More than three-quarters of the financial services professionals polled in a recent research survey say the current economic downturn has had a significantly greater impact on their boomer generation clients than on any other generation. More 73

Qwest Communications International Inc., of Denver, says Spokane-based Sterling Savings Bank has agreed to reinforce its network disaster recovery capabilities with data hosting space in Qwest's data center in Seattle. Under a three-year and are

Despite enduring its first quarterly loss in at least two decades in 2009, Numerica Credit Union has experienced strong growth in loans, deposits, and total assets, says Jennifer Lehn, the Spokane Valley-based credit union's executive vice reported

Horizon Credit Union, of Spokane, says it has teamed up with Digital Insight, a unit of big software maker Intuit Inc., to provide customers with online financial management software.Called FinanceWorks, the Quicken-based software helps manage a

Washington credit unions, once seemingly sheltered from the financial crisis, now are facing one of the biggest challenges to their health since they were formed in the wake of the Great Depression.As a result of a trio of problems, stemming the

Lounge expands into former Prago space The Lion's Lair bar, located in an about 1,400-square-foot space at 205 W. Riverside, has leased the similarly-sized adjacent space that formerly housed Prago Argentine Caf, and is using it to

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