By the time this piece is published, it shall have been about a month since Michael Lewis went on 60 Minutes to flog his latest Wall Street-oriented book. This one is called 'Flash Boys.” The boys, in this case, are those who oversee and administer th

Northwest Bancorporation Inc., the Spokane-based parent company of Inland Northwest Bank, has reported first-quarter net income of $588,000, up from $436,000 in the year-earlier period. The company reported earnings per diluted share of 14 cents for th

McAdams Wright Ragen Inc., a prominent Seattle-based financial services company that opened a branch office in Spokane two years ago, says it has signed a definitive agreement to merge with Baird, an international employee-owned conglomerate with more tha

The City of Coeur d'Alene has issued a building permit for a Jack in the Box restaurant to be built in the CrossRoads Coeur d'Alene retail center, which is anchored by a WinCo Foods grocery store, in northwest Coeur d'Alene. Feast Foods LLC, of M

Meridian Construction Inc., of Spokane Valley, has begun construction of a $1.1 million, 15,000-square-foot commercial building in Liberty Lake that's slated to be the first structure in the planned McKinzie Business Park. Located at 2208 N. McKinzie