United Furniture Warehouse, a Canadian-based 155-store discount chain, has decided to close its two Spokane stores and one in Moses Lake as part of a big consolidation of its struggling U.S. operations, company President John Volken says.The at

Vehrs Inc., a Spokane wholesale wine distributor, has leased 50,000 square feet of office and warehouse space in the Spokane Business & Industrial Park and plans to move its operations there from smaller quarters in the Valley. Vehrs President

Logan Industries Inc., the Spokane contract electronics manufacturer that filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection last spring, has emerged from that reorganization filing after resolving a dispute with a key lender.U.S. Bankruptcy Court John

You know that shop at the corner of Ruby and Mission? The one with antique dressers on the sidewalk, along with the Statue of Liberty, a big green alligator, and 13-foot tall Grecian urns? It gets a lot of attention from people stopped at the a

Biomedex Inc., a young Spokane biotech company, has launched a subsidiary here that will do pharmaceutical compounding for both consumers and health-care providers.The subsidiary, called FirstPharma, will be located within Biomedexs in the a

Commercial driver-education schools here are expecting a wave of new business this fall as local school districts hike the prices they charge for drivers training or drop those programs altogether.To handle the anticipated demand, one local a

When Telect Inc. celebrated its 15th anniversary five years ago next month, the gala affair in the Opera House downtown celebrated a big expansion of its Liberty Lake campus, the opening of a new plant in Mexico, and the expectation that its annual

The nations strong housing market has been a Band-Aid for the rest of the U.S. economy despite shocks from the high-tech industrys implosion, the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, and the corporate and accounting scandals, says a Fannie Mae director

Diversification is one of those words money managers seem to toss around like dentists do the word floss. For ICM Asset Management Inc., however, the term isnt about the makeup of an investment portfolio so much as an internal business to

Greg Deckard has made a career out of wearing multiple hats at small community banks here. He confesses, though, that the breadth of his responsibilities widened considerably after he became president and CEO of State National Bank here in May at a