Empire Securities Inc. of Washington has signed a consent order issued by state securities investigators that allows the troubled Spokane brokerage firm to remain open but on a short regulatory leash. Also, four of Empires employees or a

Spokane developer Joe Stanek says he is developing a $7 million to $8 million shopping center at the northwest corner of U.S. 2 and Mount Spokane Park Drive in the Mead area that apparently will be anchored by an Albertsons Inc. project, be

When Pakistani officials flexed their military muscles in late May by detonating several nuclear devices in underground tests, the shock waves resonated all the way to Spokane, where RAHCO International was preparing to ship $2 million worth of to

Ask your lunch partners how the Asian financial crisis has affected their businesses and youll likely get a blank stare.But ask Tom Hill of Spokane computer-printer maker Output Technology Corp., or Richard Hanson at heavy-equipment RAHCO or a

Telect Inc., the big Liberty Lake maker of telecommunications equipment, is taking what company officials believe are the first steps in building a new foreign subsidiary that would produce and sell products for the companys growing customer in a

Empire Financial Group Inc. and its affiliated companies, which together are the target of both a federal civil lawsuit and a state securities investigation, have filed suit in Spokane County Superior Court against one of their former the new suit,

Copyright 1998 by Journal of BusinessEmpire Securities Inc. of Washington, a Spokane brokerage firm, is under fire.A retired Spokane optometrist and his wife have filed suit in U.S. District Court here claiming that Empire Securities and them

Last year, Spokane-based RAHCO International went for months without finding a single qualified engineering candidate to hire. It finally recruited one from South Africa. Spokane headhunter Jeannine Marx, who typically has sought seasoned for is

A young Spokane computer seller and consultant called WindStar Group Inc. has enjoyed explosive growth in its first four years, and now is contemplating expansions that it hopes will make it a regional powerhouse.The company, which was founded a