Inland Northwest technology companies say they will be adapting to changing markets in 2012 in efforts to boost sales—or at a minimum, maintain market shares.Meantime, says Innovate Washington co-founder Kim Zentz, startup activity appears

The number of jobs in the Inland Northwest is expected to increase in 2012, though not nearly as quickly as analysts typically would expect them to grow in what appears to be a recovering employment market. Grant Forsyth, an economics professor

Journal of Business Publisher Greg D. Bever will retire Jan. 20, after a 43-year career in the newspaper industry. Paul Read, who has been with the Journal since its inception 25 years ago and currently serves as its operations manager, will the

Spokane couple Scot and Treasure Auble have bought the assets of The Quilting Bee Inc., a longtime Spokane Valley quilting store.Treasure Auble is overseeing the daily operations at the store, which is located in a 7,500-square-foot retail space

The Toronto Stock Exchange is considering suspending trading of Gold Reserve Inc. stock.Gold Reserve, a publicly traded Spokane-based mining company, received notification on Nov. 11 that the Toronto exchange would move forward with a delisting

New-account openings have increased noticeably—and in some cases, dramatically—for some smaller, Inland Northwest-based financial institutions in recent weeks.That quickly developing trend, some say, is tied directly to Bank of in late