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Amazon Robots, Protests Continue & More Post-Holiday News

The top Seattle news stories you should be reading today

By Lauren Mang December 1, 2014

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For those of you who didn’t get all the shopping out of your system on Black Friday, today is Cyber Monday. And there are steals and deals to be had. But before your bank account dwindles even further, let’s read up on what’s going on around the city:

There will be another Ferguson-related protest this evening in Westlake Center. Reverend Jesse Jackson, who spoke here yesterday at Mount Zion Baptist Church, is asking the protesters to remain peaceful. Over the weekend, several protests disrupted the downtown holiday festivities and even forced Westlake Center to close early.

Delta and Alaska Airlines continue to duke it out at Sea-Tac, but The Puget Sound Business Journal says competing carriers such as U.S. Air, United and Virgin America are backing off. Just how much are the other airlines backing off? An example: “United dropped from operating seven gates last October to five this October, with seat counts dropping 11 percent to 283,918 seats, said Seattle-Tacoma international Airport spokesman Perry Cooper.” Just what does this mean for future travel in and out of Sea-Tac? Fewer options are never bode well.

There is a list that maps out the various cities in which America’s richest humans live. Surprise (or not): Seattle is on that list. Curbed Seattle says that “Washington is home to 1,240 ‘ultra high net worth individuals’ (i.e., grossly rich people, i.e. people with net assets above $30 million).”

Fulfillment centers amaze me. A package I ordered last night from Amazon.com is already on its way to my door. How does the online retailer do it? Try 15,000 robots.

 

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