Yanked back from the brink of the bank boneyard, AmericanWest Bank now is eyeing renewed expansion that its new top executives believe could elevate it to a $10 billion to $15 billion institution, possibly before the end of the decade.Currently a
Growth versus value investing is shaping up to be a horse race in 2011.While growth stocks had maintained the lead throughout much of 2010, the performance margin between the two narrowed later in the year.Growth stocks represent companies to
Jan. 25 / City Council approves impact fees The Spokane City Council voted 4-2 to impose impact fees on new development, which will be used to pay for street and other infrastructure improvements. Before approving the fees, though, the
Meetings & Events Artworks Spokane will host a Nothing But Networking event for the Spokane Home Builders Association on Thursday, Feb. 3, from 6 to 8 p.m., at 15310 E. Marietta, in Spokane Valley. RSVP by Jan. 31 at www.shba.com. For
Inland Imaging, of Spokane, says it will hold a "Free Screening Mammography Day" on Friday, Jan. 21, at all of its imaging centers here."It is our goal to target eligible women that fall between being insured and those that qualify for full says
For many women coping with obesity and depression, new research finds that improving your mood might be the link to losing weight. The new study, which appeared in a recent issue of the journal General Hospital Psychiatry, cites past surveys a a
Women who have multiple sclerosis are more likely to have a certain gene associated the disease than men with MS, says a study published in a recent online issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.Research has
When breast cancer surgeons regularly confer with plastic surgeons prior to surgery, their patients are more likely to have reconstruction, says a new study led by researchers at the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center.Where a for
Results released recently from a national survey of U.S. women with fibromyalgia illustrate the private and prolonged physical and emotional struggles patients with this condition face, underscored by delays in diagnosis, which a majority of report
Generalized anxiety disorder currently is more common for Inland Northwest women than panic attacks, social phobias, and other anxiety-related health issues, experts here say. More frequently, they say, women are waiting until anxiety-related reach