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WEEK IN REVIEW
Wednesday


New high-tech tool aids searchers after avalanches
Boeing to boost output of 787s
Everett routinely sees people break anti-dumpin...
Tuesday


Mill Creek YMCA now has twice the room to play
Report faults teacher’s actions
Marysville middle school will pick a new principal
Monday


Where do taxes go? What you're paying and what ...
Merger could make Snohomish County's largest fi...
Lynnwood faces budget worries
Sunday


Low test scores mean Totem Middle School princi...
Legislature's budget crunch hits time crunch
Right-to-die film puts former Gov. Booth Gardne...
Saturday


Edmonds man goes from outsider to council chief
Waste alleged in ferry system
Cougar reports unnerve some in north county
Friday


Community Transit slashing bus service in Snoho...
Everett's Rev. Paul Stoot Sr. won't face charges
Assisted suicide: 36 lethal doses taken in Wash...
Thursday


Family of victim in fatal wreck waits for answers
Verizon asks cities for $2 million in refunds
To spur construction, builders seek delay to pa...
 

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Business
Market roundup

Zumiez earnings down slightly for 2009

EVERETT -- Clothing retailer Zumiez reported earnings Thursday, saying the total net sales for 2009 slipped to $407.6 million, down 0.3 percent from 2008. [More]





Study: Boeing tanker seen as big job producer

EVERETT — The Boeing Co.’s tanker will create 10 times as many U.S. jobs as its former competitor’s would have, according to a study paid for by Boeing. [More]





Americans' net worth up for 3rd straight quarter

WASHINGTON — Americans regained more of their shrunken wealth last quarter, mainly because the healing economy boosted stock portfolios. But the gain was less than in the previous two quarters. [More]





Gates regrets Northrop withdrawal from tanker bid

A U.S. MILITARY BASE IN SOUTHWEST ASIA — U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates says he regrets that a major defense contractor has pulled out of the contest to build a badly needed new Air Force plane. [More]





Mexico’s Slim becomes ‘world’s richest’ person

MEXICO CITY — The naming of Mexican telecom tycoon Carlos Slim as the world’s richest person — the first from a developing nation — underlines the loosening of America’s and Europe’s stranglehold on the top spots... [More]





Obama pushes trade initiative as jobs helper

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama sought today to put some detail behind his lofty drive to double U.S. exports over the next five years, calling the effort imperative to putting people back to work. But doubts remain about how many net jobs... [More]





Les Schwab pays $2 million to settle EEOC suit

SEATTLE — Les Schwab Tire Centers has paid $2 million to settle a hiring discrimination suit brought four years ago by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. [More]





First-time jobless claims drop slightly

WASHINGTON — The number of newly laid-off workers requesting unemployment benefits slipped last week, but remains above the level many economists say would signal new hiring. [More]





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