MartinelliMick PLLC, a Spokane-based accounting firm with a specialty in public company audits, has moved into the downtown offices of Fruci & Associates PS, a longtime CPA firm here.Kemper Rojas, Fruci's managing partner, says five staff with a
RiverBank, a six-year-old boutique institution here, has reported a net loss of $686,000 for 2011, but that was down dramatically from a $2.8 million loss the year before, and CEO Chuck Brooks says, "We're quite confident for 2012."The bank last
Waste Management of Spokane, a subsidiary of Houston-based Waste Management Inc., has started work on its $18 million recycling facility on the West Plains that will be more than a third larger than originally planned.The company is completing a
Columbia Bank, of Tacoma, plans to move its Spokane regional office and downtown branch into the historic Fernwell Building in mid-June.The bank, which acquired eight Bank of Whitman branches last year when the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. of
An investor group with a sizable percentage of stock in Ambassadors Group Inc., the Spokane-based student-travel program provider, says it has lost confidence in the company's leadership and is proposing its own three candidates to Ambassadors' LP,
North Idaho aerospace manufacturers have launched an effort to form a statewide coalition and develop strategies to attract and keep aerospace-related business in Idaho.The idea for the recently created Idaho Aerospace Alliance, which has a and
As part of an effort to ensure it remains a competitive player in the growing global aerospace industry, Kaiser Aluminum Corp. is making ongoing investments to improve the efficiency and capacity of its Spokane Valley Trentwood Works plant that new
The U.S. stock market reacts daily to a wide set of developments and news. Current issues like the possibility of war between Israel and Iran, the eurozone sovereign debt crisis, changing U.S. employment data, and household formation numbers all to
Meetings & EventsGreater Spokane Incorporated will hold a free North Spokane Advisory Group meeting on Tuesday, April 3, from 7:30 to 9 a.m., at Windermere Real Estate North, 9017 N. Country Homes Blvd. Chris Bornhoft, of Vandervert Construction
March 27 / AmericanWest to acquire San Diego bankAmericanWest Bank, of Spokane, said it has agreed to merge into its operations Security Business Bank of San Diego. Security Business Bank has four locations in the San Diego area, including a The