The opening of the new remodeled Spokane Valley Nordstrom Rack will be at 9 a.m. Thursday.As it's done for years, the company starts the first day with Race Through the Rack, a 90-second shopping blitz, offered to one person chosen by random that morning. We…
Washington Gov. Chris Gregoire today ordered state agencies to develop programs and institute reforms that will boost small businesses faltering in the ongoing economic downturn.The initiatives range from help with exports, to improving access to credit, to alleviating the burdens imposed by the state's complex…
Washington's pension fund reserves will get a $11.7 million boost from a settlement announced today by Treasurer James McIntire.The agreement with State Street Bank resolves a dispute over foreign exchange transactions executed between 1997 and 2007, when the bank had custody of funds managed by…