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Valley fabricator plans move to Post Falls

Burly Products is building a $1.5 million facility at Riverbend Commerce Park

October 29, 2009

Burly Products, a Spokane Valley metal fabricator and machinery maker, plans to move its operation to Post Falls by the end of the year, saying Idaho will provide it a more favorable business climate, the Idaho state Department of Commerce says on

Global CU to shutter two outlets

In-store branch in Valley, Moscow outlet both will close effective Nov. 6

October 29, 2009

Jeanne Gustafson

Spokane-based Global Credit Union plans to close two of its branches, including one that's located inside a grocery store in Spokane Valley and the other in Moscow, Idaho, says Ed Neunherz, a senior vice president at the credit union. Neunherz says

Encoder maker sees economy as bottoming

Sandpoint-area company expects to be hopping as industries upgrade

October 29, 2009

Richard Ripley

SANDPOINT, Idaho—A quiet but longtime Sandpoint-area manufacturer believes it stands to help sharpen the leading edge of the U.S. economy as it recovers.The concern, Encoder Products Co., makes devices used in just about every type of that

Downtown auto dealer fights ouster

Richardson challenges Ford Motor Co.'s move to dump her as operator

October 29, 2009

Kim Crompton

Jan Richardson, owner of Jaguar-Land Rover-Volvo Spokane, is fighting a move by Ford Motor Co. to terminate her as operator of the downtown dealership.Richardson filed a lawsuit against Ford in Spokane County Superior Court earlier this month a

Retailers voice merry outlook

Merchants here anticipate less snow, higher sales

October 29, 2009

Mike McLean

Despite signs of nervousness on the national retail front, Spokane-area merchants are optimistic that holiday-season sales here will improve over last year's sales, which they say were hampered more by the weather than the recession. Todd Davis,

Kaiser property to get TIF boost

Commissioners to rule on comp plan changes, rezone soon

October 29, 2009

Kim Crompton

A long-term proposal to turn a large piece of land north of the shuttered former Kaiser Aluminum Corp. Mead Works smelter into a mixed-use development has advanced with Spokane County commissioners' approval of a tax-increment financing district at

These are festive times for international real estate funds

They've jumped in value 38 percent this year, but obstacles cloud outlook

October 29, 2009

Personal Investing

Let's get the party started: An overseas run-up in real estate funds is rocking.International real estate funds are up 38 percent in 2009, or about 100 percent above their market bottom in March, according to Lipper Inc. Global real estate funds

In the News: October 29, 2009

October 29, 2009

Oct. 27 / Avista to receive $20 million for feeder upgrade Avista Utilities said it will receive a $20 million stimulus grant from the U.S. Department of Energy for an upgrade of 58 of its feeder lines that serve highly populated of /

Calendar: October 29, 2009

October 29 - November 12, 2009

October 29, 2009

Meetings & Events The Spokane Regional Convention and Visitors Bureau will hold its annual meeting, themed Strategic Optimism Ahead, on Tuesday, Nov. 3, beginning at 3:30 p.m. Tom Norwalk, of the Seattle Convention and Visitors Bureau,

Got onion slicing goggles?

October 15, 2009

David Cole

Gadgets," Eric Frickle answers enthusiastically, when asked what The Kitchen Engine, in the Flour Mill retail development, sells more of than anything else. "We sell more gadgets and tools than you can imagine." Frickle, 27, is president and of