Dr. Grant Forsyth of Eastern Washington University College of Business and Public Administration has compiled an area economic outlook for 2012. The good news is Agriculture and Retail sectors are on the increase while non-farm employment and income are trending upward. Initial filings for unem
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02/25/2012
Housing Picture Expected to Brighten in 2012 Daily Real Estate News | Thursday, November 17, 2011 Better times are ahead for the real estate market in the new year, according to several forecasts and recent surveys. Fiserv, a financial information services firm, predicts that 95 percent of the 38
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11/18/2011
Gov't Announces More Refinancing Program Details Daily Real Estate News | Thursday, November 17, 2011 This week, the federal government released more details about its revamped Home Affordable Refinance Program, which sets out to allow more home owners to refinance their mortgage and take advanta
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11/18/2011
It's time once again for the Cork & Kegg beer and wine tasting event at Mirabeau Hotel in the Spokane Valley. the event is put on by the non-profit Washington Restaurant Association and benefits student scholarships. Enjoy wine and beer from nearly 50 wineries and breweries from around the area
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11/03/2011
UPDATE UPDATE UPDATE!!! Our office got in more than 2000 coats this year. Thank You Spokane. I got in just under 100. Thanks!!!! I'm again very much pleased to be a part of the Coats4Kids drive for coats to give to those in need this year. Fall/Winter cold weather is fast approaching and we
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09/26/2011
Less than an hour drive from Spokane, is Lake Spokane, on the Spokane River about 25 miles Northwest of Spokane, otherwise known as Long Lake featuring fun on the lake, boating, lake front properties, and a terrific camp ground for a quick camping get away including a swimming area... Take highwa
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08/17/2011
"Corporate profits remain robust" WSJ 8/5/11, Profits at more than 80% of the S&P 500 are reporting strong quarterly profits and earnings are up by almost 15% verses last year. Now why was this not on the front page? The sky is not falling and the glass is more than half full! I posted this on F
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08/11/2011
I think I get asked this question, or a variation there of, every day at least once. The problem with coming up with an answer to this question, is that the question itself is very vague. Certainly, it's an understandable first point of inquiry, but really, "the market" is quite complex. If th
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07/20/2011
This morning I was craving a sausage McMuffin and decided to take a different way to work that took me past the construction of the soon to be new Trader Joes location in Spokane on 29th in the Lincoln Hieghts Shopping Center, where there's also a McDonalds. Just to update the progress on constr
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07/20/2011
Just the title of this post reminds me of an old story of a friend of mine who was on a flight into Spokane where the pilot announced on the P.A. system that he had begun his decent into Gieger Field saying that his passengers should set their clocks back 20 years! lol. Well, if you set your wa
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05/09/2011