Attendees at events at the three venues operated by the Spokane Public Facilities District accounted for nearly $116 million in direct spending in the 12 months ended Jan. 31, 2010, a new study says.The people who attended the events at the the

Avista Corp. has started to provide "guidance," or projections on future profitability, to securities analysts for 2011, announcing in its just-released third-quarter earnings report that it expects to earn $1.60 to $1.80 a share next year.The a

Coldwater Creek Inc. CEO Dennis Pence told securities analysts Oct. 18 that five factors were behind disappointing results in the company's third quarter ended Oct. 30.The shares of the Sandpoint-based women's fashion retailer fell almost 35 on

Litehouse Inc., the Sandpoint-based salad dressing maker, says it plans to spend more than $10 million to open a plant in the southern Utah rural community of Hurricane, and expects that the facility eventually will employ 162 full-time Frank, says

Spokane-based building-supply chain Ziegler Lumber Co. says it will close its 45-year-old, original retail store on North Market Street this month to make room for the North Spokane Corridor project. Company founder Vern Ziegler says he decided

Key Tronic Corp., of Spokane, says it expects to achieve record revenue in its 2011 fiscal year after announcing its highest-ever quarterly revenue in its fiscal first quarter, ended Oct. 2.The company, an electronic manufacturing services with

Big Lots, a Columbus, Ohio-based closeout retailer with 1,370 stores nationwide, including two in the Spokane-Coeur d'Alene area, has signed a lease for a 29,600-square-foot space in the Northpointe Plaza.Inland Western Real Estate Trust Inc., a