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GM, Ford have good month
DETROIT - Gas prices hit a sweet spot for automakers last month. They fell far enough to spur pickup truck sales, yet remained so high that small cars sold wel…
New ideas for old family doodads, mementoes
Joan Therese Seivert's necklace - a large heart shape covered in tiny pieces of sparkly jewelry attached to a bolo tie - looks homemade, and it is. It comes wi…
A summer slide
NEW YORK - Call it an Independence Day discount.
Razzle's set to dazzle in Hayden
Offering a full bar, food and several options of entertainment, Razzle's Bar & Grill plans for a mid-July opening at 10325 Government Way, Hayden. The 4,200- square-foot building, with more space planned, was built…
Google among firms looking to buy Hulu
LOS ANGELES - Search giant Google Inc. is one of about a dozen companies involved in talks to potentially buy online video site Hulu, a person familiar with th…
Idaho employers pick up hiring pace in June
Idaho employers picked up the pace of hiring in June, adding more than 15,400 workers to their payrolls for the first month since last September.
'FarmVille' creator Zynga to go public
LOS ANGELES - Zynga, the online game maker behind "FarmVille" and other popular Facebook pastimes, is going public, the latest in a crop of high-valued Interne…
There's a new salsa in town
A new salsa is out there and according to its label, it's "so good it should be outlawed."
Federal jobless tax for employers expiring quietly
WASHINGTON - Nearly every private employer in the U.S. will get a tax cut today.
Movers and Shakers July 1, 2011
Speed Networking event scheduled for Inland NW Business Women
Stocks rise as Greece nears debt solution
NEW YORK (AP) - Stocks closed higher for the third day in a row Wednesday after Greece cleared a hurdle toward getting more emergency loans. Financial stocks rose after Bank of America reached a settlement with inv…
Hybrid drivers lose special privileges
LOS ANGELES - For six years, California gave owners of hybrid cars the keys to the fast lane: permission to drive alone among carpoolers.
Cd'A Inn wins Director's Award
COEUR d'ALENE - The Best Western Plus Coeur d'Alene Inn & Conference Center has again won the Best Western Director's Award for outstanding quality standards.
Seeking on-air talent: Divas need not apply
COEUR d'ALENE - Gone are the days when radio personalities like "North Idaho Joe" Paisley could stroll into the booth to deliver three hours of news and entert…
Lagarde selection marks break with IMF past
WASHINGTON (AP) - During her interview for the top job at the International Monetary Fund last week, Christine Lagarde noticed a striking pattern.