Aug. 27 / Raceway oval operator shuts downFull Blown Promotions, subcontract operator of the oval track at the Spokane County Raceway on the West Plains, closed its doors in the wake of a dispute with Raceway Investments LLC, the main operator a

Meetings & EventsVisit Spokane will host The Big Meeting: Annual Meeting and Marketing Outlook Forum 2012 on Thursday, Sept. 6, from 7 to 9:30 a.m., at the Spokane Convention Center, 334 W. Spokane Falls Blvd. Berkeley Young, nationally travel

David H. Koch, executive vice president and part-owner of Koch Industries Inc., which claims to be one of America's largest privately held companies, earlier this year committed $10 million to the Jaffe Food Allergy Institute at The Mount Sinai in

At its annual meeting of more than 10,000 financial representatives and staff members last month, Milwaukee-based Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co. announced a new multiyear philanthropic program to fight childhood cancer. The effort, the a

The Corporation for National & Community Service (CNCS) has selected four experienced grant makers to receive $8 million intended to help organizations improve the lives of people in low-income communities.The Corporation for National and is a 5

Businesses can do well by doing good through product philanthropy, research from Indiana University concludes.The study, released in January by the Bloomington, Ind.-based university's School of Public and Environmental Affairs, examines the on

Good news for engineers on the salary front: On average, base salaries have risen 3 percent from last year.According to a new salary survey by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and the American Society of Civil Engineers, the average