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• Pre-inspection of U.S.-bound trucks begins in Canada

  Feb. 25, 2014 on Page A8 FORT ERIE, Ontario – U.S. customs officers began inspecting U.S.-bound cargo trucks in Canada on Monday under a pilot program intended to relieve congestion at one of the border’s busiest …

• Business briefs: Office Depot closing Coeur d’Alene store

  Feb. 25, 2014 on Page A8 Office Depot will close its Coeur d’Alene store May 3. The store is on West Neider Avenue next to Kmart. The company bought smaller rival OfficeMax late last year for …

• Q-and-A: What Netflix-Comcast deal means

  Feb. 25, 2014 on Page A8 SAN FRANCISCO – After years of bickering, Netflix and Comcast are working together to provide their subscribers with a more enjoyable experience when they’re watching movies and television shows over … 1

• All eyes on Samsung’s Galaxy 5 at world mobile expo

  Feb. 25, 2014 on Page A8 BARCELONA, Spain – Sony unveiled a new waterproof phone that can take ultra-high-definition video. Nokia introduced three Android smartphones aimed at emerging markets. And Lenovo announced one with an all-glass …

• Taco Bell to launch nationwide breakfast menu in March

  Feb. 25, 2014 on Page A8 NEW YORK – Egg McMuffin, meet the Waffle Taco. Taco Bell is readying for the launch of its national breakfast menu on March 27, with items such as the A.M. …

• Northwest wheat

  Feb. 25, 2014 on Page A9 Soft white Cash bid Change Feb. 7.20-7.42 down 0.06-up 0.07 March 7.20-7.42 down 0.06-up 0.07 Hard red winter (ordinary percent protein) Cash bid Change Feb. 8.37 up 0.09-0.04 Hard red …

• NABE: Economists divided over Fed pullback

  Feb. 25, 2014 on Page A10 WASHINGTON – Business economists are almost equally divided over whether the Federal Reserve will pare its bond purchases at the current pace through year’s end or pause to let the …

• Banks shy away from marijuana business despite federal approval

  Feb. 23, 2014 on Page B1 Most banks and credit unions in Washington aren’t ready to open accounts for the state’s fledgling marijuana industry, despite new federal guidelines that offer some protection from prosecution. The Justice … 57

• The Dirt: Affordable Insurance Group

  Feb. 23, 2014 on Page E1 Insurance firm leases space Affordable Insurance Group Inc. has leased 1,280 square feet in a retail-commercial center at 1908 W. Northwest Blvd.

• Business beat

  Feb. 23, 2014 on Page E2 Have an item for Business Beat? Send it to businessbeat@ spokesman.com. Accounting

• Week ahead in business

  Feb. 23, 2014 on Page E2 Monday Dynamite Sales Presentations – Learn how to impress your clients. Presented through the Community Colleges of Spokane’s Center for Workforce and Continuing Education. 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Spokane Community College, …

• Union leaders, Boeing agree on contract offer to keep company ‘competitive’

  Feb. 22, 2014 on Page A6 ST. LOUIS – If Boeing Co. hopes to sell more of the military jets it builds in north St. Louis County, lowering the price tag of those jets would help. … 9

• Existing-home sales fall off in January

  Feb. 22, 2014 on Page A6 Sales of previously owned homes plunged in January as severe weather and high costs handcuffed would-be buyers. Existing-home sales tumbled 5.1 percent from December to a seasonally adjusted annual rate …

• UAW begins appeal of Volkswagen vote

  Feb. 22, 2014 on Page A6 WASHINGTON – The United Auto Workers on Friday challenged last week’s close vote by workers at a Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga, Tenn., that rejected the UAW’s bid to represent them. … 4

• Idaho commerce director pitches tax incentives

  Feb. 22, 2014 on Page A6 BOISE – Idaho’s lackluster tax incentives make it flyover country for many companies looking to relocate or expand. That’s the verdict of Department of Commerce Director Jeff Sayer, the state’s … 2

• Stock market slides into weekend

  Feb. 22, 2014 on Page A6 NEW YORK – Stocks slipped on Friday, pushing the market to a weekly loss, as investors assessed the latest round of company earnings. Express Scripts, the largest U.S. pharmacy benefits …

• Northwest wheat

  Feb. 22, 2014 on Page A7 Soft white Cash bid Change Feb. 7.26-7.35 down 0.08-0.04 March 7.26-7.36 down 0.08 Hard red winter (ordinary percent protein) Cash bid Change Feb. 8.29-8.34 down 0.08 Hard red winter (11.5 …

• Catholic Charities opens retail furniture store

  Feb. 21, 2014 on Page A5 Catholic Charities Spokane’s first retail store, Furnishings for Hope, is open in one of north Spokane’s landmark structures, the historic Boulevard Building on North Monroe Street. If what matters is … 24

• Boeing offers carrot to S.C.

  Feb. 21, 2014 on Page A10 SEATTLE – Boeing Co. is offering a one-time bonus of 8 percent of a year’s pay to workers at the 787 Dreamliner plant in North Charleston, S.C., if they can … 5

• Gauge of U.S. economy’s health advances

  Feb. 21, 2014 on Page A10 WASHINGTON – A measure of the U.S. economy’s health posted a moderate gain in January, suggesting that the economy will continue to expand in the first half of this year. …

• Income disparity widens significantly in largest cities

  Feb. 21, 2014 on Page A10 WASHINGTON – The gap between the wealthy and the poor is most extreme in several of the United States’ most prosperous and largest cities. The economic divides in Atlanta, San …

• Business briefs: Spokane tourism board names chair

  Feb. 21, 2014 on Page A10 Visit Spokane President Cheryl Kilday has been named chairwoman of the Washington Tourism Alliance board of directors. The alliance is an industry group promoting tourism in Washington. It was created …

• Survey finds fewer farms, older farmers

  Feb. 21, 2014 on Page A10 WASHINGTON – The number of U.S. farms is declining even as the value of their crops and livestock has increased over the past five years, a government census of American …

• Northwest wheat

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• In brief: Sterling Savings Bank to offload six branches to Banner Bank

  Feb. 20, 2014 on Page A7 Sterling Savings Bank is paying $7 million to offload six Oregon branches to Banner Bank. The deal is tied to Sterling’s pending sale to Portland-based Umpqua Holdings Corp. That merger …

• Facebook buying chat service WhatsApp for $19 billion

  Feb. 20, 2014 on Page A7 NEW YORK – Facebook is buying mobile messaging service WhatsApp for $19 billion in cash and stock, by far the company’s largest acquisition and bigger than any that Google, Microsoft … 1

• FCC won’t appeal Internet neutrality ruling

  Feb. 20, 2014 on Page A7 WASHINGTON – The Federal Communications Commission says it won’t appeal a court decision that struck down rules it designed to ensure that the transmission of all Internet content be treated …

• Jewelry giant Signet buying smaller Zale

  Feb. 20, 2014 on Page A7 NEW YORK – The largest U.S. jewelry chain on Wednesday decided to put a ring on its much smaller rival, creating a $6 billion jewelry juggernaut with expansive reach in …

• Safeway may put company up for sale

  Feb. 20, 2014 on Page A7 NEW YORK – Safeway says it’s in talks to possibly put itself up for sale. The Pleasanton, Calif.-based supermarket operator said Wednesday that discussions are ongoing but that it hasn’t …

• Northwest wheat

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