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Obama pledges focus on job creation
DURHAM, N.C. - Beset by a grim employment picture, President Barack Obama on Monday pledged to ease the way for businesses to expand hiring and offered assuran…
Airlines collect $3.4B in bag fees in 2010
NEW YORK - Passengers hate them, but airlines can't afford to give them up - those aggravating bag fees.
Movers and Shakers June 14, 2011
Saudi Arabia production boost sends oil lower
NEW YORK - Saudi Arabia's still the boss when it comes to oil.
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French-Asian cuisine now available at Lemon Grass
A new option of dining in Coeur d'Alene is French-Asian cuisine at the Lemon Grass Restaurant. With plans to open this past Friday, the bamboo-decor choice is in the former Takara building at 309 Lakeside Ave.
Ally postpones public stock offering
DETROIT (AP) - A six-week stock slump has caused Ally Financial Inc. to delay an initial public stock offering that had been scheduled for late June, two people briefed on the decision said Friday.
Budget deficit moves closer to $1 trillion mark
WASHINGTON - The federal budget deficit is on pace to break the $1 trillion mark for a third straight year. Record deficits are putting pressure on Congress an…
Searching for the good news
WASHINGTON - Jobs are scarce and food prices are likely to stay high through next year, according to new data that reinforced evidence of a U.S. economy stuck …
Hackers nab card data from 200,000 Citi customers
NEW YORK - Citigroup's disclosure that the names, account numbers and email addresses of 200,000 of its credit card customers were stolen strikes at the core o…
Toyota expects annual profit to fall 31 percent
TOKYO - Toyota forecasts its annual profit to dive 31 percent, hammered by production disruptions from parts shortages, but its outlook Friday projects a robus…
Labor director to meet with business owners, officials Tuesday
POST FALLS - Idaho Department of Labor Director Roger Madsen will meet with local business owners, officials and others on Tuesday at 3 p.m. to hear what's on their minds, answer their questions and field their sug…
Boeing vs. the unions
COLUMBIA, S.C. - Attorneys general from more than a dozen states on Thursday weighed in on a lawsuit filed by the National Labor Relations Board, alleging that…
Dissent within OPEC erodes cartel's power
VIENNA - OPEC's stunning admission of major dissent within its ranks has left it reeling and its status as the world's oil power-broker tarnished, perhaps beyo…
'You rule' at JAMMS
COEUR d'ALENE - Before Joe Seaman opened JAMMS Frozen Yogurt in February, he operated a demolition company out of Alaska.