Q. I am concerned about the future of my shares of Jack in the Box Inc. in light of the weak economy. Can you advise?A. This restaurant chain named for a child's toy must cope with the very grown-up issues of an economic downturn: unemployment,

Sept. 2 / Biomed building funding soughtThe Board of Regents at Washington State University approved a supplemental budget request for the upcoming legislative session that includes $35.8 million to complete funding for the Riverpoint Biomedical

Meetings & EventsThe Spokane Regional MarCom Association will hold a Testify! marketing meeting Friday, Sept. 9, from 7:30 to 9 a.m. at Gonzaga University's McCarthey Athletic Center, 801 N. Cincinnati. Daniel Thorpe, owner of Boom, in Spokane,

Surgery death rates have dropped nationwide over the past decade, says a University of Michigan Health System study. The Michigan study, which appeared in the New England Journal of Medicine earlier this summer, shows surgery mortality dropped

Companies have been laying off workers left and right since the economy tanked several years ago, but Linda Oien, a Spokane native and longtime former Xerox Corp. executive, thinks it was a flurry of such activity in the early 1990s that still is a

Meetings & EventsMarketing Associates of Spokane will hold its monthly meeting luncheon Thursday, Sept. 8, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at The Lincoln Center, 1316 N. Lincoln. Chris Cargill, eastern Washington office director for Washington will

August 17 / Verner, Hession finish atop primarySpokane Mayor Mary Verner garnered 61 percent of the vote in the first ballot count of the city's primary election, finishing well ahead of challenger David Condon, who had 32 percent of the vote. If