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iPhone users targeted by T-Mobile

After disappointments, wireless provider hopes to compete with its plans

October 11, 2012

T-Mobile, which has struggled in the past to lure customers away from the Big Three wireless companies, is embarking on a risky new strategy: stealing iPhone customers from its competitors without offering an iPhone of its own.The Bellevue-based

HiTechnique predicts growth to rise with the cloud

IT concern focuses on managed services rather than system sales

October 11, 2012

Mike McLean

HiTechnique LLC, a Spokane information-technology services provider, says it has enjoyed strong growth in the 10 years it has been operating here, and it expects to continue expanding at a brisk pace.HiTechnique serves small to medium-sized at a

SEO loses luster, experts say

Changes at Google, other factors cause Spokane-area consultants to change focus

October 11, 2012

Treva Lind

Strategies to drive customers to business websites has shifted away from an emphasis on search engine optimization, or strategies that can rank online sites higher in a search engine's results, to more of a focus on engaging Internet content, here

Researchers look at how Alzheimer's affects brain network

All parts said to become impaired eventually due to disease's disruptions

October 11, 2012

News Wise

Scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have taken one of the first detailed looks into how Alzheimer's disease disrupts coordination among several of the brain's networks. The results include some of the earliest of on

Study: Elderly population to rise more than projected

Long-range estimates say number of working adults will decline at same time

October 11, 2012

News Wise

A new statistical model predicts that by the year 2100, the number of people older than 85 worldwide will increase more than previously estimated, and there will be fewer working-age adults to support them than previously expected.The findings,

Boomers said to carry excess debt

Study suggests that those nearing retirement aren't putting enough in savings

October 11, 2012

PR Newswire

Baby boomers aren't saving enough for retirement because they are spending too much on mortgage debt—and carrying that and other debts into their near-retirement years, says a new study from the National Center for Policy a greater percentage

Riverview looks to secure up to $20 million in bonds

Funds would refinance debt, pay for aquatics project, major remodels

October 11, 2012

Mike McLean

Riverview Retirement Community says it plans to pay for a major remodel, refinance debt, and fund ongoing construction through the sale of $16 million to $20 million in tax-exempt revenue bonds.The majority of the bonds would fund remodel at the

Alzheimer's group here sees increase in requests

INW chapter sponsors support groups, classes; stresses early diagnosis

October 11, 2012

Treva Lind

Staff members at the Alzheimer's Association Inland Northwest Chapter in Spokane say they are seeing a rise in demand for support services and information in recent years, in part because of better awareness and diagnosis of the disease.Joan a a

Designing homes to last their owners a lifetime

Curt Schimanski's new entity, Forever Homes, aimed partly at boomers

October 11, 2012

Kim Crompton

Spokane Valley residential designer Curt Schimanski, who has worked with some of the Spokane area's most prominent homebuilders, believes there is untapped demand for new homes designed specifically to meet the needs of residents as they age.He

Up to quarter of seniors may exhaust assets on health bills

In final five years, those on Medicare spend tens of thousands of dollars

October 11, 2012

News Wise

As many as a quarter of Medicare recipients spend more than the total value of their assets on out-of-pocket health care expenses during the last five years of their lives, say researchers at New York-based Mount Sinai School of Medicine. In 43