Lifestream Technologies Inc., of Post Falls, completed a $3.5 million private placement that will allow the company to proceed with a major advertising campaigna tool it long has said is necessary to ignite sales of its home cholesterol monitors.

The Spokane Intercollegiate Research and Technology Institute (SIRTI) has signed contracts with three more companies to provide a mix of commercialization and marketing assistance and incubator space.The contracts, which are with RehabLogic DAS

Spokane businessman Bob Hamacher has bought the assets of Jones Wholesale Florists from Spokanes Rosedale Greenhouse Inc. for an undisclosed amount.The assets include the companys customer base, inventory, computer hardware, and equipment,

City and county government and the media could do more to help Spokane compete against other regions to attract businesses, says a new study that examines the regions competitiveness. The study was performed by the Spokane Regional Chamber a

Key Tronic Corp.s top executives received big pay raises in the companys 2003 fiscal year ended June 28, due mostly to bonuses, according to a proxy statement Key Tronic has filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.President a

OneEighty Networks Inc., the Spokane-based broadband communications company founded and owned largely by Greg Green, has bought most of the assets of a larger, Walla Walla-based company as part of an aggressive regional expansion acquired the of $1

Isothermal Systems Research Inc. has landed another big contract from the U.S. militarythis one for $29 millionand theres strong potential for the company to snag another like-sized pact in the near future. The Clarkston, Wash.-based a

If you remember the days before political correctness, you might recall the sentiment, Someone ought to knock some sense into that kid.It was meant figuratively in most instances, but in Anthony Bonanzinos case, thats literally what his

The Spokane Regional Chamber of Commerce has formed a group charged with keeping Fairchild Air Force Base off a list of U.S. military bases to be closed about three years from now.About 25 businesspeople, civic leaders, and aids to Washington a

With mortgage rates nearly a point higher than they were earlier this year and much of the refinancing demand satisfied, the white-hot home-loan market has cooled considerably, perhaps signaling an industry shakeout.Some of the decline in has a