The federal tax law passed last year opened a loophole so big that a small-business owner could drive a Hummer through itor at least, drive one off a car lot much easier.The law allowed a business to write off as a business expense up to of a

Its amazing how a cult film about a group of illegal street racers and their custom cars can affect the automotive industry. Manufacturers are moving away from generic styles that dominated the 90s and are designing cars with a lot more the

Lifestream Technologies Inc., the Post Falls-based maker of cholesterol monitors, says its product shipments in its most-recent quarter shot up 108 percent over the year-earlier period.The small health-care device maker declined to disclose or

Avista Advantage, Avista Corp.s long unprofitable subsidiary, finally has broken into the black.The subsidiary, a third-party manager of utility bills and other facility charges for businesses, chalked up pre-tax income of $823,000 from and 1

Former Spokane attorney James Sheahan has bought the old Sarnac Hotel building and a neighboring warehouse structure along West Main Avenue in downtown Spokanes east end.The buildings are just east of two structures that Sheahan bought in and

Season Ticket Sports, Spirits & Grub, a sports bar and restaurant near Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena, plans to open a gambling operation at its premises early next year.Randazzo Co. LLC, of Spokane, which owns Season Ticket, is asking the for

Spokane real estate broker Dave Black and three associates have formed a company here through which they are seeking to raise $20 million or more in a private-placement offering to invest in real estate over a wide geographical area.The company

The Pacific Northwest, having added electrical generating capacity rapidly when power prices skyrocketed in 2000 and 2001, has a surplus of supply today, and over the next five years should focus on conservation as it seeks to develop future the on

A company headed by Liberty Lake auto dealer George Gee has agreed in principle to buy the assets of Dan Barton Cadillac Isuzu Inc., of Coeur dAlene. The long-established Coeur dAlene dealership, located at 317 W. Dalton near busy U.S. 95,

Family-related photos and mementos far outnumber professional plaques in the downtown Spokane office of commercial real estate broker, investor, and developer Dave Black.The dcor is dominated by pictures of Blacks deceased father, James S. a