Ambassadors International Inc., of Spokane, has completed a major public offering that has netted the company about $71 million, says Jeffrey Thomas, the companys chief financial officer.The big travel and events coordinator, which had $26.5 a

Total deposits in financial institutions in Spokane County dropped 2.8 percent in the year ended June 30, 1997, newly released figures show, but the decrease probably doesnt reflect on Spokanes economic climate, says a Spokane bank in the as of

Total deposits in financial institutions in Spokane County dropped 2.8 percent in the year ended June 30, 1997, newly released figures show, but the decrease probably doesnt reflect on Spokanes economic climate, says a Spokane bank in the as of

The Spokane Intercollegiate Research and Technology Institute (SIRTI) will embark on a new life starting July 1, when it becomes a separate state agency.The move is expected to boost the institutes profile, allow it to garner more money from a

Spokane-based WTB Financial Corp. posted record net income of $15.6 million for 1997, up 6.9 percent from 1996.The financial services holding company, the parent of Washington Trust Bank, of Spokane, also reported solid gains in assets, loans, a

A modest boost in the local sales-tax rate could raise enough money to pay the local share of a $300 million light-rail system here, but Spokane-area voters would have to approve the tax hike, an official here says.The U.S. House of included of

Employment in the Spokane area rose 4 percent in 1997the biggest year-to-year gain in jobs in the 1990s, according to the latest full-year figures from the state of Washington.Last year, the number of people employed in the Spokane area rose

Layrite Products Co., the longtime Spokane block maker that shut its doors last year, allegedly is in default on four major loans, and property on Trent Avenue where its plant operated for decades is slated to be sold in a trustees sale to the on

Health care in Spokane is about to go under the federal budget-balancing knife.Medicare and Medicaid spending in the county will be slashed by $172.5 million from 1998 through 2002 as a result of the 1998 Congressional Budget Resolution and says

Egghead.com Inc.s investor relations firm, Seattle-based Rockey Co., has released conflicting statements in recent days about whether Egghead.com might move its headquarters office from Spokane to Portland.Erica Perez, an Egghead spokeswoman a