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Mobile payments skyrocket

Transactions projected to increase 42 percent annually through '16

June 7, 2012

Worldwide mobile payment transaction values will surpass $171.5 billion in 2012, a 62 percent increase from 2011 values of $105.9 billion, says Stamford, Conn.-based information-technology research and advisory company Gartner Inc.The number of

Cost-segregation expert Martin Harski broadens reach

Harski joins New York-based consulting firm that plans to open specialty offices nationwide

June 7, 2012

Treva Lind

Martin Harski, who has offered cost-segregation services here for more than three decades, is expanding dramatically the geographical area he serves.The former owner of Spokane-based Cost Segregation Company Inc. has joined a newly formed cost &

Hubbell Financial Group to add 25 employees, 30 interns

Insurance, investment regional office to add 25 employees this year

June 7, 2012

Chey Scott

Hubbell Financial Group Inc., the Spokane-based, regional office for Northwestern Mutual Financial Network, has started efforts to recruit 25 new financial representatives and 30 interns to meet a growing demand for its products and services in the

Seeking this decade's 'center line'

June 7, 2012

Editor's Notebook

With an intensity akin to flattening my nose against a crystal ball in an attempt to peer inside it, I've been watching for indicators of how long it will take our Inland Northwest economy to return to what we collectively might call all crave I

Small Business Watch

June 7, 2012

Couple buys pizza restaurant in ValleyMark and Rosemary Puyear have bought the assets of Buck's Pizza, in Spokane Valley, from Lance and Shelly Jordan, and have changed its name to Coach's Pizza. Located in a 1,400-square-foot leased space

Downriver Grill updates building, tweaks menu

Audubon area restaurant gets $100,000 in upgrades, also debuts new branding

June 7, 2012

Chey Scott

North Spokane neighborhood restaurant The Downriver Grill LLC recently saw the finishing touches completed on a $100,000 renovation that was done in part to celebrate its ninth anniversary of being in business. Located at 3315 W. Northwest the a

Food distributor moves Spokane-area facility

Northern Sales ramps up to a dozen employees here, serving about 70 outlets

June 7, 2012

Treva Lind

Sumner, Wash.-based wholesale food distributor Northern Sales Company Inc. has moved its Spokane-area facility into larger quarters in Spokane Valley from a temporary facility in Airway Heights.Shaun Collins, a Spokane-based territorial sales is

North Division restaurant razed to make room for development

Investor group looking to sell longtime eatery property, or build to suit

June 7, 2012

Mike McLean

A Spokane real estate investment group has bought the longtime restaurant site last occupied by Lefty's Steakhouse & Sports, at 3525 N. Division, and has razed the building to prepare the property for resale or redevelopment, says Marshall Clark, a

Itron lands large contract in Algeria

Tens of thousands of units to be produced, installed during the next 18 months

June 7, 2012

Chey Scott

Liberty Lake-based Itron Inc., the big maker of energy-management equipment and systems, recently signed a contract with the Algerian National Company of Measurement and Control Instruments (ENAMC) to provide a large-scale commercial and industrial

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T.W. Clark is low bidder for Jefferson School replacement work

Valley contractor submits low bid of $12.3 million for project on South Hill

June 7, 2012

Mike McLean

Spokane Public Schools says T.W. Clark Construction LLC, of Spokane Valley, is the apparent low bidder for the planned Jefferson Elementary School replacement project, with a bid of $12.3 million.The district's board of trustees is expected to a