HAYDEN, IdahoCorporate mergers typically have even higher failure rates than the liaisons of Hollywood stars, the venerable Economist magazine said in 2000. Luckily for North Idaho, the experience of Hayden-based Transtector Systems Inc.

A company headed by Coeur dAlene commercial real estate agent Paul Bielec has bought the former Bayliner boat-making complex in Spokane Valley and has converted it into a small industrial park. The facility, at 18001 E. Euclid, includes three

The Spokane Intercollegiate Research & Technology Institute (SIRTI) could become one of the nations chief repositories of information about processing fuels for use in fuel cells. SIRTI is sharing with InnovaTek Inc. and Pacific Northwest of

Seattle-based Odom Corp., which operates two beer-and-wine wholesale operations here, has agreed to buy a division of Portland-based Columbia Distributing Co. that serves the same Eastern Washington and North Idaho markets as Odom. Odom already

Steve Wuitschick, the longtime CEO of Rockwood Retirement Communities here, has accepted a job with American Baptist Homes of the West, in Pleasanton, Calif. Alan Curryer, Rockwoods vice president of finance, has been named interim CEO of the

Ever promised yourself that youd go back to college someday? If youre a senior citizen here, you can take classes at most of the colleges and universities in the region for tuition rates that are well below those paid by younger often you a

JM Siok Holdings LLC, a company owned by Spokane businessman John Siok and his wife, Paula, has bought Solicitors Corner, a longtime restaurant at 6301 N. Division.The restaurant has 38 employees and seats about 240 people on three levels. is

Group Health Cooperative says it plans to cut or transfer to Seattle 27 computer-related jobs that currently are based here. Group Health will employ about 700 in Eastern Washington and Coeur dAlene after the Spokane positions are eliminated,

An investment group headed by Spokane real estate executive Dave Black is buying the Spokane Business Development Center building downtown for $4 million, in a transaction that was expected to close this week.The building, at 801 W. Riverside,

When voters head to the polls next September to choose finalists for a new 5th District congressional representative, among the candidates will be the top executives of Spokanes biggest law firm and one of its few publicly traded national To