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Women at greater COPD risk

Progressive disease gradually limits airflow as lung passages break down

August 1, 2013

Spokane resident Peggy Clymore, 70, stays active with her grandson and hobbies such as backyard gardening, though she says having chronic obstructive pulmonary disease can slow her down.While Clymore relies on medical inhalers and using oxygen a

Number of women using VA health care climbs here

Program aims to help more female vets gain access to benefits

August 1, 2013

Mike McLean

The Mann-Grandstaff Veterans Affairs Medical Center, in Spokane, is narrowing the gap between the rate of female veterans enrolled in VA health-care programs here compared with male veterans enrolled, but it still has work to do, says Julie Liss, 6

Employers said to misinterpret social media when hiring

Research shows no link between many behaviors, candidates' desirability

July 18, 2013

Employers are increasingly using Facebook to screen job applicants and weed out candidates they think have undesirable traits. But a new study from North Carolina State University, in Raleigh, N.C., shows that those companies might have a of online

MBA students shown to be interested in management

July 18, 2013

A new survey of nearly 4,000 masters of business administration candidates suggests that MBA students are most interested in the management and strategy consulting industry, while interest in the banking industry continues to decline.Universum a

GU students take second in challenge

In separate business plan competition, Whitworth takes big share of cash

July 18, 2013

Gonzaga University's Marketing 490 class recently placed second in the Honda Civic Sedan Marketing Challenge from among 20 schools nationwide that participated in the program last semester.Swerve Productions, the name of the GU student-run of

North Idaho College starts aerospace training program

School hopes to enroll 520 students through Hayden facility by '15

July 18, 2013

Mike McLean

North Idaho College is assembling the components it needs to launch aerospace manufacturing and maintenance programs starting next month under a $3 million federal grant, says Kassie Silvas, NIC's director of aerospace and outreach.The goal of a

Gonzaga University business dean to step down

GU's Barnes oversaw growth in enrollment, programs, accreditations

July 18, 2013

Treva Lind

Clarence "Bud" Barnes, soon to retire as longtime dean of Gonzaga University's School of Business Administration, has watched the school's undergraduate enrollment grow from 450 students in 1980 to nearly 1,200 people this year in studies ranging &

More lodging execs optimistic about current conditions

Those surveyed say they are less certain about upcoming 12 months

July 3, 2013

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U.S. lodging executives' sentiment about general business conditions was up slightly in May compared with the prior month, says the University of New Hampshire Lodging Executives Sentiment Index. The index moved to a score of 71.2 in May from A

Housing market recovering; market challenges remain

Homeownership rate drop said most pronounced among 25 to 54 year olds

July 3, 2013

Driven by rising home prices and growing demand, the U.S. housing recovery is well under way, says The State of the Nation's Housing report released late last month by the Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University, in Cambridge, Mass.

Mid-market managers expect their companies to grow

Survey respondents were less confident in nation's economy as a whole

July 3, 2013

After sustained economic turmoil, mid-market executives have a stronger footing and are taking the necessary steps to make the sector an engine for growth in the next year, according to results of a survey published in late April by New York-based