A new report co-authored by Vanderbilt University health policy expert Dr. John Graves, assistant professor of preventive medicine, has found that as many as a quarter of people eligible for subsidized health insurance under the Affordable Care Act...
Full StoryIn 2002, the federal government mandated that corporate boards of directors include at least one audit committee financial expert to help avert future accounting scandals. The title and description of that position, however, might have an on of...
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A student investment club formed at Whitworth University north of Spokane in April 2012 got its feet wet during the last school year and will become more fully immersed in the world of stock trading when the new academic year begins this club, the...
Full StoryWith the second-quarter corporate earnings season nearly over, new research from theStanford University Graduate School of Businessexamines the usefulness of financial statement and market data for investors who want to ascertain the likelihood 1...
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Washington Federal Inc.'s acquisition of 51 Bank of America branches will give the Seattle-based bank a presence in the Inland Northwest for the first time in its 96-year history.After it takes ownership of branches in small markets in Eastern a...
Full StoryAlthough economic growth has been constrained in recent quarters, it will accelerate later this year and into 2014 as external pressures and fiscal drag ease, says the economic advisory committee of the American Bankers Association.According to...
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Ken Roberts, president of longtime Spokane wealth-management company Ken Roberts Investment Management Inc., says he plans to sell the company to two employees, a process expected to be completed by this fall. Meanwhile, a five-year plan by the...
Full StoryOlder people with Alzheimer's disease are less likely to also have cancer, and older people with cancer are less likely to also have Alzheimer's disease, says a study on the topic that appears in the July 10 online issue ofNeurology, the medical a...
Full StoryVitamin D-deficient older individuals are more likely to struggle with everyday tasks such as dressing or climbing stairs, says a recent study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism as as...
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The $20 million Clare View senior housing complex is well under way on Spokane's South Hill. Dave Roberts, senior developer at Spokane Housing Ventures, says the first living units there are slated to be completed this fall. Whitewater Creek Inc.,...
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Big building remodels hit heart of downtown
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