Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson found Amazon’s “Sold by Amazon” program was anticompetitive and violated antitrust laws. (The Associated Press, file)
Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson found the “Sold by Amazon” program violated antitrust laws. (The Associated Press, file)
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Daniel J. Evans, Seattle, State Representative; Republican nominee for governor Evans Prefers ‘Gov. Dan’ Washington’s governor-elect Thursday solved one of his weightier problems: It will be Gov. Dan Evans, not Gov. Daniel J. Evans said he preferred use of the less formal name in the news media. Credit: Robert Heilman,. 1964

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