A Minnesota company on Wednesday officially bought NightHawk Radiology, once one of North Idaho’s fast-rising tech firms. Virtual Radiologic’s purchase of NightHawk was approved Wednesday as shareholders voted to take the offer of $6.50 per share or about $170 million. Both companies provide teleradiology services,…
John Overby, the director of client services at Sirti, has announced he's leaving in January for a new job. Overby has been with state-funded startup-accelerator Sirti for almost six years. He's taking the job of president and CEO of Spokane Valley startup Flyback Energy. That…
Unemployment claims in Washington set new records this year, with more than 500,000 jobless workers collecting almost $4.7 billion in benefits. The Employment Security Department this morning compared the results with 2009, when 475,000 claimants collected $4 billion in benefits, and 2008, when 290,000 collected…
The Spokesman-Review business team follows economic development in Spokane and the Inland Northwest.
