The record snowfall total of close to 30 inches last month kept snow removal companies in the Inland Northwest busy clearing parking lots, sidewalks, and driveways, but caused some headaches, budget and otherwise, for other businesses here. And at

Ormet, Corp., a Hannibal, Ohio-based aluminum producer, has terminated a tentative agreement to buy the shuttered former Kaiser Aluminum Corp. Mead Works smelter property north of Spokane.In a brief news release announcing the action, the said,

With recent news about European debt woes, a currency cold war between the U.S. and China, and bad loans piling up in India, uncertainties have sent worldwide securities markets on a roller-coaster track. In a reflection of that turbulence, advice

Most people know that many employers here provide their workers with a 401(k) retirement account, but what is less known is how much employers do to help workers succeed in reaching their retirement saving goals.Among those services are online a