Stress during pregnancy might raise the risk that a baby will have asthma, and a mother's flu during pregnancy possibly could increase an offspring's risk of schizophrenia, separate new studies say.In the stress-asthma study, researchers at and

When it comes to stroke prevalence, it appears that the gender gap is widening. Women between the ages of 35 and 64 are almost three times more likely to have a stroke than men in the same age group, says a new report from a researcher at the of of

PrimeSource Credit Union, of Spokane, says it has joined a national shared-branching network that will enable its members here to do banking transactions at more than 6,400 locations across the U.S.The network, operated by Ontario, Calif.-based

Washington Trust Bank, of Spokane, has selected the Spokane office of Littleton, Colo.-based tw telecom inc. to provide a secure data network to connect the bank's technology support centers to its 41 bank branches in four states.Tw telecom, as

Many small-business owners have been disappointed recently to learn that their bank has tightened lending standards or raised interest rates and fees, making it more difficult to get credit. In today's turbulent economic environment, the for be

Europe's ongoing fiscal trauma may present opportunities for U.S. investors.There could, for example, be possibilities in European stocks that are depressed in price or in stocks of the U.S. multinational companies most likely to gain from risk