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Crawling credit DEMAND

Local execs predict credit-line usage will continue to increase; availability is unchanged

February 24, 2011

Businesses here aren't taking out lines of credit to cover expenses tied to growth as much as they were before the recession, local banking executives here say, but they're optimistic that area of lending will improve in the coming here are to are

Select stocks could rise as consumer confidence grows

Companies that make, sell discretionary items might outperform market in '11

February 24, 2011

Personal Investing

Levolor blinds, Hot Wheels, and fragrances such as Wild Elixir could be leading Americans out of recession in 2011.Companies that make such products tend to excel as consumers gain confidence and begin to treat themselves to discretionary items

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February 24, 2011

Feb. 18 / Fed orders Bank of Whitman to raise capital The Federal Reserve System board ordered Colfax-based Bank of Whitman to raise more capital, be acquired by another bank, or merge with another bank within 90 days. In July, the an

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February 24-March 10, 2011

February 24, 2011

Meetings & Events The Idaho Small Business Development Center will hold a workshop titled Bidding for Profit on Thursday, Feb. 24, from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m., and another workshop titled Financial Planning, on Friday, Feb. 25, from 8:30

Small Business Watch

February 24, 2011

Point-of-sale supplier moves to new office Inland Data Services Inc., a point-of-sale system supplier for the hospitality industry, has moved to a 650-square-foot leased office space at 109 S. Scott.Owner Dave Metzger says he the &

Real Estate Roundup

February 24, 2011

Mike McLean

Whitworth University, of Spokane, has leased 2,600 square feet of floor space in the Riverfront Office Park, at 534 E. Spokane Falls Blvd., for two additional classrooms that it plans to begin using in in April. Mike Livingston and Marc Mowrer, of

$1 million Valley apartment project planned

Kop Construction wins job to renovate 40-unit San Franciscan complex

February 24, 2011

Mike McLean

Kop Construction Co., of Spokane, has won a $1 million contract to renovate a Spokane Valley apartment complex for a nonprofit affordable-housing developer.Construction will begin sometime in March, says Chris Venne, development finance manager

Rendering courtesy of Womer & Associates

Nisqually Tribal Administration Building - Art Only

February 24, 2011

Womer & Associates, a Spokane-based, Native American-owned design firm, incorporated cultural elements such as flowing water, totems, a salmon's back, and even a mountain peak into its design of this planned new administration building for the of a

Two cents on a quarter century

February 24, 2011

Editor's Notebook

In early February of 1986, when the Journal of Business published its first edition, I, too, was seeing my name in print for the first time. I was a freshman staff writer at my high-school newspaper who was basking in the glory of my first piece of

Meridian wins $3.7 million Valley project

Project will include new fire administration building, training tower upgrades

February 24, 2011

Chey Scott

Meridian Construction Inc., of Spokane, has been awarded a $3.7 million contract to construct the Spokane Valley Fire Department's new administration office building and to repair its firefighter training facility.Work on the new, administration