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AP, SEATTLE – A “green jobs” program in Seattle has been a bust so far. The seattlepi.com reports a $20 million federal grant for weatherization programs was supposed to create 2,000 jobs in Seattle and retrofit 2,000 homes in poorer neighborhoods. More than a year later, only hospitals, the private Washington Athletic Club and just three homes have been retrofitted. And of the 14 new jobs, most are administrative and not insulating or caulking work.

AP, SEATTLE – Washington state's wine industry is kicking off its first promotional campaign in India.

Washington winemakers will host a series of trade tastings and winemakers dinners in Mumbai and Delhi from Sept. 5-9. The events will feature more than 75 wines and target India's leading food and beverage professionals, hoteliers, restaurateurs and importers.

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(AP) The 10 most valuable companies in the U.S. by market capitalization: Apple Inc., $337 billion, Exxon Mobil Corp., $331 billion, Microsoft Corp., $203 billion,  International Business Machines Corp., $194 billion., Chevron Corp., $181 billion., Google Inc., $178 billion., Procter & Gamble Co., $171 billion., Berkshire Hathaway Inc., $168 billion., Wal-Mart Stores Inc., $168 billion., AT&T Inc., $165 billion., Johnson & Johnson, $165 billion. 

AP, SAN FRANCISCO – Online retailer Amazon.com is trying to become a bigger player in the mushrooming market for online deals. It has launched a website that offers large discounts on local goods and services.

AmazonLocal deals, which launched in Boise, Idaho in June, is now also available in 14 different places, including Chicago and several parts of southern California and Washington (naturally, Amazon.com Inc.'s hometown of Seattle made the cut).