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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.
Commercially sustainable?
COEUR d'ALENE - The real estate adage that "commercial follows rooftops" meant a surge in retail and office space development in North Idaho, but when the roof…
Credit card rewards goosed to push card use
NEW YORK - Not every letter from a credit card company is bad news these days.
Oil nears $81 a barrel ahead of key jobs report
SINGAPORE - Oil prices rose to near $81 a barrel Friday in Asia as crude traders followed equity markets higher ahead of a key U.S. jobs report.
China's economic promises focus on creating jobs
BEIJING - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao pledged Friday to redouble the country's stimulus program to focus on job creation, signaling that Beijing's main worry is…
Google dangles ultrafast broadband; cities leap
DULUTH, Minn. - Wearing just a T-shirt and shorts, Mayor Don Ness strolled to the end of a dock jutting into frigid Lake Superior. He grinned, waved his arms t…
GM to reinstate 600 dealerships
NEW YORK - General Motors Co. will reinstate 661 dealerships it sought to drop from its sales network.
Lower interest rates? Not in the (credit) cards
NEW YORK (AP) - It sounds like a victory for credit card users - a rule that would require banks to review any interest rate hikes every six months, and lower rates when appropriate.
A year after market low, how should you invest?
It's been about a year since stock prices hit their low point during the long bear market. Since then, of course, we've seen a big rally, but some of the decisions you made when the market was at its lowest point m…
Say 'no' to hiring 'Yes People'
Some of the worst employees a manager will ever deal with have a vocabulary problem. "No" and "maybe" don't seem to be in their dictionary. Who are they? The "Yes People" - those who answer "How high?" every time t…
Movers and Shakers March 5, 2010
Wine Cellar up for grabs
Kung Fu fighting
COEUR d'ALENE - Master Mike Edmonson has long had his mojo, now he has his dojo.
Safeway purchases Boundary Trading Co.
BONNERS FERRY - Safeway announced Thursday it has purchased Boundary Trading Co.
The Right Choice
COEUR d'ALENE - Justin Galletti and Nick Leonard may be the best friends you ever had, at least when you've had a few too many.
Movers & Shakers March 4, 2010
Benefits firm offers help to employers
Costco 2Q profit rises; international sales strong
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Strong overseas sales growth and increased gasoline prices boosted Costco Wholesale Corp.'s revenue in the second quarter, helping send the warehouse club operator's profit up 25 percent.