No one said socially responsible investing was perfect.Just as a number of funds with ethical goals made the mistake of holding Enron stock a few years back, many this year owned BP Plc stock when the company's oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico as

October 19 / Sterling reports big quarterly swing Sterling Financial Corp., Spokane-based parent of Sterling Savings Bank, reported third-quarter net income attributable to common shareholders of $33.6 million, or 2 cents a share, up a

Meetings & Events Greater Spokane Incorporated will host a Business to Business Trade Show, titled Betting On Your Business, on Tuesday, Oct. 26, from 3 to 7 p.m., at Northern Quest Resort & Casino, 100 N. Hayford Rd., in Airway The of

With technology making it easier than ever for people to operate a business out of their house, many taxpayers, entrepreneurs, and small-business people may be able to take a home-office deduction when filing their federal tax returnHere are the

The Internal Revenue Service has released a draft version of the form that small businesses and tax-exempt organizations will use to calculate the small-business health-care tax credit when they file income tax returns next year.The IRS has the

Snapshots of charitable support in 2009 have produced two very different pictures for nonprofit health-care institutions in the U.S. and Canada, according to the Association for Healthcare Philanthropy (AHP). The association's annual Report on $944

Taxpayers stuck in the current economic downturn will get at least some relief in 2011 thanks to the mandatory upward inflation adjustments called for under the tax code, according to the tax-information company CCH, which recently released income

Three community organizations have agreed to fund a study that's thought to be a key piece in determining what student risk factors affect the high-school dropout rate here.The three, United Way of Spokane County, Inland Northwest Community and

The U.S. has tied for fifth place, with Switzerland, in the new World Giving Index 2010 report issued recently by the Charities Aid Foundation America. The report reviews the state of giving in 153 countries representing 95 percent of the globe's a