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So far, most of tax cut is going down the gas tank
WASHINGTON - Americans are earning and spending more, but a lot of the extra money is going down their gas tanks. Gas prices have drained more than half the extra cash Americans are getting this year from a cut in Social Security taxes.
Still in demand
Hastings thrives by adapting to changes, says store manager
It is a weekday afternoon, and Joan Clary is pushing her cart through the aisle of the Coeur d'Alene Hastings.
A secondhand market takes off
Auto sales boom spawns a used car pool in China
GUANGZHOU, China - As car enthusiasts converge on the annual Guangzhou auto show, few have anything except a shiny new set of wheels in mind. But explosive growth that transformed China into the world's largest auto market is also giving life to a new industry here: used cars.
Education Briefs
Hunters can get hunter education certification online
And be eligible to buy a hunting license
Hunter ed online
Grower wines
One of the many recent trends in the wine industry has been the appeal of "Grower Champagne." This is champagne produced by the same folks that grow the grapes. We have tasted many great ones from LaSalle, Copinet and others. Non-grower champagnes are typically the larger producers like Veuve Clicquot where the grapes are purchased from other vineyards and the winery only makes the "bubbly."
Are you an 'efficient' investor?
Generally speaking, if you're efficient at a particular task, you'll get good results without wasting effort. As you've already learned from your life experiences, it's usually far better to be efficient at something than to be inefficient - and that's certainly true with investing.
Cd'A Symphony concert tickets available online
Individual and season concert tickets for the Coeur d'Alene Symphony's 2015-2016 season are now available online.
Cd'A housing market emerges No. 1
Quality of life cited by economist as a leading factor
CDA housing market emerges No. 1
Economy recovering, but recession's shadow is long
NEW YORK - Layaway, once the province of the poor, has gone mainstream. At the Mall of America in Minnesota, shoppers dart in for just one or two things. In New York, socialites do the unthinkable: They wear the same ball gown twice.
Malone's Barnes & Noble bid a bet on the Nook
Electronic reader has the potential to deliver all types of digital products
NEW YORK - Why buy a bookstore?
Even as interest rates rise, so do home prices
Interest rates for 30-year, fixed-rate conforming mortgages rose from 3.67 percent to 3.73 percent during the week according to the Mortgage Bankers Association. The average rate for 30 year loans backed by the Federal Housing Administration rose from 3.48 percent to 3.53 percent Mortgage applications rose too, up 3.4 percent last week. It seems that buyers are seeing the light; that waiting to make a purchase means paying more in the long run for homes.
Housing market moves ahead
With tax credits and lower prices, Kootenai County sales are up
COEUR d'ALENE - There was something a little different about Tuesday's Coeur d'Alene Multiple Listing Service meeting among agents. It was upbeat as it has been in two years.
Are we doing it again?
As we near the half-way mark of 2013 we the members of the Coeur d'Alene Association of Realtors are very busy making sure that buyers and sellers of real estate are getting together to transfer ownership from those who are done with it to those who want it.
Optimism for 2013
One doesn't have to look far to see a lot of positive news about the housing market. Interest rates are low, sales of homes are up and home prices are gradually increasing, helping some who lost so much equity in the post-boom decline.
Northwest supply and pricing
In three separate conversations with winemakers and other winery professionals over the last two weeks, I have heard that there is a pretty dramatic oversupply of wine coming from our nearby wine regions. The comments came in three different forms, but all pointed to the same problem for the wine industry close to home in Washington and Oregon, which leads me to believe Idaho is suffering from similar ills.
Cd'A school board, teachers struggle to negotiate salaries
COEUR d'ALENE — Another negotiating session ended Tuesday in Coeur d’Alene without an agreement on a contract for public school teachers for next year.
Panel backs state exchange
Measure now goes to the full House for spirited debate
BOISE (AP) - The House Health and Welfare Committee backed a state-based, nonprofit insurance exchange Thursday, conceding that it wasn't a perfect solution, but it was better than merely accepting a version run from Washington, D.C.
Online poll: Plenty of blame for gas prices
This time, at least, readers of The Press and Dave Oliveria's Huckleberries blog at spokesman.com agree — or come pretty close, anyway.
