Commercial banks and savings institutions insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. reported an aggregate profit of $35.3 billion in the first quarter of 2012, a $6.6 billion improvement from the $28.8 billion in net income the industry in the

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

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 &

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

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

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

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

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