The state, Washington State University and area supporters put together an impressive 2013 agenda for expansion of education facilities at the Riverpoint Higher Education campus. That growth, centerpieced by the construction of the new pharmacy and biosciences building on the campus, is the region's top…
Today's post: The No. 2 business story of the year for the Spokane North Idaho area. Last week we posted No. 3, the widespread credit card breach connected to area grocery stores. No. 2 is the acquisition of Spokane's largest home-based bank, Sterling Financial by…
We earlier posted the OfficeHours No. 3 business story of 2013: the huge credit card fraud that's ensnarled many customers of stores served by the URM Stores computer network. Your deadline to win a $10 coffee card is 10 p.m. tonight. Just post a comment…
Tonight at 10 p.m. is the deadline to submit entries for the Top Business Story of 2013 for the Spokane North Idaho area. Just place a comment here or on the two earlier posts that listed Stories No. 5 and No. 4: They were the…
The No. 4 business story of the year in this area: downtown Spokane property purchases and renovations planned by local developers. Earlier this week we published our choice for No. 5, the improvements and cleanup taking place at the former Kaiser Mead smelter. We'll count…
Today's Spokesman.com business story focused on one employer, national food service provider Sodexo, to cut medical insurance costs by redefining its full time workers. As the story noted, this has not been a unique decision. Many companies are looking at the new Affordable Care Act…
On Monday Dec. 23 the state of Washington released jobless numbers for Spokane County for November. The news was about average... our jobless rate rose three-tenths of percent, to 7 percent. King County, by contrast, clocked in at 5 percent. After reading the daily story…
How about a $10 coffee card free, to the coffee shop of your preference? You simply need to pick the top business news story of the year, for Spokane and North Idaho (One choice covering the whole area, not two separate stories). If your choice…
OfficeHours will do its own 2013 business story run-down, counting from Five to One, over the next week. What were the biggest business news stories of the past year, affecting the Eastern Washington-North Idaho region? Please feel free to voice your own choices or post…
Spokane International Airport is saluting Sen. Patty Murray (D-Washington) for her commitment to keeping the TSA responsible for manning exit lane security at all major airports. Over recent months the TSA, a part of Homeland Security, had been pushing to change its responsibility, getting airports…
Two Spokane tech firms, Intrinium and Interlink Advantage, have merged, creating a 35-worker company covering a range of web and technology services. The new firm will be called Intrinium. At present the companies will remain in their current locations; Interlink operates at 609 N. Argonne…
Spokane’s Greater Spokane Incorporated has hired Waverly Partners to conduct an executive search for its next CEO and president. The Cleveland-based firm will work with search committee members to identify the person who will replace Rich Hadley, who is leaving after 20 years in the…
Do people really get all the way to an online store checkout, only to bail when they can't recall their passwords? Dashlane, a company that makes secure password management software, helped conduct some research to find out how often shoppers don't complete an online purchase…
So if you're one of those who buys items online as gifts, here are some critical deadlines for shipping presents. With our own research and help from LastSleighDays.com, we put together this list for when your final deadline is. Amazon Dec. 21: free two-day shipping:…
You can be sure Warren Buffett is not the only guy who used a Walter White (Breaking Bad) persona on his 2013 Christmas Card. (He posted it on www.instragram recently.) While others probably did the same, few will get the attention the Oracle of Omaha…
If the federal government doesn't reauthorize extended unemployment benefits for jobless state workers, the number of people affected in Spokane County will be above 1,400. When members of Congress fashioned a budget compromise this week, one item not extended was the Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC)…
Spokane law firm Lee & Hayes has opened an office in Washington, D.C., and named former Congressman George Nethercutt as head of its government relations practice. The D.C. office is the firm’s second new location this year, following the opening of a Rochester, N.Y. office.…
Anyone looking to shake some hands up and get an inside view of the ongoing Hillyard neighborhood economic rebound, we recommend this Thursday's Greater Hillyard Business Association holiday networking event. It will be at Usher's Corner, from 5 to 8 p.m., with food and other…
Spokane police say area residents are receiving “phishing” text messages from a scammer posing as a bank official needing personal information to reactive credit cards supposedly shut down because of fraudulent activity. Spokane Police spokeswoman Sgt. Lydia Taylor couldn’t say how many such text messages…
Numerica Credit Union opened its eighth Spokane branch recently at 502 W. Riverside Ave. in downtown. The two-story building provides about 3,000 square feet on the main floor. The branch, one of 17 in Eastern Washington and North Idaho, has a staff of four and…
This could be one way to warm up tomorrow, Friday, from 5 to 8 p.m. (NOT during the lunch hour as this blog wrongly reported earlier). Downtown Spokane will have a gathering of food trucks. The local organizers at Downtown Spokane call it Spokane 's…
This week's main morning event is Thursday's Connect Northwest breakfast featuring Tyler Lafferty, co-founder of Seven2, 14Four and a number of other businesses. It starts at 7 a.m. at the Georgian Room of the Spokane Club, 1002 W. Riverside Ave. The presentation starts at 7:30…
With Thanksgiving almost here, it's pertinent to think about the consumer reaction to plans by big retailers to open their doors one day before Black Friday. We found that that Change.org has acted like a gatekeeper, providing links to 63 different no-shop petitions opposing Thanksgiving…
Three Spokane area businesses are finalists for Good Food Awards. Coffee roasters Doma and Roast House, and restaurant Santé made it through the first round of judging for the 2014 competition, sponsored by Seedling Projects of San Francisco. The California public benefit corporation is dedicated…
Oops. Pilots who fly one of Boeing's very large 747 Dreamlifter aircraft made a mistake yesterday, landing at the wrong airport, then being stuck overnight. As spotted on Wired.com, the pilots thought they were landing at McConnell Air Force Base in Kansas, but instead landed…
The Spokesman-Review business team follows economic development in Spokane and the Inland Northwest.
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