Ask your lunch partners how the Asian financial crisis has affected their businesses and youll likely get a blank stare.But ask Tom Hill of Spokane computer-printer maker Output Technology Corp., or Richard Hanson at heavy-equipment RAHCO or a

A nonprofit alliance has been formed here with the backing of some of Spokanes biggest high-technology players to grow the high-tech industry in the Spokane Valley and to make it more attractive to out-of-town companies that are looking to from &

Spokane Mars Limited Partnership contends it has paid nearly all of a gambling-tax debt that has led the city of Spokane to try to convert Spokane Mars U.S. Bankruptcy Court case here from a reorganization to a liquidation.Rob Saucier, Spokane

John Stone Development LLC, of Spokane, plans to develop two more apartment complexes near downtown Seattle that together are expected to cost about $15.5 million. They will include a total of 119 apartment units.The company, which is owned by a

Congress has included a light-rail system for Spokane in the final version of a major federal transportation-spending bill that now is awaiting a signature from President Clinton. The legislation eventually could lead to federal spending of about a

Ten Spokane credit unions have formed an alliance to create a network of automated teller machines (ATMs) in the Spokane area to provide improved service to their members.Meanwhile, three of those credit unions also plan to open a joint branch a

SeaMed Corp., a large Redmond, Wash.-based company that designs and manufactures medical devices for a number of major medical companies, is eyeing the Spokane area as a place for possible future expansion, says Ed Rampy, the companys chief very

Columbia Lighting Inc., the Spokane-based maker of fluorescent lighting fixtures, plans to add about 70 people to its work force here within the next month so it can manufacture an additional product line.The new full-time workers will bring in

A trio of developers from the Tacoma, Wash., area plans to develop a multimillion-dollar business park on part of the still-vacant property on the West Plains where Spokane-based Inland Power & Light Co. sought unsuccessfully for years to develop a

Spokanes Alloy Trailers Inc., which says its one of the two largest remaining full-line manufacturers of over-the-road truck trailers in the Western U.S., is trying to steer back into profitability after trimming its financial load.Weighted