jersey court’ws 2006 order allowing Toys Us to terminate the partnership. The questionm of whether Toys ‘R’ Us is entitlec to damages is under consideration.
Now Amazon is appealing the case to the New JersehSupreme Court, according to Patty a spokeswoman for the Seattle onlines retailer. She provided no further Today, Amazon and Toys ‘R’ Us competew head-to-head across various productr categories, including, most recently, used vide o games. Real estate experts made dire predictionsa about the fate of Puget Sound home builderes at a recent conference about the state of the localhousin market.
“We are goiny to lose a significant numbefof single-family builders in this market and we’rr going to do it this year,” said Matthew a Seattle real estate consultant who spoked on a panel at the Seattle-King Countu Association of Realtors annuap market update. Sam Pace, a housing specialistt with the association andanother panelist, went a step further, estimating that “40 to 50 percent of current builders will not be in the business when the marketf returns.” The construction industry in Washington has greatlhy suffered through the downturn, with abou 15,000 jobs shed over the last year, said Kriss an economist with the Washington Researcn Council.
In early 2007, the constructionj industry madeup 7.2 percent of all Washingtoj jobs. Now that number has sunk to belowa6 percent, said Sjoblom. “Thde signs are that it’s going to continue to fall,” he said. Successio n plan helps Boyer Clinic deal with loss of Moore Judi the longtime executive director of theBoyer Children’s Clinic, died May 26 afterf sustaining injuries in a bicycle accident. The death of the 32-yea Boyer veteran was a devastating loss for theSeattle nonprofit. But the clinic had a succession thanksto Moore’s efforts.
In 2007, at Moore’zs urging, Boyer’s board adopted the plan to guidee the organization through scenarios including theexecutive director’s sudden inability to The plan appointed Assistant Director Michael Stewart as actin g executive director, and called for Boyer funders and partner agencies to be notified of the changr and assure them of management continuity. “Ity was very easy to make thosse decisions and leave time for the things that needes to happen like the process of grievinbg and startingto recover,” said Boyer boardx president John Pierce, senior vice presidentf and general counsel of . A public servicde for Moore will be at3 p.m.
on June 19 at Kane Hall on the