Lifestream Technologies Inc.s auditing firm recently expressed substantial doubt as to the Post Falls companys ability to continue as a going concern, based on its operating losses and slim revenues. The auditor, BDO Seidman LLPs says

Kaiser Aluminum Corp. faces a Feb. 1 deadline to begin paying early-retirement benefits to up to 300 members of the United Steelworks union here, but a union official says hes not holding his breath thatll happen. Jan. 31st is three or it

Odom Northwest Beverage Spokane has bought another beer-and-wine wholesaler here and separately has acquired the Spokane-area distribution rights to Coors beer from another company. Odom Northwest, a division of Seattle-based Odom Corp., last a

Spokanes two biggest hospitals, already straining under the yoke of higher malpractice-insurance premiums, have been hit with another unforeseen cost: The state earlier this year stopped paying them a customary bonus for treating severely injured

In 1970, Tom Askman got an incredible urge to create a sculpture, even though the painter and art instructor hadnt done any sculpting before. I decided I wanted to do it back in Wyoming, where he had been raised, Askman now says. I

The job of a U.S. Customs Service inspector has changed a great deal since Sept. 11, 2001. Perhaps most notably, inspectors are busier, says Mike Marshall, port director at the U.S. Customs office here. Were doing a lot more inspections

Kootenai Medical Centers board of trustees has approved a five-year, $50 million expansion plan that will get under way this fall at the Coeur dAlene hospital.The plan involves nine construction projects ranging from simple remodeling jobs

Getting an appointment with Patrick Tam is something of a challenge. The business day of the new executive director of the Spokane Intercollegiate Research and Technology Institute goes way beyond doing lunchTam routinely books meetings a

In the movies, when people wake from a coma, they typically come to, blink their eyes a few times, then carry on with their lives as if nothing had happened.The reality is, unfortunately, harsher than that, says Janice White, service in

Many companies train their employees to be better managers; nowadays, more and more are training their top managers to be better leaders. Itron Inc., for example, instituted an advanced leadership training program last year that it views as