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Whitworth to offer courses at Riverpoint Campus this fall

School to start by teaching organizational management bachelor's degree program

June 4, 2009

Whitworth University plans to begin offering classes on the Riverpoint Campus east of downtown this fall.Initially, the school will offer a business degree as well as some general-education courses, all targeted at non-traditional students who a

Employment, labor laws set for change

Obama administration set to press ahead on number of potentially prickly fronts

June 4, 2009

Patrick J. Kirby

Change is coming to America's labor and employment laws, and it's coming in the midst of the worst downturn in the economy in the last 30 years. With layoffs and bailouts dominating the daily news, these are challenging times for both employers and

New, upgraded college programs on tap for next fall

Offerings to include degree in wine business, training to install home electronics

June 4, 2009

Mike McLean

Spokane-area colleges and universities are gearing up new degrees and areas of training ranging from an environmental-studies major to certification in big-rig truck driving. Gonzaga University says it will upgrade its environmental-studies to a

Finding jobs for people

WorkSource provides screening, skill building for employers, job seekers

June 4, 2009

Jeanne Gustafson

Outside the Spokane office of WorkSource these days, the parking lot is full of job seekers' cars, while inside the agency—which serves as the job-hunt assisting arm of the Washington state Employment Security Department—computer are with

State board files suit to recover investments

June 4, 2009

The Washington State Investment Board, which manages public trust and public employee retirement funds in the state, has filed suit to recover more than $100 million in losses related to investments it made through Lehman Brothers Holdings lawsuit,

Economic downturn said hurting boomers the most

Study of financial planners says generation faces storm of asset-diminishing factors

June 4, 2009

More than three-quarters of the financial services professionals polled in a recent research survey say the current economic downturn has had a significantly greater impact on their boomer generation clients than on any other generation. More 73

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INB to build freestanding branch in Spokane Valley

$1.2 million structure will replace bank outlet in Yoke's supermarket

June 4, 2009

Mike McLean

Spokane-based Inland Northwest Bank says it has bought a site in Spokane Valley for a freestanding bank branch that it plans to start building soon.The property is at the northwest corner of Sprague Avenue and Progress Road, next to a Chuck E. a

Sterling picks Qwest for its data-hosting

June 4, 2009

Qwest Communications International Inc., of Denver, says Spokane-based Sterling Savings Bank has agreed to reinforce its network disaster recovery capabilities with data hosting space in Qwest's data center in Seattle. Under a three-year and are

Undeterred by loss, Numerica reports strong loan growth

Credit union shows gains in home-loan refinancing, targets small-business loans

June 4, 2009

Mike McLean

Despite enduring its first quarterly loss in at least two decades in 2009, Numerica Credit Union has experienced strong growth in loans, deposits, and total assets, says Jennifer Lehn, the Spokane Valley-based credit union's executive vice reported

Horizon offers online financial software

June 4, 2009

Horizon Credit Union, of Spokane, says it has teamed up with Digital Insight, a unit of big software maker Intuit Inc., to provide customers with online financial management software.Called FinanceWorks, the Quicken-based software helps manage a