Monday Memo

TODAY: Mitsubishi Aircraft opens an engineering center in South Seattle where it will do design work on the new Mitsubishi Regional Jet. After a morning news briefing at the engineering center, Gov. Jay Inslee and Mitsubishi Aircraft President Hiromichi Morimoto will headline a Japanese-style ceremonial opening at the Museum of Flight at 3 p.m. On Tuesday, the company will take journalists on a tour of its new hangar in Moses Lake, where test flights of the jet will be conducted next year. …. Automakers report on July vehicle sales.

TUESDAY: The ports of Seattle and Tacoma will vote to finalize the Northwest Seaport Alliance at 9 a.m. at the City of Federal Way council chambers. … A busy day for local companies reporting their latest quarterly earnings, including results from Expeditors International, Zillow, Rightside Group, Trupanion and NanoString Technologies. … The Commerce Department releases factory-orders data for June.

WEDNESDAY: Moms-oriented flash-sales website zulily reports its financial results. The company’s stock price has suffered in recent quarters as investors worried about a slowdown in zulily’s rate of growth and persistently lengthy shipping times, but interest has been reignited by a recent investment from Chinese online retailer Alibaba. … Costco Wholesale announces its July sales results. Investors are closely watching the impact of foreign-exchange moves and gasoline prices on the warehouse giant. … Seattle’s RealNetworks reports second-quarter results…. The Commerce Department reports on international trade for June.

FRIDAY: Blue Nile reports quarterly earnings. Analysts will look for information on the performance of the online diamond retailer’s first physical location in New York. … The Labor Department releases employment data for July.