http://www.mynorthwest.com MyNorthwest.com delivers up-to-the-minute local news and information for Seattle and the greater Puget Sound area. en-us 15 144 21 http://www.mynorthwest.com http://www.mynorthwest.com/img/lg_mynw_144x21.gif http://www.mynorthwest.com?nid=21&sid=297814 By WILLIAM FOREMAN Associated Press Writer GUANGZHOU, China (AP) - Factory worker Chen Qinghai frowned as he looked at a tall bulletin board full of help-wanted notices from companies making everything from photocopiers and DVD drives to mobile phones and car parts. The 19-year-old saw nothing that interested him. "I wouldnt want to do any of these jobs," he said. Sat, 13 Mar 2010 08:11:59 PST http://www.mynorthwest.com?nid=21&sid=297787 By ERICA WERNER Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - Newly arrived Republican Sen. Sat, 13 Mar 2010 08:04:01 PST http://www.mynorthwest.com?nid=21&sid=287608 By The Associated Press (AP) - President Barack Obama and congressional Democrats are pulling together a final version of a health care overhaul bill and pushing for House votes as early as this coming week. Sat, 13 Mar 2010 07:35:29 PST http://www.mynorthwest.com?nid=21&sid=297778 By ALAN FRAM Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama says he wants projects helping specific states yanked from the health care bill Congress is writing. Sat, 13 Mar 2010 07:27:03 PST http://www.mynorthwest.com?nid=21&sid=297804 By MARILYNN MARCHIONE AP Medical Writer ATLANTA (AP) - Stock market slides may hurt more than your savings. Sat, 13 Mar 2010 06:53:54 PST http://www.mynorthwest.com?nid=21&sid=292962 By CARA ANNA Associated Press Writer BEIJING (AP) - Mao Zedongs grandson couldnt have put it more simply. Sat, 13 Mar 2010 06:26:00 PST http://www.mynorthwest.com?nid=21&sid=297792 By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) - China plans to bid for contracts to build U.S. Sat, 13 Mar 2010 04:40:05 PST http://www.mynorthwest.com?nid=21&sid=297282 By STEPHEN OHLEMACHER Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - A group of Republican senators is questioning high salaries and expensive travel bills for executives at the Boys & Girls Clubs of America, raising issues that could jeopardize millions in federal funding for the national charity. The four senators said they were concerned that the chief executive of a charity that has been closing local clubs for lack of funding was compensated nearly $1 million in 2008. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:39:36 PST http://www.mynorthwest.com?nid=21&sid=297376 By GREG RISLING Associated Press Writer SANTA ANA, Calif. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:45:07 PST http://www.mynorthwest.com?nid=21&sid=297463 By CHRISTOPHER LEONARD AP Agribusiness Writer ANKENY, Iowa (AP) - Federal officials concerned about how much control a few corporations have over the nations food supply pledged Friday to begin a new era of antitrust enforcement, seeking to balance agricultural power between companies, farmers and consumers. More than 650 farmers, slaughterhouse workers, lobbyists and executives gathered for a hearing on competition in agriculture that will help shape how the Obama administration redraws its antitrust policy after decades of industry consolidation. Attorney General Eric Holder and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, sitting side by side to open the hearing, called the workshop an unprecedented act of cooperation between their agencies. "I think you will see an historic era of enforcement that will almost inevitably grow from the partnership that we have established," Holder said. Some Obama administration officials have made clear their unease with increasing agribusiness consolidation, with just a handful of firms controlling the lions share of beef production, biotech seeds and poultry growing. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:37:05 PST