Proctor & Gamble hates their freedom. Specifically P&G hates its workers' freedom to stream music and movies on company computers. The big company announced on Thursday it will block net access for workers who try to use the Pandora music service or the Netflix streaming…
Don't get Ultraviolet mad. The women's group called Ultraviolet has come out swinging at Facebook, saying the media and social network company has shown immense gender blindness. The Ultraviolet announcement on Thursday demanded Facebook appoint at least one woman to its board before the company…
Hecla Mining Co. has made management changes at the troubled Lucky Friday Mine. Ed Sutich has been named vice president and general manager of the underground silver mine in Mullan, Idaho. He replaces Jeff Jordan, who has moved to Hecla’s corporate office as vice president…
Is Spokane County very dependent on exporting its products? That's a subjective call. Today's story on Sen. Maria Cantwell's (D-Wash) visit to Spokane to boost support for reauthorization of the Export-Import Bank, raised the question of how many jobs depend on exports. The numbers are…
Population decline in rural Idaho intensified in 2011, new U.S. Census Bureau estimates show. More people left the state’s rural areas between mid-2010 and mid-2011, and more counties lost population than at any other time since the 1980s. Eighteen of the 33 rural counties saw…
The Spokesman-Review business team follows economic development in Spokane and the Inland Northwest.
