A former Spokane-based financial adviser with Northwestern Mutual Investment Services pleaded guilty last month to operating a Ponzi scheme and stealing nearly $2.5 million from his clients. John Charles Hanson pleaded guilty to wire fraud before a U.S.

Coralie Myers and Pat Johnson, of Spokane, along with Lisa Lerner, of Phoenix, have formed a new national company here called SBA Simplified LLC, with the goal of advising lenders on how best to use new lending software.

Southeast Idaho-based Idaho Central Credit Union is operating its first North Idaho branch after having recently absorbed the assets and liabilities of Public Employees Credit Union of Coeur d'Alene.

Much anticipation and discussion swirled throughout the summer regarding when the Federal Reserve would begin the process to normalize interest rates, with economists and forecasters pretty evenly split between whether or not the Fed would start in Septem

As I review the daily market news and read the economic comments from various sources, it occurs to me that the current measurements being used don't really show the true strength of our total economy.

Hart Capital Management Inc.'s Inland Northwest Composite, which tracks the aggregate market value of 11 publicly traded companies in the region, fell 8 percent in the third quarter to $7.03 billion, from $7.64 billion in the second quarter 2015. It m