Vandervert Construction Inc., of Spokane, is calling for bids from subcontractors on a $9 million Residence Inn by Marriott hotel project next to the Washington State University campus in Pullman, says Scott Gottsch, a project manager for project a...
Full StoryEast Valley School District could take control of the former Walker U.S. Army Reserve Center, located at 3830 N. Sullivan, by June or earlier, based on an estimated timetable of a governmental process to transfer the surplus property. The plans...
Full StoryGrowth in metropolitan area median home prices increased in the third quarter, and more areas are showing gains, says the latest quarterly report by the National Association of Realtors.The median existing single-family home price rose in 120 of...
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Spokane-based Bouten Construction Co. has changed the way it approaches projects by looking at how to cut waste from the building process, while increasing productivity and efficiency, through the business practice known as lean construction.One...
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Seeing growing demand for mobile banking services, several financial institutions here are enhancing their online services and developing mobile-dedicated web applications so customers can more easily conduct their banking via their Bank, Spokane a...
Full StoryA National Credit Union Administration initiative has resulted in a jump in the number of credit unions to obtain the federal agency's low-income designation, which is based on the income levels of a majority of those credit unions' members. Two...
Full StoryFour community bank companies that have a presence in the Spokane-Coeur d'Alene area have reported increases in third-quarter net income.Two of those banks had posted a loss during the third quarter of 2011.While all are reporting challenges in...
Full StoryIn a recently completed study, the authors of several widely-recognized articles on politics and investment returns challenge conventional wisdom regarding the association between such returns and political election results. Robert R. Johnson, a...
Full StoryThe angel investor market in the first two quarters of this year showed signs of steady recovery since a downturn in the second half of 2008 and the first half of 2009, with total investments at $9.2 billion, an increase of 3.1 percent over the in...
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For two years, Dan Grady funded Winfiniti Inc. himself and with the help of friends and family.For the next phase of development for the startup that makes building-efficiency management software, Winfiniti sought and got help from a new friend,...
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