A former deputy general counsel for Microsoft, Dan Crouse, is joining the Seattle office of Lee & Hayes, a Spokane intellectual property firm.Dan Crouse worked for Microsoft from 1993 to 2003 where he managed the Microsoft Patent Group. With Lee & Hayes he'll focus on…
Sandpoint-based Litehouse Inc. today announced the purchase of Green Garden Foods of Kent, Wash.Operations of the two companies will be consolidated into Litehouse production facilities in Sandpoint and Lowell, Mich., acording to a Litehouse news release.Both companies make sauces, dips and salad dressings, with Litehouse…
You can pretty much count on two consumer impacts from the recent new sales taxes imposed by Washington's legislators, says Jeffrey LaFrance, a Washington State University professor.So-called "sugar taxes" imposed on candy and gum will hardly change the consumption of Washington's sweeth tooth community, said…