Wheatland Bank, of Spokane, says it posted net income of just over $1.1 million last year, up about $92,000 from 2009, and had strong increases in deposits and assets, but a decline in loans, similar to what many other banks here M. Horton, CEO, of

Numerica Credit Union, of Spokane, says it more than doubled its earnings in 2010 compared with the year earlier, with increases in its deposits, loans, and assets.The credit union reported 2010 net income of $11.3 million, a 249 percent from it

Spokane Teachers Credit Union says it posted net income of $16.2 million in 2010, up nearly double from $9.1 million in 2009, and also had decent gains in loans and deposits, despite the continuing economic slump.The credit union—Spokane's

Despite a U.S. economic recovery from the depths of the financial crisis, nearly half of individual investors trusted financial-services companies less in 2010 than the previous year. Edelman's second annual Trust in U.S. Financial Services that

Typically viewed as healthy, antioxidants might have an unexpected side effect—they may cause fertility problems in women, suggests new research by Professor Nava Dekel and her team, of the Israel-based Weizmann Institute of Science's of a

Low or no coffee consumption was associated with an increased risk of stroke in a study of 34,670 women, ages 49 to 83, followed for an average just over 10 years. It's too soon to change coffee-drinking habits, but the study should ease the of is

In an update to its 2002 recommendation, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force now recommends that all women ages 65 and older be routinely screened for osteoporosis. The task force also recommends that younger women with increased risk for be