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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.
New-home sales plunge 33 percent
WASHINGTON - Sales of new homes collapsed in May, sinking 33 percent to the lowest level on record as potential buyers stopped shopping for homes once they cou…
China takes hands-off approach to labor strikes
BEIJING - When workers at a Honda transmission plant in China went on strike for higher wages last month, they touched off a domino effect of high-profile labo…
Leaders differ on how to nurture a global recovery
HUNTSVILLE, Ontario - Fresh from a congressional win on a financial overhaul, President Barack Obama pressed world leaders on Friday to join him in backing str…
Solution, impossible
COEUR d'ALENE - Water, water everywhere, it's enough to make you drink.
BP shares hit 14-year-low; down more than $104B
BP shares fell about 6 percent in New York on Friday to a 14-year low as the costs rise for containing the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
Economy faces tough road ahead with slower growth
WASHINGTON - The economic recovery won't be catching fire any time soon.
States settle chip suit
BOISE (AP) - Idaho and 32 other states will share in a $173 million settlement with six international manufacturers, including Boise-based Micron Technology Inc., who were accused of price fixing related to the sal…
Inflation and taxes and your investments
Fear has embraced many individual investors after witnessing one of the worst bear markets in 2008, followed by an inspiring year end for 2009, only to be plagued again with a dizzying, volatile, headline-driven ma…
Contingency for the workplace mousetrap
Down on the farm, a mouse peeked through a crack in the wall and saw the farmer's wife open a small package. Thinking at first it might be a tasty treat, the mouse grew very concerned when he realized that it was a…
US overhaul could push some trading overseas
MADRID - Will the U.S. financial overhaul push big firms to transfer business to Europe? Some say no: Europe is also working on efforts to tighten up on risk-t…
Berlin airport to open in June 2012
BERLIN (AP) - Berlin's new airport will open in June 2012 - seven months later than previously planned.
Antitrust lawsuit filed against potato groups
BOISE (AP) - An antitrust lawsuit contending Idaho potato growers and others conspired to raise potato prices in the United States by controlling supply has been filed in federal court in Pocatello.
Pakistan scans Google, other sites for blasphemy
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan will monitor seven major Web sites, including Google and Yahoo, to block anti-Islamic links and content, an official said Friday. Seventee…
Green Iron
COEUR d'ALENE - Not everybody loves Ironman, but the cash influx into the community makes it hard to hate.
Sandpoint Super 1 Foods opens June 30
SANDPOINT - Angel Raymond is in charge of checking new inventory and making sure all prices are logged into the system.