The market has rallied over 25% since last October. The S&P 500, Dow Jones Industrial Average, and Nasdaq composite have been trading around new 52-week highs. In theory, this means we've entered a new bull market. However, many people simply don't

Imagine this: Your business is thriving in Spokane. Demand is growing. Orders are pouring in, you're spending aggressively to fill them. Sounds great, right? Then why do so many Spokane businesses in this position suddenly find that, though they look

Led by a three-person team in Spokane, Coastal Community Bank has launched a virtual 3D platform, dubbed Coastal World, that is poised to expand accessibility to underbanked communities, and add revenue and customers for the Everett, Washington-based

Post-pandemic changes in consumer spending habits and the use of nontraditional banking options may be to blame for a decline in deposits at some financial institutions, industry leaders here say. 'We have seen a decline in deposits and a gain in

Minneapolis-based U.S. Bank has sold its 60,000-square-foot Coeur d'Alene service center to a prominent local commercial real estate company, and Coeur d'Alene-based nonprofit health care provider Heritage Health has agreed to lease the building.

Community Financial Group Inc., the holding company of Spokane-based Wheatland Bank, has agreed to be acquired by Kalispell, Montana-based Glacier Bancorp Inc., pending shareholder and regulatory approval, the companies announced today.

Are we in a recession or depression? In the last two years, news outlets have said we are two months away from a recession. That kind of negative forecasting has sent more people to revisit what they went through in their last recession and how difficult

We talk with folks daily about what they want their investments to do for them during retirement. Many presume their time horizon ends at retirement, rather than stretching over an entire lifetime or beyond, depending on their spouse's age,

Payroll deductions for the Long-Term Services and Supports Trust Act, also known as the WA Cares Fund, began July 1, but the private long-term care insurance market has been largely unaffected, some in the industry here say.

It has become abundantly clear that digital demands on companies have skyrocketed in the past three years following the onset of the pandemic as workers went remote and consumers spent more time online, and those demands are here to stay.