"Never write a book about mistakes," an editor at a major publishing house once advised me. "People want to read about how to make money, not how to avoid losing money."The depth of this recession, however, makes capital preservation every bit a

Deb and Bill Weisgerber, of Spokane, have bought the Grounds & Grub coffee stand at 1402 S. Bowdish, in Spokane Valley, and have renamed it Deb's Espresso, which is also the name of another coffee stand, at 1127 W. Northwest Blvd., that they says a

July 14 / Employment here falls Nonagricultural wage and salary employment in the Spokane metropolitan area fell to 211,200 in June, down by 10,100 jobs from the June 2008 level, according to preliminary Washington state Employment put

July 16-30, 2009 The Journal of Business publishes information about meetings, events, and learning opportunities of interest to the general business community. Submit such items to Cara Lorello, Journal of Business, 429 E. Third, WA

The key to improving engineering programs while also boosting the number of women interested in the male-dominated field might be curricula that emphasize hands-on, service-based learning as well as traditional academic and technical knowledge. a a

Itron Inc., of Spokane, has reached a research-and-development agreement with the Idaho National Laboratory, an engineering lab in southeast Idaho that works on nuclear, energy research, science, and national defense projects for the U.S. of pact a

Chip manufacturers beware: There's a newfound flaw in our understanding of transistor noise, a phenomenon affecting the on-off switch that makes computer circuits possible.That flaw soon will stand in the way of creating more efficient, devices