CKE Restaurants Inc., of Anaheim, Calif., says it plans to open between eight and 12 Carls Jr. fast-food restaurants in the Spokane-Coeur dAlene area during the next two years.Suzi Brown, CKEs director of public relations, says the company

Genie Industries Inc., the Redmond, Wash.-based company that has chosen to open a plant in Moses Lake that is scheduled to employ 1,300 people eventually, considered opening its plant in Spokane, but decided against it.Genie chose Moses Lake of

Hewlett-Packard Co. has leased 21,400 square feet of space at the Spokane Business & Industrial Park and plans to move part of its printed-circuit assembly division there from Liberty Lake in April.Liz Cox, spokeswoman here for the big Palo says

State National Bank, a 97-year-old Garfield, Wash.-based bank, is building a branch on Spokanes North Side, is looking for an additional three locations for branches in the Spokane area, and eventually might relocate its headquarters here, says a

Bankruptcy filings in Eastern Washington rose again in 1998, to a record high, and bankruptcy observers say theres no signs that the increases will end anytime soon.Businesses and individuals filed 7,795 petitions seeking protection from in in

First National Financial Group Inc., of Spokane, plans to build a 44-acre business campus in Liberty Lake that is to include two medical buildings, a hotel, a restaurant, and four structures that would house manufacturers and manufacturing which is

During the past year, whats now known as Tidymans LLC digested a merger that nearly doubled the number of stores it operates to 23, is expected to boost its annual sales to more than $300 million, and has expanded its territory.But the chain

Would you like to be king for a day?Its possible at Broadway Costume Co., located at 924 W. Second on the fringe of downtown Spokane. After paying a $20 to $85 rental fee, you could outfit yourself as the Duke of Windsor, masquerade as the of

Salvation Army volunteers are bundled up and ringing bells outside bustling retail stores, contribution envelopes are arriving in the mail, and donations are being collected around the office and given to predetermined charitiestis the season &

Two Spokane mining exploration companies, Yamana Resources Inc. and Minera Andes Inc., say theyre making significant advances on promising mineral deposits in Argentina.Yamana says its has found what it believes to be a commercially viable a