Walker Construction Inc., of Spokane, remains busy with work this year as it did through the recession, despite an overall industry slowdown, mainly by securing a number of projects through contracts negotiated directly with clients.While the in

East Valley School District could take control of the former Walker U.S. Army Reserve Center, located at 3830 N. Sullivan, by June or earlier, based on an estimated timetable of a governmental process to transfer the surplus property. The plans

Growth in metropolitan area median home prices increased in the third quarter, and more areas are showing gains, says the latest quarterly report by the National Association of Realtors.The median existing single-family home price rose in 120 of

Four community bank companies that have a presence in the Spokane-Coeur d'Alene area have reported increases in third-quarter net income.Two of those banks had posted a loss during the third quarter of 2011.While all are reporting challenges in

In a recently completed study, the authors of several widely-recognized articles on politics and investment returns challenge conventional wisdom regarding the association between such returns and political election results. Robert R. Johnson, a

A National Credit Union Administration initiative has resulted in a jump in the number of credit unions to obtain the federal agency's low-income designation, which is based on the income levels of a majority of those credit unions' members. Two

The angel investor market in the first two quarters of this year showed signs of steady recovery since a downturn in the second half of 2008 and the first half of 2009, with total investments at $9.2 billion, an increase of 3.1 percent over the in