Spokane-based Pawn 1 Inc. has seen double-digit annual revenue growth in recent years, due to both a rise in existing store sales here and to its expansion into the Boise-area market, says Mark Lax, the company's president and majority owner.The
Associated Painters Inc., the Everett, Wash.-based commercial- and military-aircraft painting company with operations at Spokane International Airport, is taking preliminary steps to add a second hangar at the airport to accommodate a backlog in a
Inland Northwest aerospace proponents are shoring up an already strong industry coalition here in anticipation that Chicago-based Boeing Co. may eye West Plains sites for any plant expansion to meet a high demand for single-aisle jets.Much of an
Three years after its inception, Liberty Lake-based Demand Energy Networks Inc. has brought its energy-storage technology to market and is expecting exponential growth in coming months. Led by a veteran team of Spokane-area entrepreneurs and in
More than 250 new nonprofit groups developed after the 9/11 attacks and generated nearly $700 million in the first two years of operation. In exploring why so many nonprofits sprang up after the disaster, and how they performed once established,
If you paid someone to prepare your tax return and that preparer didn't obtain a Preparer Tax Identification Number (PTIN) by last Dec. 31, you may receive a letter from the Internal Revenue Service. In 2010, the IRS released its findings and
A Spokane nonprofit that focuses on private foster care services and related support programs has reached a bit farther this year because of recent charitable gifts.The Olive Crest Eastern Washington office based in Spokane is licensed by the to
People who see the "glass as half empty" may be more willing to contribute to a common goal if they already identify with it, say researchers from the University of Texas at Austin, the University of Chicago, and South Korea's Sungkyunkwan to the a
Federal rules for the current tax year are loaded with reprieves and compromises on many of the measures that were up in the air at this time last year, although many of those concessions likely are temporary, tax planners here say.Expect big in
With financial resources constrained due to the weak economy, some nonprofit social-service agencies here say supporters appear to be stepping up their donations of time and effort as an alternative to cash contributions.The increased part of it