SNAP Financial Access has launched a Women's Business Center here that's intended to be a resource for female business owners or women who want to start a business, says Laurie Roth, manager of the center. The center opened earlier this month in the

Magnuson Hotels, a Spokane-based hotel group offering reservation and property management services, says it has signed licensing contracts with three former franchises of Wyndham Hotel Group in Pensacola, Fla., as well as an independent hotel in Creston,

Racing Snail Inc., a Phoenix-based sister company of Spokane software provider Imprezzio Inc., has launched a new software designed to track sales activities and increase efficiency. Racing Snail and Imprezzio are both subsidiaries of Spokane-based hol

VPI Quality Windows Inc., a Spokane Valley vinyl window and patio door manufacturer, has agreed to buy the window and door manufacturing assets of Beaverton, Ore.-based Mercer Windows. Burke Blevins, president and CEO of VPI, says that specifically, the

 Red Lion Hotels Corp., of Spokane, says it has sold the Red Lion Hotel Yakima and has signed a franchise agreement on a Tucson, Ariz., property. The Yakima hotel, with 156 guest rooms, is adjacent to the Yakima Convention Center near Interstate 82 in

Itron Inc., the Liberty Lake-based maker of utility metering reading technology, says it has contracted to supply its water metering technology to Saudi Arabia's National Water Co., which is installing it in the city of Jeddah, enabling the city to meas