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Barry Baker: Constructing post-recession success

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June 18, 2015

Barry Baker is a second-generation builder who has worked in the Spokane construction sector for nearly 40 years. As president of Baker Construction & Development Inc., the 60-year-old commercial contractor has seen the 64-year-old company started by his

Sandpoint plane maker lands first sale in European market

Quest Aircraft Co. eyes growth potential abroad

June 18, 2015

Mike McLean

The new European dealer for Quest Aircraft Co. has made its first sale of the Sandpoint-built Kodiak airplane, and Quest is seeking Europe-wide safety certification of the Kodiak, says Quest spokeswoman Julie Stone. Dusseldorf, Germany-based Rheinland Ai

Alcobra buys precision metal-cutting company

ShapeCut to move to new location in late summer

June 18, 2015

Mike McLean

Alcobra Metals Inc., a Spokane specialty metals processor that services machine-shop and fabrication industries, has acquired Spokane precision metal-cutting company ShapeCut Industries LLC and plans to combine the capabilities of both companies, says Alc

Gravity Jack CEO 'fires' himself, tabs COO Joshua Abel to lead

Software company reports sales surge in past year

June 18, 2015

Luke Richey, the founder of Liberty Lake-based augmented-reality software firm Gravity Jack Inc., last month removed himself from the company's top spot in favor of Joshua Abel, someone he believes is a better fit to run the company than he is. Richey

Consultant here focuses on SBA lending niche

After diverse career, Roth helps women-led startups

June 18, 2015

Linn Parish

Laurie Roth has a wide range of business experience, but most of her career has centered on a narrow field of finance: U.S. Small Business Administration lending.

Eventual rate hike doesn't doom investments

Action won't necessarily lead to market correction

June 18, 2015

Michael Maehl

For almost a year now, the financial media has been talking about all the real and imagined 'what-ifsâ€ that can occur when the Federal Reserve Open Market Committee actually begins to move interest rates higher after over 30 years of the (mostly) oppo

Architectural panel maker launches downtown

Ex-CenturyLink executive involved in young company

June 18, 2015

Linn Parish

Former CenturyLink executive Tom Novotney and three partners have launched Revamp Panels LLC, a young Spokane-based company that makes functional metal art and other products. The company opened its first showroom earlier this month in a 2,500-square-fo

Bankcda attains record assets as outlook improves

CEO predicts sustained resurgence to profitability

June 18, 2015

Mike McLean

Bankcda, one of the smallest and youngest Inland Northwest-based community banks, expects to crest $100 million in assets this year, says Wes Veach, bankcda president and CEO.

Specialty grocers eye Spokane

Whole Foods is among site seekers targeting Inland Northwest

June 18, 2015

Mike McLean

Specialty grocery stores looking to enter or expand in the Spokane-Coeur d'Alene market likely will change the landscape for supermarkets here, says Guy Byrd, a principal at Sperry Van Ness|Cornerstone commercial real estate brokerage, of Spokane. By

ICM Asset Management to go back on offensive

Pete Chase to head operations at Spokane investment company

June 18, 2015

Jim Simmons, the CEO for ICM Asset Management Inc., hopes naming Pete Chase as a partner at the 34-year-old financial asset company will help recapture investors it lost before the Great Recession.