Silver Mountain Resort will be open Saturday, extending a ski and snow-boarding season cushioned by 400 inches of snow. "We've been blessed with over four feet of snow recently, and the short-term forecast looks promising for more," spokesman John Williams said. He said all 1,600…
Gonzaga University grad Mark Britton, who's CEO of Seattle-based Avvo, has been named to the board of travel site Orbitz. Orbitz is based in Chicago and is one of the top three web-based travel services. Before starting lawyer- and doctor-rating service Avvo, Britton was an…
Today's interesting business-related chart or graphic comes by way of the feds, and from DOE in specific. It's the typical breakdown, based on U.S. averages, for what goes into the cost of a gallon of gas. This was created in winter of 2010 and the…
Washington's unemployment rate climbed in March despite a gain of 1,110 jobs, the Employment Security Department said today. The March unemployment rate was 9.2 percent, a notch higher than the 9.1 percent reported for February. The biggest job gains were in business and professional services,…
The Spokesman-Review business team follows economic development in Spokane and the Inland Northwest.
