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Laid off? Don't compound your woes with pension miscue

Direct rollover of 401(k) into an IRA might be best option, if plan allows it

March 12, 2009

Losing your job because of the economic downturn is stressful enough. Imagine making an avoidable financial mistake on top of it, and you have reason enough to read on.Have you lost your job due to the economic crisis? Did you quit or change Are

Post Falls wealth manager stresses contact with clients

Financial Strategies firm packages investments, insurance in portfolios

March 12, 2009

Mike McLean

Tim Van Lohuizen and Joe Angelo, the principals at Financial Strategies, a small Post Falls financial-planning and risk-management firm, left larger companies so they could be closer to clients.Van Lohuizen says he worked at an investment in

Stimulus bill's tax tools can boost businesses

Higher Section 179 limit extended for 2009, loss carry-back rule enhanced

March 12, 2009

David Cole

l economic stimulus bill has extended provisions that make it more attractive for businesses to buy new equipment and also has broadened a tax tool that allows businesses to apply losses in the current year to earlier years.Among other tax the of

Online filing continues to grow, says poll

Security fears have fallen substantially; taxpayers who switch over don't go back

March 12, 2009

The move to online tax filing continues to grow each year, and once consumers convert to online filing, they don't turn back, says a new report from The Conference Board and global market information provider TNS.About 40 percent of online are a

Focusing on INDUSTRY DEPTH

Moss Adams' office here relies on specialized expertise to guide clients in downturn

March 12, 2009

Jeanne Gustafson

Tough times can cut two ways for accounting firms that provide services to struggling industries. While many companies tend to pull back on their use of consulting services, economic uncertainty also tends to prompt businesses to make sure they a a

Small Business Watch: March 12, 2009

March 12, 2009

Bruttles Candies opens Cd'A outlet Bruttles Candies LLC, a Spokane Valley-based confectionary that specializes in soft peanut brittle, has opened a shop in a 1,200-square-foot space in the Coeur d'Alene Shopping Plaza, on the corner

Real Estate Roundup

March 12, 2009

Mike McLean

MetaXpert LLC, of Spokane Valley, the parent company of Tometa Sofware Inc., which develops custom software, has leased 2,500 square feet of office space at 2310 N. Molter and has moved there from smaller quarters at 6614 E. Main. Marc Mowrer, of &

J.C. Penney proposes $750,000 remodel at its NorthTown store

March 12, 2009

Mike McLean

J.C. Penney Co., the big Plano Texas-based retailer, has applied for a building permit for a $750,000 remodel of its NorthTown Mall department store.The company's corporate office referred a reporter to the store's managers, who said they ready

Forest Service plans new building for Sandpoint Ranger District office

March 12, 2009

The U.S. Forest Service plans to construct a new office for its Sandpoint Ranger District on Forest Service property at 1602 Ontario, in Sandpoint, Idaho.Swank Enterprises, of Kalispell, Mont., has been awarded a $3.1 million contract to the It

City gives Fish Lake trail go-ahead, seeks money

$2 million second phase likely to get federal boost from stimulus package

March 12, 2009

Jeanne Gustafson

The city of Spokane has issued an environmental approval for two remaining phases in a planned $6 million city project to extend a paved link from the Centennial Trail in West Spokane to the trailhead of the Columbia Plateau Trail at Fish Lake, of