Bank of America is taking bold steps to strengthen its position as a leading financial institution, as shown by its recent $47 billion purchase of Boston, Mass.-based FleetBoston Financial Corp.That aggressive national growth strategy, though,

Spokane Teachers Credit Union has set its sights on a lofty milestone: reaching $1 billion in assets by 2007.Unlike some other credit unions here, however, Teachers will rely on what it has been doing, and not expanding into new markets, to its

Numerica Credit Union, of Spokane, has bought a location in the Tri-Cities to build a new branch and enter the market there, continuing a trend of geographic expansion by leading Spokane credit unions.Earlier this year, Numerica Credit Union a

A development company here thats proposing a new downtown-Spokane office building has redesigned and expanded the envisioned structure with hopes of attracting a coveted anchor tenant.The company, Riverside 89 LLC, now is looking to build a a

A company headed by Spokane developer Dick Vandervert has bought an old United Furniture Warehouse building on Spokanes North Side and is remodeling it with hopes of landing a new retail tenant for the property.The building is located at the

Nevada Wireless LLC, a Reno, Nev.-based wireless service provider, plans to begin offering service in Spokane early next year. The company, which offers integrated two-way radio and digital cellular service for business use, will conduct operations

Concrete Works Statuary Inc., of Spokane Valley, has leased space in the Spokane Business & Industrial Park and plans to move its manufacturing operation there from the Airway Heights Correctional Center.The 8-year-old company expects to hire a

In a deal that would link two of downtown Spokanes business landmarks, Aunties Bookstore is negotiating to open a satellite location in the lobby of the Davenport Hotel.The bookstore would occupy an about 200-square-foot shop on the south a

Prominent Spokane developer Harlan Douglass longtime plan to build a big residential project in Spokanes Indian Trail neighborhood has been approved by the citys hearing examiner. Called Windhaven, the project would include 298 homes and

The number of bank robberies in Spokane County has plummeted by 73 percent so far this year following extensive efforts by banks and law-enforcement agencies to curb and respond to such heists.As of late last week, robbers had hit just eight 30