Zak Designs Inc., of Spokane, expects in coming months to expand its international operations substantially by opening new offices in Mexico, Brazil, and Australia. The Airway Heights company, which makes tableware and childrens dinnerware as

POST FALLSCousins Cory Siverson and Chad MacDonald say theyre like everyone elselooking for that million-dollar idea.To get where theyre going, though, they help other companies and individuals develop their ideas.Their young venture,

Companies headed by prominent Spokane developer Dick Vandervert have two big West Plains apartment projects in the works that are to include 870 living units and are to be built at a total cost of nearly $56 million.Work already is under way on

After having endured two tough years in a row, Potlatch Corp. is setting a new direction.When the big Spokane-based wood-products company announced March 18 it was selling its coated printing papers business, Chairman and CEO L. Pendleton Siegel

Spokane software developer Aurora Consulting Group says it expects to generate tens of millions of dollars in additional revenue in the next 18 months through strong ties it has forged with software giant Microsoft Corp., a relationship thats to

National Church Residences, a Columbus, Ohio-based nonprofit provider of housing for low-income seniors, is developing a 25-unit apartment complex for such residents in the Spokane Valley, its second such complex here.White Water Creek Inc., a a

Spokane County has awarded to Harcon Inc., of Spokane, a nearly $6 million contract to replace the structurally deficient Argonne Road Bridge across the Spokane River. The bridge, which actually consists of two bridge structures, is being replaced

B&B Distributors Inc., a longtime Spokane beverage distributor, has agreed to sell its Spokane-area distribution rights for Coors and Keystone beers to Odom Northwest Beverage, also of Spokane.In addition, B&B plans to buy the distribution for a

Spokanes economy may have bottomed out and begun a move into more positive territory, according to the most recent Leading Economic Activity Index compiled by Washington State University professor Don Epley.The index, one of two Epley last to

Janek Co., a Spokane real estate company that has specialized in marketing high-end homes, has closed all of its four offices in Eastern Washington and North Idaho.Jan Ekstrom, the companys founder and president, says she closed Janeks this