People fall in love with their hometown stocks. I see it all the time both as the host of a financial talk radio show and a wealth manager.Which is OK, as long as you live in the right hometown. Seattle is not one of those towns. Investors a
New West Side program made first couple of loans last month, plans more
August 2, 2012
Beginning farmers in Skagit County are said to be getting a much-needed boost from a new program that has Washington State University Extension partnering with nonprofit Slow Money NW, Viva Farms, North Coast Credit Union, and food-minded investors
Composite ratio dropped to lowest point since '07, below 15-year average
August 2, 2012
Consumer delinquencies fell during the first quarter in 10 of 11 categories tracked by the American Bankers Association, which last month released results from the quarterly 2012 Consumer Credit Delinquency Bulletin.The composite ratio, which in
"We don't see things as they are; we see things as we are."-The TalmudWhen you say a colleague "can't see the forest for the trees," you're saying that he's so detailed oriented, present minded, and narrow in his perspective that he can't see a
The number of companies growing through mergers or acquisitions slowed beginning in the second quarter but should pick up after the election, says Michael Butler, chairman and CEO of the Seattle-based advisory firm Cascadia Capital LLC.Butler at
Mike Bell has been steeped in the health care industry for years, but not because he's been taking temperatures or writing prescriptions.Rather, Bell, certified public accountant and partner at the Spokane office of Edina, Minn.-based firm LLP,
Bellevue, Wash.-based Axia Financial LLC, which does business as Axia Home Loans and operates a small office in Liberty Lake, says it has opened a Spokane Valley office recently and is looking to open additional branches in the Inland Valley office
Columbia Bank plans to expand its wealth management office in downtown Spokane. The bank announced last month it has hired Randy Casto as senior vice president and Spokane private banking team leader. It plans on hiring up to four more people to
Spokane-based Sterling Bank says it plans to open new branches in Pullman and Portland, Ore., and to consolidate a branch with other services in Bellevue, Wash.The bank will open its Pullman branch in early 2013, says Marty Dickinson, Sterling's
Seattle-based HomeStreet Bank, which has had a small Spokane office for 20 years, is on a four-state growth tear after returning to good health through an infusion of cash earlier this year, following three years of regulatory intensive care.The