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Fewel to be keynote speaker at Real Estate Market Forum
COEUR d'ALENE - The Spokane-Kootenai Real Estate Research Committee announced the 24th annual Real Estate Market Forum, featuring keynote speaker Randall L. Fewel of Inland Northwest Bank.
Movers and Shakers February 2, 2011
5x5 Media financial adviser to be guest speaker at film, video meeting
A time to celebrate
COEUR d'ALENE - D.A. Davidson, a Northwest financial brokerage firm, recently celebrated its 75th anniversary while the Coeur d'Alene branch celebrated 25 year…
Risch hopes to help restore bus service
SANDPOINT - A push from U.S. Sen. Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and Washington, D.C., staffers minimized complications in the effort to restore rural bus services in Bonner County.
No downturn for Exxon
NEW YORK - Exxon Mobil earned $9.25 billion in the last three months of 2010, its most profitable quarter since the record third quarter of 2008.
Ex-consultant pleads guilty in ticket scheme
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) - A former consultant to the University of Kansas was aware that his wife, who ran the school's ticket office, was setting aside large amounts of season tickets and split the proceeds of their il…
Good bosses improve good employees
With so much focus on finding or keeping jobs in this economy, one significant employment factor seems to get moved down the pros-and-cons chart: What kind of boss will my next supervisor be?
Ugly Fish coming to Riverstone
The name isn't pretty, but the Asian food option in a new building in Riverstone will be welcome - not just as another restaurant choice, but also as a neighbor to businesses in a less-traveled corner of the comple…
Chevron exiting coal mining
CHEYENNE, Wyo. - Petroleum giant Chevron Corp. said Friday it plans to get out of the coal industry by the end of the year.
Kucinich settles olive pit lawsuit
CLEVELAND (AP) - Rep. Dennis Kucinich said Friday that he settled a lawsuit filed against a Capitol Hill cafeteria over a split tooth he says he suffered when …
More spending helps economy gain steam
WASHINGTON - The economic recovery is now consistently picking up speed, and American consumers are the ones pushing the gas pedal. They increased their spending late last year at the fastest pace since 2006.
Leaders tout trade deal as global litmus test
DAVOS, Switzerland - German Chancellor Angela Merkel and British Prime Minister David Cameron swung their weight behind calls to clinch a global trade deal Fri…
Ford stock falls after company misses expectations
DEARBORN, Mich. - Ford Motor Co. is the most profitable it's been in a decade, since the days when Americans were snapping up SUVs. But maintaining that moment…
There's the beef
Taco Bell says a legal beef over the meat in its tacos is bull.
Job fair planned for next week
The Coeur d'Alene Casino Resort Hotel, operated by the Coeur d'Alene Tribe near Worley, says it will need to fill more than 150 new positions to staff new venues because of its $75 million expansion.