Recent stories by Bert

• Here’s the Dirt: South Hill Zip Trip reopens after makeover

  March 25, 2011 in Business on Page A10 A remodeled and renamed Cenex Zip Trip No. 2 has reopened at 1523 W. 10th Ave. Ian Johnstone, area general manager for Cenex, said workers removed a wall that had …

• Coffee roasters feeling the pinch

  March 24, 2011 in Business on Page A7 Spokane coffee roasters are losing sleep, and it’s not the caffeine. Supplies of high-quality Arabica beans are tight. Prices have doubled in the last year.

• Caldwell: Nuclear vision needn’t be clouded

  March 20, 2011 in Business on Page E1 The agonizing struggle of the Japanese to avoid further catastrophe at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear complex necessarily has many rethinking the rethinking about nuclear energy’s future. Many hoped fission would … 2

• Valley electronic gaming firm rides new growth

  March 20, 2011 in Business on Page E1 DigiDeal is dealing again. After negotiating a divorce from majority owner International Gaming Technology, the Spokane Valley maker of electronic table games is growing domestically and internationally, CEO Mike Kuhn … 1

• City foresees energy district

  March 17, 2011 in Business on Page A10 The potential for an energy-based development district around the Waste-to-Energy Plant could be compromised if the facility is not reclassified as an alternative-energy provider, Spokane officials said Wednesday. Mayor Mary … 5

• Home sales inch up, but prices dip

  March 15, 2011 in Business on Page A7 Homes sales in Spokane County edged ahead in February, but average and median prices moved lower. The Spokane Association of Realtors reported 190 sales for the month, up from 186 …

• Caldwell: Consumers cashing in despite cutbacks

  March 13, 2011 in Business on Page E1 Washington Consumer Resource Centers manned by fewer than one dozen staff members put $4.8 million back in consumer pockets last year. That’s a significant drop from 2009, when almost $7.2 …

• Foreclosures down in Spokane, up in Kootenai

  March 11, 2011 in Business on Page A10 Foreclosure activity in Spokane County fell 20 percent in February compared with January, but the pace remained more than triple that of a year earlier. Banks repossessed 73 homes in … 1

• Spokane County’s unemployment rate rose in January

  March 9, 2011 in Business on Page A10 Spokane County’s unemployment rate jumped to 10.5 percent in January as seasonal layoffs took their toll, the Washington Employment Security Department reported Tuesday. The December rate was 9.1 percent; the … 1

• Caldwell: For minority business suppliers, certification can be road to success

  March 6, 2011 in Business on Page E1 Marv Reguindin is triple-certified. The president, creative director and owner of Thinking Cap Communications & Graphics has been blessed by the Northwest Minority Supplier Development Council, the National Gay & … 1

• Idaho sues man trading commodities

  March 5, 2011 in Business on Page A8 The Idaho Department of Finance has sued a Coeur d’Alene man for promoting a commodities trading scheme that cost investors $1.3 million. Keith E. Mitchell, according to a complaint filed …

• Here’s the Dirt: Novelis Corp. relocates to newly-built facility

  March 4, 2011 in Business on Page A10 Novelis Corp. has moved its 20 Spokane employees into a new research and development building at 16004 E. Euclid Ave., spokeswoman Fiona Bell said this week. The 12,000-square-foot building is …

• Spokane residents like their credit cards

  March 3, 2011 in Business on Page A9 Spokane residents are among the nation’s most indebted users of credit cards, according to a report released Wednesday by Experian. The company said the average Spokane credit card user had … 2

• Newsprint strike stops work at plant

  March 2, 2011 in Business on Page A8 Union workers at the Ponderay Newsprint plant walked off the job at 6 a.m. Tuesday, halting production at the mill near Usk in Pend Oreille County. Greg Jones, representative for …

• State reports drop in jobless rate

  March 2, 2011 in Business on Page A8 The unemployment rate in Washington fell to 9.1 percent in January as businesses added 11,000 workers, the state Employment Security Department reported Tuesday. But the gain was the result of … 3

• Irish economy foundering

  February 26, 2011 in Business on Page A8 The damage done the U.S. economy by reckless bankers has nothing on the wreckage wrought in Ireland, that nation’s San Francisco-based consul general said Friday. Gerry Staunton, in Spokane to … 1

• Home prices still falling from bubble

  February 25, 2011 in Business on Page A8 Homes sales in Spokane and Kootenai counties will lag until prices return to averages established before the mid-decade housing bubble pushed them to unsustainable levels, Coeur d’Alene real estate broker … 3

• Spokane County economy fared slightly better than Kootenai’s

  February 24, 2011 in Business on Page A8 The Spokane County economy eked out a tiny gain in 2009, but Kootenai County’s economy was one of the hardest hit in the country as the recession retained its grip, … 1

• Washington ranks 29th in national tax report

  February 24, 2011 in Business on Page A8 State and local taxes in 2009 claimed 9.3 percent of Washington incomes, and 9.4 percent in Idaho, according to figures released Wednesday by the Tax Foundation. The nonpartisan foundation’s calculation …

• Caldwell: Prudent Wheatland a star in banking circles

  February 20, 2011 in Business on Page E1 Wheatland Bank earned a profit last quarter, as it has for every quarter since it was founded in Davenport 32 years ago. The holding company, Community Financial Group Inc., raised …

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