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Gold Reserve loses its stock listing on the NYSE Amex

Gold Reserve denied in appeal to keep trading its shares on NYSE Amex

March 28, 2013

Spokane-based Gold Reserve Inc., a mine-exploration company, has announced that its stock ceased being traded on the NYSE Amex LLC stock exchange effective March 15, after appeals submitted to an independent panel to remain on the exchange were is

Waddell's BrewPub, Boiler Room sign on to Five Mile project

Waddell's, Boiler Room to be Cedar Crossing's first commercial tenants

March 28, 2013

Mike McLean

Two restaurants that potentially will have a combined total of more than 50 employees will be the first commercial tenants at the $5.7 million, mixed-use Cedar Crossing development under construction in the Five Mile commercial district on North be

Former Mayor Verner, Spokane Tribe eye new business ventures

Total employment tied to enterprises has grown; upswing likely to linger

March 28, 2013

Jessica Valencia

Now CEO of Spokane Tribal Enterprises, former Spokane Mayor Mary Verner says that by diversifying business entities owned and operated by the Spokane Tribe of Indians, she hopes the Tribe will be known for more than its casinos.Achieving that be

Digital design affiliates Seven2, 14Four see faster growth

Seven2, 14Four employ 70 people total, up from about 25 workers in '10

March 28, 2013

Treva Lind

Spokane-based Seven2 Inc. and 14Four Inc., sister companies that provide digital and Web-based design services, say they are experiencing strong growth developing online and mobile application projects, including for such national clients as and on

Growth in visitor spending outpaces state as a whole

Conventions, however, to drop as business, leisure travel rise

March 28, 2013

Linn Parish

Thanks in large part to square dancers, singers, and lovers of old buildings, Spokane outpaced the U.S. and Washington state as whole in visitor spending growth last year, according to a report released earlier this month. After those healthy in

Dave Black to prep South Hill site for big retail development

Grading project will make way for big store, records show

March 28, 2013

Mike McLean

Spokane developer Dave Black has filed an application with the city of Spokane to start grading work to prepare a site for a future retail center to include a big box store and smaller retail outlets on a 15-acre site on the South Hill.The site,

Providence Spokane names new chief executive

March 28, 2013

Spokane-based Providence Health Care announced this morning it has named Alex Jackson as the new chief executive of Providence Spokane hospitals Sacred Heart Medical Center & Children's Hospital and Holy Family Hospital.Currently chief operating a

Red Lion sells Pendleton hotel

March 28, 2013

Red Lion Hotels Corp., of Spokane, announced this morning it has sold the Red Lion Hotel Pendleton, in Pendleton, Ore., for about $2.3 million.The buyer, whose name Red Lion declines to disclose, has agreed to franchise with the company, and the a

Coeur d'Alene Mines to move to Chicago

March 28, 2013

Coeur d'Alene Mines Corp. announced this morning that it will move its corporate headquarters to Chicago in the third quarter of 2013.The company, which had been located in downtown Coeur d'Alene since 1985, had disclosed late last December that a

In the News: March 28, 2013

March 28, 2013

March 26 / Employment here risesAbout 208,200 people held nonagricultural wage and salary jobs in the Spokane area in February, up by 4,600 from the February 2012 level and up by 2,100 from January of this year, preliminary state figures said. /