New executive-pay disclosure rules, triggered nationally in response to shareholder outrage over big CEO payouts and unclear disclosure, are shedding fresh light on the components of executive compensation, but also are making it more difficult to

A unit of Danish industrial-equipment manufacturer FLSmidth & Co. A/S has bought the materials-handling business and name of RAHCO International Inc., a longtime Spokane concern, in a transaction the buyer says likely will lead to employment growth

A Coeur dAlene-based technology startup plans to launch next week a communications software package it has developed to help doctors while they make patient rounds at hospitals and other health-care facilities.The company, InstiComm LLC, has

The new organization being formed through the merger of the Spokane chamber and economic-development council here is starting to come into focus, and whats clear already is that it will be bigger than its two predecessors.Since mid-November,

The surging precious metals prices of 2005 didnt stop when the calendar turned to 2006, much to the delight of the mining industry. With that trend expected to continue, mining companies are reaping profits again and investing aggressively in and

A prevailing question has emerged as the Inland Northwest economy heads into 2007: If the region posts healthy gains but falls short of matching its record performances of late, does that constitute a downturn or softening?Well let the crowd

Safe Travel Institute, a 4-year-old Spokane company that offers training and educational materials aimed at keeping people safe when they travel abroad, says it has signed a contract with Chicago-based Boeing Co. to provide its Safe Passage Travel

Spokane-based manufacturer RAHCO International Inc. has launched an affiliate company that has begun offering high-capacity forklifts for use at seaports, steel yards, concrete-product plants, and other industrial facilities.The new company, a

A San Francisco-area concern that helps companies reduce software errors plans to open early next month a software-testing center in Spokane Valley, where it will employ four people initially and as many as 12 within the next year.The company,

Blue Water Technologies Inc., a Coeur dAlene-based developer of waste-water treatment technologies, has acquired a small Texas company that makes filtration equipment for that industry.Blue Water recently bought Applied Process Technology of