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Stocks lower after unemployment claims rise
NEW YORK - Stocks slipped Thursday after the government reported an increase in applications for unemployment benefits last week.
Strong holiday for retail sales
NEW YORK - The holiday shopping season was the best since 2006, as a strong November more than offset spending that tapered off in late December.
Movers and Shakers January 6, 2011
Numerica transfers Wilkinson to Cd'A
Service firms grow at fastest pace since 2006
WASHINGTON - Strong consumer demand pushed a key measure of the economy's service sector to its highest level in more than four years, the latest evidence that…
New Denny's to open
A Denny's will be taking the spot currently occupied by Thad's Restaurant inside the Flying J Travel Plaza in Post Falls, just off the Pleasant View Road exit of Interstate 90.
Movers and Shakers January 5, 2011
Gee Automotive acquires Spokane Kia
Community 1st Bank earns 5-Star rating
POST FALLS - Community 1st Bank in Post Falls is one of three banks headquartered in Idaho to earn a 5-Star rating from BauerFinancial, Inc., an independent banking rating service.
A sign of recovery?
DETROIT - Auto sales rose in the United States last year for the first time since the recession. They're still far from what they were just a few years ago - b…
Travel center should arrive in fall
A representative of Oklahoma City-based Love's Travel Stops and Country Stores Inc. still plans on building a 24-hour truck stop on 10 acres the company bought in the Expo site at Post Falls.
Shippers seek Port of Portland subsidies
SALEM, Ore. (AP) - Several shippers have signed up for Port of Portland subsidies to help offset the cost of truck or rail transportation while locks on the Columbia and Snake rivers are repaired.
Beacon, Icon closed temporarily
COEUR d'ALENE - A downtown establishment has closed until Thursday as the result of a pair of alcohol citations it received in February.
Which of the following three issues is most urgent for Idaho and the nation to address?
Electric car sales microscopic for Chevy, Nissan
DETROIT - This was the year General Motors Co. and Nissan made good on their promise to bring mass-produced electric cars to the market. But don't count on see…
Celebrate the child in you
Throughout the holidays, a lot of emphasis falls on children. Why? Because children bring such a marvelous perspective to events that many of us take for granted.
Realtors' resolution: Hope for housing market
Some local real estate agents see signs of hope in the housing market in the coming year.