You can't track fees without a scorecard in the topsy-turvy 2010 financial world.While bank fees and credit card rates have increased, some fee-only financial planners scaled back their fees in deference to clients whose principal had dwindled.

April 6 / BMW, partner pick Moses Lake for parts plant A joint venture formed by European automaker BMW Group and carbon fiber manufacturer SGL Group announced it plans to invest $100 million in a new manufacturing facility in Moses 80

Meetings & Events The Inland Northwest chapter of the National Association of Women Business Owners will hold a fundraising event, titled UnCorked!, on Thursday, April 8, from 6 to 8 p.m., at Caterina Winery, 905 N. Washington, in The

A new study demonstrates that acupuncture may be an effective therapy for joint pain and stiffness in breast cancer patients who are being treated with commonly used hormonal therapies. The study, led by researchers at the Herbert Irving Cancer

Inland Imaging LLC, of Spokane says that in its first year of a campaign it launched to encourage women to get regular mammogram screenings it saw a marked increase in breast cancer diagnoses. Cancers found by doctors using images from Inland in

Low doses of the medication lasofoxifene can reduce the risk of vertebral and non-vertebral fractures, breast cancer, coronary heart disease, and stroke in postmenopausal women with osteoporosis, says a new study published in a recent issue of the

Postmenopausal women who have been newly diagnosed with cancer in one breast have higher cancer detection rates, compared with premenopausal women, when the other breast is scanned for tumors with MRI, say researchers at the Mayo Clinic campus in a

Stress during pregnancy might raise the risk that a baby will have asthma, and a mother's flu during pregnancy possibly could increase an offspring's risk of schizophrenia, separate new studies say.In the stress-asthma study, researchers at and

When it comes to stroke prevalence, it appears that the gender gap is widening. Women between the ages of 35 and 64 are almost three times more likely to have a stroke than men in the same age group, says a new report from a researcher at the of of