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• Bert Caldwell: Costs high, benefits higher in saving Sterling

  September 5, 2010 in Business on Page E1 The successful recapitalization of Sterling Financial Corp. may well be the best economic news of 2010 for Spokane. Thanks in part to that “bailout” we all say we hate. 4

• Sterling Financial paying millions to new chairman

  August 31, 2010 in Business on Page A8 New Sterling Financial Corp. Chairman Les Biller was paid $1.5 million to accept the position, and will receive a total $4.5 million by Dec. 31, 2012, unless he resigns. Biller’s …

• Sterling turns the corner after cease-and-desist order

  August 29, 2010 in Business on Page E1 A new Sterling Financial Corp. management team did not know what would be expected of them in October 2009. Federal and state regulators had forced the board of directors to … 5