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• Investor allowing Red Lion fix time

  May 15, 2012 in News on Page A7 A New York investor in Red Lion Hotels Corp. says it will give executives of the publicly traded hospitality company time to demonstrate progress before pushing efforts to replace three … 1

• The Dirt

  February 19, 2012 in Business on Page E1 Hobby Lobby plans second Spokane store Nationwide craft retailer Hobby Lobby will open a second Spokane store later this year, the company announced.

• Bank of America nixes $5 debit card fee

  November 1, 2011 in Business, Nation/World Bank of America Corp. is nixing its plans to charge a $5 monthly debit card fee. The bank said today that the decision to scrap the plan came after listening … 15

• Lawmakers seek probe on banks’ debit card fees

  October 13, 2011 in Business Members of Congress are asking the Justice Department to investigate whether Bank of America and other major banks improperly worked together to charge customers new monthly fees for using their … 59

• Bank of America to cut 30,000 jobs

  September 12, 2011 in City NEW YORK (AP) — Bank of America will cut about 30,000 jobs over the next few years in a bid to save $5 billion per year. The cost-cutting drive is … 18

• Buffett invests $5 billion in Bank of America

  August 25, 2011 in Business, Nation/World Warren Buffett is coming to the rescue of another fallen giant. 36

• Caldwell: BofA reaches out to help troubled mortgage holders

  May 29, 2011 in Business on Page E1 Bank of America recently notified 2,500 customers with mortgage problems they could meet face-to-face with bank representatives who might be able to fast-track modifications that would keep them in their … 3

• Fed rejects Bank of America’s dividend increase

  March 24, 2011 in Business on Page A7 NEW YORK – It was one more blow for Bank of America: the Federal Reserve didn’t allow the nation’s largest bank to increase its dividends. The decision by the Fed … 3

• Suspect arrested in bank robberies

  July 22, 2010 in City on Page A7 A man on federal probation for passing counterfeit money was arrested Tuesday in Spokane on suspicion of bank robberies in Omak, Wenatchee and Moses Lake. Cameron Len Gaunt, 28, of …

• BofA wants to suspend some mortgage payments

  May 9, 2010 in Business on Page E5 CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Bank of America wants to give struggling mortgage customers who are collecting unemployment benefits up to nine months with no mortgage payment. That’s right. Zero payment.

• Bank of America won’t charge overdraft fees

  March 10, 2010 in Business Bowing to complaints of fee gouging, Bank of America said Wednesday that starting this summer it would deny transactions for customers using their debit cards if they didn’t have funds … 6

• Wells Fargo asked to raise money after stress test

  May 4, 2009 in Business Regulators are asking Wells Fargo & Co. to raise more capital after government “stress tests” showed the bank would have trouble surviving if the recession worsens.

• Officials pressured BofA to acquire Merrill Lynch, documents show

  April 24, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A9 NEW YORK – Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke and former Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson threatened to remove the management and board of Bank of America unless it acquired ailing investment …

• Business in brief: Biomedical group hires COO

  April 21, 2009 in Business on Page A8 The Institute for Systems Medicine has a new chief operating officer, William Isgrigg. The former research manager at the Heart Institute said ISM will try to provide more tools – …

• Business in brief: Sales taxes see worst decline in 50 years

  April 15, 2009 in Business on Page A10 As Americans have tightened their belts, making make fewer big purchases, state and local sales tax collections experienced their worst decline in 50 years, according to a report released Tuesday. …

• Woman who robbed CdA bank pleads guilty

  February 26, 2009 in Idaho A woman who appeared pregnant when she robbed a Coeur d’Alene bank nearly three years ago could have to spend the rest of her life in prison and pay a … 5

• Unemployed hit with bank fees on benefit cards

  February 20, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A4 First, Arthur Santa-Maria called Bank of America to ask how to check the balance of his new unemployment benefits debit card. The bank charged him 50 cents. He chose not …

• Cheney dealership shuts down

  January 22, 2009 in Business on Page A10 A Cheney Ford dealership closed its doors without any notice to customers in December after its bank halted its line of credit, the dealers’ attorney said Wednesday. Bonanza Ford, which …

• Bank of America may cut 35,000 jobs over 3 years

  December 11, 2008 in News, Business, Nation/World NEW YORK — Bank of America Corp. says it expects to eliminate 30,000 to 35,000 jobs over the next three years.

• BofA deal may serve as guide in mortgages

  October 8, 2008 in Business on Page A8 An $8.4 billion settlement announced Monday between Bank of America and the attorneys general of 11 states could provide a template for Treasury Department efforts to rework the mortgages it …

• Newport woman guilty of conspiracy

  October 30, 2007 in City on Page B2 A 29-year-old woman who drove a getaway truck after a Newport, Wash., bank robbery earlier this year was convicted of conspiracy Monday in U.S. District Court in Spokane. The 12-member …