A Boston private equity firm will invest $134.7 million in struggling Sterling Financial Corp. as part of the Spokane company’s ongoing efforts to raise enough money to meet requirements imposed by federal regulators.As part of that recapitalization effort, Sterling also said it entered into an…
Potlatch Corp. posted lower first quarter earnings of $1.2 million today, compared to $24.8 million during the first quarter of 2009.Last year's earnings included $43 million in revenues from the sale of timber land in Arkansas.Highlights from this quarter included a strengthening in the Spokane-based…