Oct. 13 / Employment dips further here Nonagricultural wage and salary employment in the Spokane metropolitan area fell to 204,700 in September, down 15,100 jobs from the September 2008 level, according to preliminary Washington state

Meetings & Events The Inland Northwest Multimedia Users Group will hold a meeting on Thursday, Oct. 15, from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m., in the Sirti Board Room at 665 N. Riverpoint Blvd., in Spokane. Guest speaker Eric Stanley will give a on 2

Researchers at the University of Idaho say they've created a computer chip more powerful than 17,000 Intel quad-core processors that runs on 0.03 percent of the power those chips would require.The chip will be used on NASA's developing Synthetic

With 86 percent of American adults owning a mobile handset, mobile banking is poised for explosive growth, research suggests.Currently, 36 million adults are using mobile banking, with "smartphone" users—18 percent of Americans—being a

The U.S. high-tech industry shed 115,000 jobs in the first half of this year, equating to a nearly 2 percent decline, says a report released last month by the Washington, D.C.-based TechAmerica Foundation and based on U.S. Bureau of Labor data.

For DataPro Solutions Inc., a Spokane Valley computer services company that specializes in data collection and storage, the soft economy hasn't necessarily been a bad thing.As companies struggle to cut costs and remain competitive, DataPro say, a

Essence Healthcare Inc., a Louisville, Ky.-based insurer that offers health plan options that are part of the Medicare program, has opened an office here, at Riverwalk Plaza.Essence Healthcare began offering Medicare Advantage coverage in years

Hospital-at-home care might be a practical alternative to traditional hospital inpatient care for elderly patients with suddenly worsening chronic heart failure, says a report in a recent issue of a journal called the Archives of Internal Medicine.