Washington state released two numbers Wednesday, both with a smiling face. First, the January jobless number for the state was 8.3 percent, a drop from December's revised rate of 8.6 percent. The second: a revised total job growth number for 2011. Due to the arcane…
Cable company Comcast Corp. has launched a home security service as part of its Xfinity Home package, offering both monitoring and remote controls that can be used to adjust lights or heating. The company made the new service available Tuesday across Washington state. The service…
A noted expert on helping families run family-run businesses will headline the annual Gonzaga University School of Business Administration’s Family Owned Business Conference, 7:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. on March 13 in the Jepson Center auditorium. Leading the day's session is Andrew Keyt, executive director of the…
Mayor David Condon on Monday announced he's hired local BBB CEO Jan Quintrall to be in charge of the city's Business and Developer Services office. That office used to have the name of Economic Development Division. Theresa Sanders, the current city manager, headed that division…
Sonny Wittkopp, chairman and CEO of Music City Spokane, began his career selling pianos and organs 50 years ago. So which musical instruments does he play? The answer will surprise you. Read our "Front & Center" profile this weekend in Sunday Business.
Thursday's Spokesman.com and today's Spokesman-Review had stories about planned mail processing center closures, and the resulting increase in volume to be felt at the Spokane center near the Spokane Airport. Still undecided are considerations by the USPS to close post office buildings around the country.…
Tony Bonanzino knows a few things about business. He's the featured guest at Friday's LaunchPad INW event, an Entrepreneur and Small Business Community discussion starting at 11:30 a.m. at the LaunchPad location, 120 N. Stevens in downtown. Bonanzino was one of the original group of…
CORRECTED Feb. 23, 10:30 a.m. Gonzaga University will break ground this spring on a $14 million, four-story building that will add about 650 parking spaces and ground-level dining options for students and area residents. The new building, which will replace a surface parking lot, will…
How did Spokane's Huppins become a major national electonics retailer? Company CEO and President Murray Huppin will talk about the company's four-generation history and growth at the next Executive Connect Breakfast, at 7:30 a.m. March 22. The event is at the Spokane Club's Georgian Ballroom.…
North Spokane contract pharmaceutical manufacturer Jubilant HollisterStier has won about $90 million in new projects stretching over five years, the firm’s parent company announced. The contracts involve production of sterile injectable medicines for four companies that sell to customers in the United States and Europe,…
Generally, OfficeHours really likes good data visualizations. We were heartened to see that LATimes.com runs word and concept diagrams on many search terms. So this is the relationship chart at LATimes.com for the word Spokane. We don't really get it, however. Whatever the system is,…
BOISE — A Canadian company is spending millions of dollars exploring for gold deposits in a historic mining district near the tiny mountain town of Yellow Pine. The exploration activity is taking place in the so-called Stibnite district, located in central Idaho about 50 miles…
View Larger Map The Bank of America branch at 804 N. Monroe St. near downtown Spokane will close in May, the company announced. The plan is to move that branch’s workers to other positions in the area, bank spokeswoman Britney Sheehan said. The closure results…
A big deal for the crafters in the area, Hobby Lobby has announced it's opening a north Spokane location later this year. This will be the national craft retailer's second Spokane area location. It's taking part of the former Hastings store at 7706 N. Division…
What was the most unusual product sold in a carton made by Spokane manufacturer Sonderen Packaging? Company president Mark Sonderen reveals it in the next Front & Center profile by Michael Guilfoil, this weekend in Sunday Business. Don't miss it.
Spokane's People to People Ambassador Programs, run by Ambassadors Group, has handed out 50 full travel scholarships as part of its celebration of 50 years in business. The publicly traded company is a for-profit provider of global student travel, themed to education and cultural exchange.…
After a long and contentious legal battle and more than three years in bankruptcy, Washington Mutual Inc. has won court approval of a reorganization plan, the Associated Press reports. A Delaware judge who had twice rejected reorganization plans filed by Washington Mutual approved the company’s…
We'd hear rumors for weeks that a number of area folks were considering buying the Bing Crosby Theater, a major part of entertainment history in downtown Spokane. We got the word earlier on Thursday that the deal was done; local property developer Gerry Dicker put…
Looking for some insights into Spokane or North Idaho area manufacturers? Care to get close to metal casting? LA Aluminum Castings, in Hayden Lake, is hosting an open house this evening, starting at 6 p.m. This is slated as a Signature Plant Tour, part of…
Let's do a daily-double, compliments of Itron Inc. Yesterday we mentioned its role in a smart grid test back in the Northeast and we published its year-end earnings report here. Today it's about its Smart Meters and other efforts to make them a bit smarter.…
On Wednesday, as Itron reported mixed earnings, the Liberty Lake utility technology maker and service provider also announced it's taking part in an East Coast smart grid demonstration project. Itron and National Grid, a northeast U.S. utitlity, announced they will be partners on a project…
Spokane's Vanessa Behan Crisis Nursery is among the possible winners in a contest started by national retailer Shopko. Called "Choose the Charity," the contest will run through March 12 and allows Facebook users to cast votes for a favorite charity. The winning charity will receive…
Employee health and wellness will be discussed at this year’s Future of Health Care program, Thursday morning in Spokane. Presented by Greater Spokane Incorporated and the Journal of Business, the program runs from 7:30 to 9:30 a.m. at The Lincoln Center, 1316 N. Lincoln St.…
Idaho employers reversed an eight-year decline in workplace health care coverage in 2011, despite the financial pressures of coming out of the worst recession since World War II. Percent of Idaho Employers Offering Health Coverage to Full-Time Workers Single Family 2002 82% 62% 2005 74%…
There are some tax rules exclusive to the military, and the IRS wants to remind active duty and reserves of them so they can maximize their returns: Moving expenses: active-duty military can deduct "reasonable, unreimbursed" moving expenses incurred because of a change of station. Combat…
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