Rogue Wave Inc., a young software-design and multimedia marketing company here, has inked a product licensing agreement with Tokyo-based World Bridge Co. Ltd. thats projected to bring the Spokane company between $2 million and $3 million in this

Reliance Trailer Co. LLC, a Spokane-based manufacturer of over-the-road trailers, has bought the assets of one of its competitors, Lynnwood, Wash.-based Sturdy Weld Equipment & Design Inc.Greg Kreshel, general manager of Reliance Trailer, says a

Michael Nowling, president of the Heart Institute of Spokane, says he has resigned from that post, which he has held for 10 years, to pursue other business opportunities.Nowling, whose last day at the Heart Institute was Feb. 14, remains coy his

4 Seasons Coffee Co., which has been operating in Spokane for nearly 25 years, is planning to install a large roaster next month in a warehouse building its leasing east of downtown, at 10 S. Grant.Leslie Hutchinson, president of 4 Seasons, is

Northwest Industrial Services LLC, an Airway Heights industrial-waste recycling company, has bought 149 acres of vacant land on the West Plains that potentially could accommodate new business ventures for the company.The land is located just of

Love, or the prospect thereof, can make a man do crazy things.In Dennis Wendlandts case, it made him learn to square danceand eventually to become a Spokane shopkeeper.When Wendlandt and his wife, Shirley, first started dating in 1983, 80

The stakes are rising for Biomedex Inc. and its plans to have a state-of-the-art biotech manufacturing facility built for it near Spokane International Airport.Company President George Coleman says the young Spokane venture is tightening its a a

The Coeur dAlene Tribe, which just completed a $12 million resort hotel and conference-center addition at its bingo-casino complex near Worley, Idaho, now is looking to invest another about $20 million on several other large projects Matheson, to

World Wide Packets, the Spokane developer of fiber-optic networking equipment targeted at bringing gigabit data transmission speeds to residential and business customers, is moving forward at lightning speed.The latest venture of Ethernet guru a

First and foremost, Royce Drye will tell you, hes a professional fisherman who spends a few weeks each year trying to hook trophy walleye for big money prizes. It might not be surprising that the Spokane company he co-founded, The Tech Group a