Egghead.com Inc.s investor relations firm, Seattle-based Rockey Co., has released conflicting statements in recent days about whether Egghead.com might move its headquarters office from Spokane to Portland.Erica Perez, an Egghead spokeswoman a

Land sales that have been completed recently or are under way in the Silver Lake Center, a 145-acre commercial development along U.S. 95 in Coeur dAlene, are expected to lead to a surge of construction activity there.The timing is right. of

S.L. Start & Associates, a Spokane retirement-housing and social services management company, says it plans to build a $17 million, 215-unit retirement campus on about 10 acres of land near Northpointe Plaza.The project is to include a building

Metropolitan Mortgage & Securities Co., of Spokane, is feeling bullish about the potential for its Liberty Lake Center business park project following its first three land sales there.Metropolitan expects the center eventually will include 50 to

Hecla Mining Co. officials believe the Coeur dAlene companys 1998 tally sheet will show more silver, less gold, and no red.Red ink, that is. For the first time in eight years, Hecla expects in 1998 to show an annual profit. That would be for

Memphis, Tenn.-based Federal Express has been considering moving ahead with a project in Coeur dAlene, but isnt elaborating on its plans.Jess Bunn, a spokesman for the big overnight cargo company, says Federal Express doesnt have a lease

Michaels Stores Inc., the big Dallas-based retailer of arts, crafts, and home-decor items, plans to open a new store in the Spokane Valley Plaza shopping center just south of Interstate 90 and east of Sullivan Road.Michaels has agreed to lease a

WAM Enterprises Inc., of Spokane, is buying a piece of land in Liberty Lake and plans to construct a new call center there for Dakotah Direct Inc., the big Spokane-based telemarketing concern.The new building will be constructed on a 1.7-acre in

Empire Financial Group Inc. and its affiliated companies, which together are the target of both a federal civil lawsuit and a state securities investigation, have filed suit in Spokane County Superior Court against one of their former the new suit,

POST FALLSFrom a spare Jacklin Land Co. office inside the newest building at the Riverbend Commerce Park here, Doug McQueen is busy drafting big plans for the University of Idahos research park project, which is slated for property next to the