Demand from businesses that are interested in leasing equipment has been growing briskly in recent months, as borrowers seek alternatives to the battered loan market, but credit standards for leasing also are tightening, those in the industry of in

RiverBank, which opened for business here in 2006, posted a loss of $282,000 for 2008, according to data it has filed with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.That's improved, though, from a loss of $797,000 in 2007, and President and CEO Duane a

Intermountain Community Bancorp, of Sandpoint, says it will hold town hall meetings in March in 19 communities it serves across Idaho and Eastern Washington to talk about how it will use money it has received from the U.S. government and also to in

Most lenders across the nation don't believe the federal Troubled Asset Relief Program will have a significant impact on lending, according to the latest quarterly Lending Climate in America survey conducted by Phoenix Management Services, a Chadds

AmericanWest Bank lost about $156 million in 2008, and saw loan volume fall but deposits tick upward slightly, while its total assets declined by 10 percent, say year-end financial documents it has filed with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. yet

February 26-March 12, 2009 The Spokane Leadership Breakfast will be held on Friday, Feb. 27, from 7:30 to 9 a.m., at the Spokane Convention Center, 334 W. Spokane Falls Blvd. The Boy Scouts of America Inland Northwest Council will host

Cd'A print company hires additional staff for international job Coeur d'Alene-based Originals Inc., which does business as Digital Color Print Center, has begun work on a large fine-art reproduction job that has required the company to

Feb. 24 / Employment drops here Nonagricultural wage and salary employment in the Spokane area dropped to 212,000 in January, a decrease of 3,400 jobs from the January 2008 level, according to preliminary state figures. Preliminary put

Spokane Valley-based Inland Commercial Casework Inc. has been tapped to produce and install built-in fixtures, such as window sills and countertops, for two of five buildings being constructed at Fairchild Air Force Base, as well as for a building