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Checked bag blues
NEW YORK - You've already paid $15, $20, even $35 to check your bag on a flight. Then the airline loses it. You don't even get your money back.
IRS paid $513M in undeserved homebuyer credits
WASHINGTON - The Internal Revenue Service has paid out more than a half-billion dollars in homebuyer tax credits to people who probably didn't qualify, a government investigator said Friday.
G-20 nations reach agreement on imbalances
WASHINGTON - The world's major economies reached an agreement Friday on how to measure and prevent the types of dangerous imbalances that contributed to the wo…
Encana project could add 3,500 gas wells in Wyoming
CHEYENNE, Wyo. - A proposed project would potentially double the number of gas wells that have been drilled to date in western Wyoming's biggest gas fields.
Another MoonDollars set to open
Breakfast, lunch, dinner and more will be available at MoonDollars Restaurant when it opens May 1 at Twin Lakes Village Golf Club. In the renovated space that formerly was Bunkers Restaurant, MoonDollars will featu…
Consumers feeling the pinch
WASHINGTON - Americans are paying more for food and gas, a trend that threatens to slow the economy at a crucial time.
China trims holdings of U.S. securities in February
WASHINGTON (AP) - China, the biggest buyer of U.S. Treasury securities, trimmed its holdings for a fourth straight month in February and Japan boosted its holdings one month before a devastating earthquake hit the …
KEC: Fighting Creek project to minimize future rate increases
Kootenai Electric Cooperative, of Hayden, told its membership that to minimize future increases in power rates it has partnered with Kootenai County in the development of the Fighting Creek Landfill Gas Project.
Movers and Shakers April 16, 2011
Fairfield appointed new CEO at Keller Williams
Stocks edge higher but leave banks behind
NEW YORK - Financial stocks fell broadly Thursday, left out of a late lift that pared earlier losses for most major stock indexes.
Ford widens F-150 recall
DETROIT - Ford bowed to pressure from regulators on Thursday and widened a recall of America's top-selling vehicle, the F-150 pickup, because its air bags can …
Crocker to emcee Aw$um Auction
COEUR d'ALENE - The chief meteorologist with KXLY will be the master of ceremonies for the Coeur d'Alene Chamber of Commerce's Aw$um Auction on Saturday.
Movers and Shakers April 15, 2011
White joins Razor's Edge Training Center
A 'Gem' of an idea for Idaho's economy
While small businesses are and will continue to be the foundation of our economy and the source of most employment in our state, it's only a matter of time before the next big employer rises in Idaho. I don't know …
Tiny temptations
COEUR d'ALENE - Just in time to begin testing everyone in Coeur d'Alene's willpower, Frosted Cupcakes, a specialty retail cupcake shop, opens Friday on Sherman…