Washington Trust Bank, of Spokane, has selected the Spokane office of Littleton, Colo.-based tw telecom inc. to provide a secure data network to connect the bank's technology support centers to its 41 bank branches in four states.Tw telecom, as
Many small-business owners have been disappointed recently to learn that their bank has tightened lending standards or raised interest rates and fees, making it more difficult to get credit. In today's turbulent economic environment, the for be
Can a credit union go up against Wal-Mart in a battle in Congress over credit-card fees? Likely not, but the Credit Union National Association has a much better chance of doing so.Steve Dahlstrom, president and CEO of Spokane Teachers Credit who
Europe's ongoing fiscal trauma may present opportunities for U.S. investors.There could, for example, be possibilities in European stocks that are depressed in price or in stocks of the U.S. multinational companies most likely to gain from risk
The recent decision by AmericanWest Bancorp., Spokane-based parent of AmericanWest Bank, to pull its common stock off of the Nasdaq exchange shuts off its access to a large potential source of capital at a time when the company is hungry for a he
Coeur d'Alene-based Mountain West Bank is relying on its strengths in small-business, commercial real estate, and residential lending to remain profitable through the recent recession and the recovery from it, says Russ Porter, the bank's president
Counseling office opens on South Hill Cheryl Osler, a clinical nurse specialist, licensed mental health counselor, and child mental health specialist, has opened South Hill Counseling in 350 square feet of leased space in the at 703
Reno, Nev.-based Dinter Engineering Co. has leased 950 square feet of office space in the Lakeland Square commercial center, at 1556 state Route 41, in Rathdrum, Idaho, and has moved an office there from 17562 W. Liree Drive, in Hauser Lake, Idaho.
The city of Spokane has awarded contracts for two road projects, worth a combined $540,000, to MJM Grand Inc., of Spokane. The projects, located in northeast Spokane and Peaceful Valley, involve paving unpaved streets and adding sidewalks, says a
Interstate Concrete & Asphalt Co., of Coeur d'Alene, has won two contracts, worth a combined about $830,000, to repave portions of Hanley Avenue in Dalton Gardens, Idaho.The work constitutes the final two phases of a three-phase project to just