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• Home construction up nearly 7 percent

  June 19, 2013 on Page A10 WASHINGTON – U.S. builders stepped up home construction in May and applied for permits to build single-family homes at the fastest pace in five years. The gains show housing remains …

• Google rips gag order on security requests

  June 19, 2013 on Page A10 WASHINGTON – Google on Tuesday sharply challenged the federal government’s gag order on its Internet surveillance program, citing what it described as a First Amendment right to divulge how many …

• Starbucks will soon post calorie counts

  June 19, 2013 on Page A10 NEW YORK – Starbucks has a new way to wake up its customers: showing the calories in its drinks. The Seattle-based coffee chain says it will start posting calorie counts …

• Burgan’s transformation begins

  June 19, 2013 on Page A10 Five years after buying the Burgan’s Furniture buildings on North Division Street in Spokane, developer Jerry Dicker has launched a multimillion-dollar project that will add 46 apartments and three retail …

• Chrysler agrees to recall Jeeps at risk of fire

  June 19, 2013 on Page A10 DETROIT – After initially defying federal regulators, Chrysler abruptly agreed Tuesday to recall some older-model Jeeps with fuel tanks that could rupture and cause fires in rear-end collisions. But the …

• Northwest wheat

  June 19, 2013 on Page A11 Soft white Cash bid Change June N/A N/A July 7.30-7.43 up 0.07 Hard red winter (ordinary percent protein) Cash bid Change June 8.27-8.44 up 0.06 Hard red winter (11.5 percent …

• In brief: Netflix inks deal to air Dreamworks programs

  June 18, 2013 on Page A8 LOS ANGELES – Netflix announced a deal on Monday to air television programming from Dreamworks Animation in what the company described as its biggest transaction ever for original first-run content. …

• World waits on Bernanke

  June 18, 2013 on Page A8 WASHINGTON – Is the era of ultra-low interest rates nearing an end? When he takes questions this week after a Federal Reserve meeting, Chairman Ben Bernanke will confront investors’ fears …

• Solar-powered plane will have down-to-earth energy benefits

  June 18, 2013 on Page A8 CHANTILLY, Va. – The plane parked outside the airport looks more like a giant exotic insect or maybe an outsized balsa wood toy airplane. When it’s in flight, there’s no … 1

• Companies work to make processed food look homemade

  June 18, 2013 on Page A8 NEW YORK – Here’s the latest goal for food makers: Perfect the art of imperfection. When stretching out the dough for its premium “Artisan Pizzas,” Domino’s workers are instructed not … 1

• Google settles lawsuit over splitting stock

  June 18, 2013 on Page A8 SAN FRANCISCO – Google has resolved a shareholder lawsuit blocking a long-delayed stock split, clearing the way for the Internet search leader to issue a new class of nonvoting shares …

• Northwest wheat

  June 18, 2013 on Page A9 Soft white Cash bid Change June N/A N/A July 7.23-7.36 down 0.01-up 0.02 Hard red winter (ordinary percent protein) Cash bid Change June 8.22-8.39 up 0.02-down 0.03 Hard red winter …

• The Dirt

  June 16, 2013 on Page E1 Saad’s moves to new location Saad’s Shoe Repair will move out of NorthTown Mall and lease 1,100 square feet in the nearby Northtown Office Building at 4407 N. Division St.

• Dream builder

  June 16, 2013 on Page E1 OUTLET BAY, Idaho – Mike Dolan remembers the Priest Lake cabins of his youth – small and simple. Some even had outhouses. Not long ago, Dolan built a vacation home … 1

• Business beat

  June 16, 2013 on Page E2 Have an item for Business Beat? Send it to businessbeat@ spokesman.com. Education

• Week Ahead

  June 16, 2013 on Page E2 Monday Low Impact Development Workshop - WSU Spokane County Extension presents a free workshop entitled “Catching Rain: Low Impact Development and Green Stormwater Strategies for Real Estate Professionals.” Completion of …

• HotZone’s free Wi-Fi to fold

  June 15, 2013 on Page A1 The HotZone, downtown Spokane’s pioneering free wireless Internet service, is headed for the dustbin. Like other technology ventures, it fell victim to fast-shifting public preferences and a dynamic marketplace, said … 11

• Airbus A350 takes off

  June 15, 2013 on Page A6 PARIS – Airbus sent a new wide-body plane into the skies Friday that sets the stage for intensifying competition with U.S. rival Boeing, with consequences for jobs, airlines’ investments and …

• U.S. wholesale prices rose 0.5 percent last month

  June 15, 2013 on Page A6 WASHINGTON – A rise in food and gas costs drove a measure of wholesale prices up sharply in May. But outside those volatile categories, inflation was mild. The Labor Department …

• Microsoft limiting Office app to iPhone

  June 15, 2013 on Page A6 NEW YORK – Even as a pared-down version of Microsoft’s Office software package arrived on the iPhone, the company is holding out on extending that to the iPad and Android … 1

• Security Ambassadors lose leader to cancer

  June 15, 2013 on Page A6 Larry Killstrom, who for 16 years headed Spokane’s downtown Security Ambassadors program, died this week after being diagnosed with cancer. He was 64. Friends and associates considered Killstrom the chief …

• Northwest wheat

  June 15, 2013 on Page A7 Soft white Cash bid Change June N/A N/A July 7.24-7.34 down 0.05-up 0.03 Hard red winter (ordinary percent protein) Cash bid Change June 8.20-8.42 down 0.07 Hard red winter (11.5 …

• Photo: Flagging spirit

  June 14, 2013 on Page A7 Banner collection: Sharon Berger, 67, places small American flags on the posts surrounding her home in Ford, Wash., on Thursday in anticipation of Flag Day. Berger said she collects the …

• Mortgage rate rise continues

  June 14, 2013 on Page A12 WASHINGTON – Fixed U.S. mortgage rates rose for the sixth straight week, putting the average rate on the 30-year loan just shy of 4 percent. Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said …

• Gannett Co. to purchase Belo Corp.

  June 14, 2013 on Page A12 NEW YORK – Gannett Co., the publisher of USA Today, is buying TV station owner Belo Corp. for about $1.5 billion. If approved, the all-cash deal will make Gannett the …

• Grocers allege potato growers fixed prices, destroyed crops

  June 14, 2013 on Page A12 BOISE – A battle between grocers and potato growers has been silently hitting shoppers’ pocketbooks, according to a U.S. wholesaler accusing America’s spud farmers of driving up prices while spying … 3

• Microsoft teaming with Best Buy

  June 14, 2013 on Page A12 NEW YORK – Microsoft has unveiled plans for “store-within-a-store” sections in Best Buy stores, becoming the latest major consumer electronics maker to acknowledge advantages of the brick-and-mortar format. The sections … 1

• Unpaid internships face cloudy future after court ruling

  June 14, 2013 on Page A12 WASHINGTON – Unpaid internships have long been a path of opportunity for students and recent grads looking to get a foot in the door in the entertainment, publishing and other …

• Northwest wheat

  June 14, 2013 on Page A13 Soft white Cash bid Change June N/A N/A July 7.29-7.31 up 0.03-0.03 Hard red winter (ordinary percent protein) Cash bid Change June 8.27-8.49 up 0.02 Hard red winter (11.5 percent …

• Average salary in Washington rose in ’12

  June 13, 2013 on Page A8 Private-sector job growth and a recovering economy pushed Washington’s average wage in 2012 to $51,595. That’s the first time Washington’s average wage – for jobs covered by unemployment insurance – … 1

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