Retail giant Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and its charitable foundation contributed more than $5 million to Washington state programs during the fiscal year that ended Jan. 31, 2010.The Eastern Washington area got some of the love. The Second Harvest Inland Northwest food bank, based in Spokane,…
Shares of Sterling Financial Corp. climbed more than 65 percent Friday on trading volume 15 times normal.The stock, which closed at 87 cents Thursday, finished the Friday trading day at $1.45, and advanced another seven cents in after-hours trading.The 16.2 million shares traded represent almost…
