The cost of auto insurance is expected to rise by just 0.5 percent this year, the smallest increase in six years, reports the Insurance Information Institute.The average cost for auto insurance nationwide for 2006 is estimated at $867, an of $4

Itron BV, Itron Inc.s Amsterdam-based European subsidiary, has forged an agreement to market a sophisticated electronic-messaging system produced by Axway BV, a Dutch company, with Itrons own utility meter data-management system.Axways or

Women with waistlines of 35 inches or more are at greater risk of heart disease than thinner women, according to a new study by researchers at NewYork Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia and Sister to Sister: Everyone Has a Heart Foundation. The study a

Traditional risk-factor scoring fails to identify approximately one-third of women likely to develop coronary heart disease (CHD), the leading cause of death of women in the U.S., according to a pair of reports from cardiologists at the Johns of in

Expo at Post Falls, the big, multi-use development thats been on and off the radar screen for more than a decade, is seeing a surge of activity that includes nearly a dozen new buildings with a combined value of $8.3 million.One building has

After 115 years as Whitworth College, the private school on Spokanes North Side has decided to change its name to Whitworth University. On Oct. 14, the small Presbyterian schools board of trustees voted 18-14 to change Whitworths name and

An investment group here is moving forward with renovation plans for the 89-year-old W.P. Fuller & Co. building, located just northeast of downtown, after fending off a foreclosure action.The group, called the Fuller Building Limited has a for

Although the benefits from Medicare supplement insurance, also known as Medigap, have been standardized since 1992, consumers continue to encounter striking differences in premium rates for policies that offer identical coverage, says Weiss Ratings

American hospitals improved womens survival rates by 11 percent for cardiac disease and stroke from 2001 through 2003, according to a study released this summer by Health Grades Inc., a Golden, Colo.-based health-care ratings company.A was a

More than 58 percent of consumers cite higher co-payments for prescription drugs and physician visits as the most significant change to their health insurance coverage during the past year, according to a survey conducted by national ratings Weiss