Dec. 1 / Potlatch board approves spin-off Potlatch Corp., of Spokane, said its board of directors approved the spin-off of its pulp-based businesses under a new publicly traded company named Clearwater Paper Corp. The spin-off will a a

December 4-18, 2008 The Journal of Business publishes information about meetings, events, and learning opportunities of interest to the general business community. Submit such items to Ben Rascoff, Journal of Business, 429 E. Third, WA

On any day of the week, you get in your car in the morning, and you're ready to go make your first sales call. In the back of your mind you want to be successful today. You know you're a professional, you know your product line, you know your is

This holiday shopping season offers an unusual half-price sale for investors: the stocks of most of the retailers.Even some of the proudest brand names are suffering due to the nation's reduced personal wealth, tight consumer lending, and job be

Mines Management Inc., a Spokane-based exploration-stage mining company, has posted a loss for the third quarter as it continues to pursue possible development of its proposed Montanore silver and copper project in northwest Montana.The company

If you drive to work, imagine reducing the fuel cost of your daily commute to 80 cents from $7.You would also contribute to reducing carbon-dioxide emissions from vehicles and power plants.It's possible to achieve those things by driving a to a

Minera Andes Inc., a small Spokane-based mining company, has reported a third-quarter net loss of $3.5 million, or 2 cents a share, compared with a loss of $979,000, or 1 cent a share, in the year-earlier quarter.For the nine months ended Sept.

ExxonMobil Corp. has started mixing petroleum-derived and renewable diesel fuels together here at its first biodiesel blending project in the U.S., says the Irving, Texas-based oil giant.The $3.1 million blending operation, located at 15-acre at

Washington is one of six states that will share in $2.6 million in grants awarded by the U.S. Department of Energy to update state building codes to improve energy-efficiency standards.The Washington State University Extension Energy Program in