Spokane-based retirement administration services company Randall & Hurley Inc. has purchased another retirement plan administrator, Helena, Mont.-based Employee Benefit Resources, says Lynn Hurley, president of Randall & Hurley. With the acquisition, fin

A handful of Spokane-area investors, including a mix of organizations and individuals, has developed Mind to Market LLC to invest in early-stage startups-and to fill a gap in the region's entrepreneurial ecosystem. Steve Trabun, Avista Corp.'s reg

The composite value of the nine Inland Northwest-based publicly traded companies dropped to $11.5 billion in the recently completed fourth quarter of 2017, a decrease of $700 million, or 5.7 percent, from the previous quarter, according to a quarterly rep

Greg Deckard, president and CEO of 115-year-old State Bank Northwest, says the financial institution is poised for another strong year as it anticipates adding to its more than $140 million in assets. Last year, the bank experienced a nearly 16 percent

The recently passed, voluminous Tax Cuts and Jobs Act contains several big changes, many of which are expected to benefit businesses, Spokane tax advisers say. Anson Avery, accountant and owner of Anson Avery CPA PLLC, says he's already put in over 6

A Spokane financial adviser has started promoting a retirement investment alternative for people who want more control over their employer-sponsored 401(k) funds while still employed. Many people don't know much about their 401(k) accounts because empl

Employers in Spokane County are projected to add jobs in 2018 at about the same pace they did this year. Meantime, business leaders in some sectors expect to build on this year's momentum, while others are planning for activity to level off or slow.