As millions of baby boomers prepare to retire, "the inevitable talent drain threatens to alter the national economy," says Ithaca College sociologist Stephen Sweet, referring to a recent report he coauthored, released by the Sloan Center on Aging &

One of 2009's biggest personal finance stories was the capture of Bernard Madoff, creator of the biggest Ponzi scheme in history. If you read the headlines and told yourself it didn't affect you because you weren't rich enough to be snared by such

Credit unions here say they've been finding ways to absorb hefty new assessments last year to help replenish a national deposit insurance fund that was tapped to help out two big institutions in distress. They fear this year's assessments could be

Adams Tractor adds Stihl product line at East Trent store Adams Tractor Co., located at 1602 E. Trent, in Spokane, is adding Stihl power equipment to its product line and has beefed up its parts and service department to handle Stihl a

The Spokane Home Builders Association says it has begun offering its members free access to Builder Helper, an Internet-based service that allows general contractors to put project plans online for subcontractors and suppliers to bid on electronic