Spokane International Airport plans to launch next year a $14 million upgrade to the rental-car area located northeast of the main terminal, including construction of a 22,000-square-foot service facility and expansion of the lot where vehicles are

Its Christmastime! exclaims Telect Inc. CEO Wayne Williams as he approaches two workers who are unpacking boxes that contain yet-to-be-introduced gear aimed at a whole new market for the Liberty Lake-based telecommunications equipment new an

Executives of Inland Northwest publicly traded companies saw their total compensation shoot up an average of 42 percent last year, as more of them cashed in on lucrative stock options and the companies they led shared the largess of improving CEOs

Copyright 1998 by Journal of BusinessDespite some sizable pay cuts at Spokanes two largest corporations, executives of publicly traded concerns here on average enjoyed handsome raises during their employers most recent fiscal year, according

The Spokane Area Chamber of Commerce, which bought the former West One Plaza building downtown and is converting it into a Spokane Regional Business Center, now is seeking $1.7 million in donations to build a high-tech marketing and conference on a

Copyright 1998 by Journal of BusinessEmpire Securities Inc. of Washington, a Spokane brokerage firm, is under fire.A retired Spokane optometrist and his wife have filed suit in U.S. District Court here claiming that Empire Securities and them

In two moves aimed at improving efficiency and patient care, Spokanes largest hospital has hired the Heart Institute of Spokane both to manage its cardiac services and, in a lesser role, to handle the admitting of patients who come to the for the