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Exit-plan consultants use trade acumen to aid others

Duo helps business owners to transition, sell, or merge

January 29, 2015

Two longtime Spokane businessmen, Ned Rumpeltes and Ray Lawton, are entering their fifth year as Rumpeltes & Lawton LLC, a business transition consulting firm. Lawton and Rumpeltes, who both have significant business backgrounds here with Spokane-based

Benefits of lower oil prices outweigh any negatives

GDP-driving consumers have the most to gain

January 29, 2015

Michael Maehl

Reasonable people can disagree. I've learned that this truism is what, ultimately, drives markets. Otherwise, why would we have sellers and buyers? If they all thought one price was good for everything, I'd say my job would be right up there with wat

New high tech trading room aids collegiate investors

Whitworth student analysts' investments net good profit

January 29, 2015

Judith Spitzer

Every Thursday morning at 6:15 a.m., Whitworth University senior Ashley Sievers can be found on campus in a high tech trading room, discussing stock pitches and portfolio allocations with other members of the Whitworth Student Investment Group. The H.H.

North Idaho community bank regains momentum

22-year-old Idaho Independent Bank outlasts several rivals

January 29, 2015

Mike McLean

Idaho Independent Bank has maintained solid footing in a constantly changing banking landscape since it opened its first branch in Hayden in 1993, says Jack Gustavel, IIB's chairman, CEO, and founding member. He also claims that while many of the bankï

Small food businesses in West Central share space, ideas

Bakery, yogurt company owners band together

January 29, 2015

Katie Ross

Mika Maloney and Karyna Hamilton, owners of Spokane small businesses Batch Bakeshop and Flora Yogurt Co., respectively, teamed up this month to share space and help promote each other and the Spokane small business community. Batch, which is located at

ABC chapter here to move to new space on E. Trent

Trade group also expands member education, training

January 29, 2015

Mike McLean

The Inland Pacific Chapter of Associated Builders & Contractors Inc. plans to move to a larger space at 1760 E. Trent from its present location in Spokane Valley, says Kate McCaslin, the chapter's president and CEO. ABC-Inland Pacific Chapter has been

Current, old Wolff Co. properties see activity

Leavitt Capital Co. involved in six recent transactions

January 29, 2015

Mike McLean

The Wolff Co. has relocated its downtown offices and has sold the Argonne Commercial Center to another real estate investment group, says Aaron Lake, a real estate broker who has handled a number of recent transactions involving the Wolff Co. and current

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January 29, 2015

Staff Report

Cancer alliance to benefit region

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January 29, 2015

Staff Report

The announcement last week that three major health care providers here have formalized plans for a regional cancer collaboration is exciting news that should further bolster this area's reputation as the regional epicenter for specialized care. It als

Education is key to growth strategy

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January 29, 2015

Steve Stevens

Think for a moment and imagine the Greater Spokane region's future with a community full of highly educated individuals. It would be a community that would have 60 percent of its adults attaining a post-secondary degree or certificate, rather than today