The nations strong housing market has been a Band-Aid for the rest of the U.S. economy despite shocks from the high-tech industrys implosion, the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, and the corporate and accounting scandals, says a Fannie Mae director

Diversification is one of those words money managers seem to toss around like dentists do the word floss. For ICM Asset Management Inc., however, the term isnt about the makeup of an investment portfolio so much as an internal business to

Greg Deckard has made a career out of wearing multiple hats at small community banks here. He confesses, though, that the breadth of his responsibilities widened considerably after he became president and CEO of State National Bank here in May at a

A new building in the University of Idaho Research Park in Post Falls isnt even done yet, but nearly all of the laboratory space that will be in it is spoken for already.Also, all of the wet-lab space at the Spokane Intercollegiate Research a

Spokane biotech proponents should push for the development of a health and biomedical sciences campus here to focus on taking the basic research done at Inland Northwest university and federal laboratories and moving it toward commercialization

Bio-OriGyn LLC, of Spokane, has signed two pacts through which it expects to bring to market its first consumer product for human infertility. One of the agreements is with Unicep Packaging Inc., of Sandpoint, which will mix and fill about of a

Several new tenants plan to move to the University of Idaho Research Park, in Post Falls, after a new building there is completed this week.Doug McQueen, the research parks director, says the new tenants include a young Moscow, Idaho, biotech

The Spokane campus of City University, an accredited four-year college for working adults, has scaled back its Spokane presence greatly and is no longer accepting new students here.Ten students, who currently are enrolled in two City University

A $1 million cleanup plan is being proposed for a contaminated site along the Spokane River near downtown where a gas plant and a tar company once operated.The Washington state Department of Ecology is proposing to enter into a consent decree A

Target Corp., the big Minneapolis-based discount retailer, has opened a district office in Spokane and is contemplating adding additional Target stores within the newly created district.Linda Heinen, Targets district team leader here, says in