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You've got to set your goals!
Where there are no goals, there will be no significant accomplishments. There will only be another traffic jam.
Airlines posting profits so fare sales may wane
Good times are finally back for the nation's airlines. For travelers, that means it's getting harder to find bargains.
Movers & Shakers July 27, 2010
Civil engineer added at Hayden firm
FedEx boosts forecast for current quarter, year
NEW YORK (AP) - In another sign of confidence in the global economy, FedEx Corp. on Monday raised its earnings outlook for the current quarter and full year.
TOD agreement can reduce hassles for heirs
Among the reasons you work hard all your life may be so you can leave something to your children, grandchildren or other family members. So, naturally, you'd like to make it as easy as possible for your heirs to ta…
Most EU banks pass 'stress tests'
LONDON - The results are in: Only seven of 91 European banks flunked the "stress tests" aimed at clearing up market fears about the strength of the continent's…
High-end strength?
COEUR d'ALENE - As the weather is heating up, so are some high-end real estate sales in the Coeur d'Alene area.
ABCs of building a team
A reader recently wrote to me about a column I penned several years ago: The ABCs of selling. She told me how often she used it and shared it with her colleagues.
Ford reaping solid
DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) - Four years ago, Ford mortgaged everything down to the blue oval logo to save itself. Now, even as Americans remain skittish about the economy, it's reaping big rewards and stealing business f…
Shooting her way
COEUR d'ALENE - Sylvia Darcy remains convinced that technology is not necessarily a better way to get the job done.
GM to pay $3.5B for auto financing company
DETROIT - General Motors Co. will buy AmeriCredit Corp. for $3.5 billion, a deal that allows the automaker to expand loans to customers with poor credit and offer more leases, key areas where GM must grow to accele…
Movers & Shakers July 23, 2010
Most Idaho appliance rebate funds depleted
Surviving in the sweet spot
COEUR d'ALENE - To survive, adapt. That was the path chosen by Todd Stam, owner of Aspen Homes, a company that specialized in building expensive custom homes.
Movers & Shakers July 22, 2010
Slam Shop now Elite
Bernanke warns of uncertain economy
NEW YORK (AP) - Stocks fell sharply Wednesday after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke confirmed investors' fears that the economy has weakened. Interest rates dropped in the Treasury market as investors sought …
Politics of pollution
COEUR d'ALENE - The politics of it he wants no part of, but Tom Daugherty, president of Blue Water Technologies, says he believes even if the plan for new limi…