Innuity Inc., a Web-based services provider that opened a telemarketing center here last August, already employs 140 people here, and true to promise, expects to employ 200 by years end.The Minneapolis-based companys Spokane operation, at N.

Spokane developer Harlan Douglass plans to begin work this month on a 124,000-square-foot North Side retail center that will include a World Lighting & Design store, among other tenants.World Lighting is the newest retail chain being launched by

Fruci Financial Services Inc., a Spokane-based medical management and billing company with 86 employees, has been merged into Portland-based Anesthesiologists Associated Inc. (AAI) and has assumed the AAI name.Fruci Financial, which was founded

BFGoodrich Aerospace, a division of the big Charlotte, N.C.-based BFGoodrich Co. that makes carbon brake disks for aircraft brakes at its West Plains plant, expects to double its employment here this year to more than 100 employees.Ben Duncan, a

Good luck trying to find a parking spot at Alpine Deli during the noon hour, when hungry patrons converge to devour the delicatessens German sausages, traditional cold cuts and salami, Swiss and Dutch cheeses, potato salads, and hearty European a

Michael Nowling, president of the Heart Institute of Spokane, says he has resigned from that post, which he has held for 10 years, to pursue other business opportunities.Nowling, whose last day at the Heart Institute was Feb. 14, remains coy his

4 Seasons Coffee Co., which has been operating in Spokane for nearly 25 years, is planning to install a large roaster next month in a warehouse building its leasing east of downtown, at 10 S. Grant.Leslie Hutchinson, president of 4 Seasons, is

World Wide Packets, the Spokane developer of fiber-optic networking equipment targeted at bringing gigabit data transmission speeds to residential and business customers, is moving forward at lightning speed.The latest venture of Ethernet guru a

OLYMPIAWhen a group of about 50 Spokane-area government, business, and academic leaders united in this bustling capital city last week to lobby for a host of Spokane priorities, the loudest and most united pitch came for the Inland Northwest a by

Bankruptcy filings in Eastern Washington rose last year to a record high, and some observers say the increase will continue.During 2000, businesses and individuals filed 8,357 petitions seeking protection from creditors in the U.S. Bankruptcy in