Jim Schoenleber, a former cop who built Argus Services Inc. here into a regional security-guard powerhouse with more than 1,000 employees and annual revenues topping $20 million, has been forced by health problems to dismantle the says he has and a

Tax-law changes for 2003 were intended to keep cash in individuals pockets so they would pump money into the economy, and the law definitely will accomplish the former. Some of the changes were meant to give businesses more to spend as well.A

Feel like credit scores are a bigger mystery than the Bermuda Triangle, crop circles, and the Loch Ness monster combined? Youre not alone. Internet-based services are making it easier for consumers to access their scores, also called FICO

Westaff Inc., a big Walnut Creek, Calif.-based staffing and employment services concern, has entered the Spokane-area market.The publicly traded company has opened an office at 15320 E. Marietta thats headed by Anne Rossi, a Westaff manager a

Fred Cutler, who owns Spokane-based Cutler Counseling LLC, a vocational-rehabilitation counseling firm, has completed business missions this year to three Central European countries that are transitioning from communist economies to capitalist has

A recent jump in demand for physical-rehabilitation specialists has given a boost to a Spokane Valley company that provides such workers temporarily.As a result of the increased activity, the company, Northwest Therapy Resources PS, is looking

Russ Nobbs never liked what he calls big business. In fact, he still doesnt like it, even though hes now at the helm of a company that does millions of dollars in sales a year. Nobbs and his wife, Dee Mueller, own Rings & Things, a bead

Delivery Express Inc., a growing Seattle-based courier service, plans to establish a branch in Spokane next year, says Dave Hamilton, its founder and CEO.The 6-year-old business, which the Puget Sound Business Journal recently listed among the

Starbucks Corp., of Seattle, has leased a building at 2703 N. Division that formerly housed a Walgreen Co. express pharmacy and plans to open its 12th Spokane-area coffee shop there next month.The 1,600-square-foot building is at the corner

Longtime Spokane bank executive John Wagner has been named president of Spokane Valley-based Farmers & Merchants Bank, where hes charged with expanding the bank aggressively. Wagner, 53, retired last month as president of Bank of Americas