An increasing number of businesses here and nationally are turning to nontraditional sources of financing, such as factoring, to meet critical cash-flow needs as banks constrict credit in the current economic crisis, say industry factoring, such as

Sterling Savings Bank moved ahead of perennial leader Washington Trust Bank in bank deposits in Spokane County over the last year, according to an annual market share report released last month by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.Executives of

Venture capitalists here say that if the companies they invest in don't go public or get acquired with greater frequency than they are today, they could face a drought in available capital to invest in new ventures. That, they say, would be too to

As consumers and investors digest a barrage of bad economic news, banks, credit unions, and securities brokerages here are scrambling to reassure their own customers and to pick up new ones who might be fleeing weaker institutions.Industry say a

Gonzaga University says a graduate-level business program it launched eight years ago to prepare American Indians to teach entrepreneurship at tribal colleges is evolving as it attracts a broader mix of participants and faces funding three-year in