Regional Business News

UMATILLA, Ore. — The vast gray-brown bluff over looking the Columbia River is wind-swept and empty, save for a pile of rusted irrigation pipes and hundreds of Canada geese that flock to nearby wetlands. A…

Catalog powerhouse plans 23 full-line retail shops, up to six outlets this year Coldwater Creek expects retail stores will bring in more than half of its sales in 2005, compared to 7 percent in 2000….

Idaho small businesses soon will be able to tap $472,334 in federal grants to help them become more competitive and innovative in getting new products to market. The Idaho Statesman The grant, awarded to Idaho…

Interstate Bakeries Corp., the maker of Hostess Twinkies and Wonder bread, plans to close its Boise bakery in late May and transfer production to its bakeries in Salt Lake City and Ogden. By Steven Oberbeck…

"Obviously, Oregon doesn’t stand to gain as much as other states," Fox said. "But the real issue is that, ultimately, the U.S. economy will be healthier when businesses just go out and make good business decisions and taxes aren’t the driving factor."

Local assembly operation’s equipment being sold to Venture Manufacturing Tom Sowa Staff writer Agilent Technologies has sold the manufacturing equipment from its Liberty Lake printed circuit assembly division. The production equipment has been purchased by…

"The larger dairies have meant fewer dairy farms in Idaho, but many more cows. In 1982 there were 4,199 dairy farms and 178,082 head of dairy cows in the state. In 2002 there were 950 dairy farms and 390,000 head of dairy cows."

State appears to be $62 million richer now than in January Utah’s economy is picking up steam, a new state Tax Commission report shows. By Bob Bernick Jr. Deseret News political editor But commission chief…

Intel Corp.’s investment fund has provided more than $5 million in funding to Spokane wireless startup company Vivato. Tom Sowa Staff writer Vivato, http://www.vivato.net/ with headquarters in San Francisco and an engineering group in Spokane,…

Similar companies expected to face similar problems Monday´s news that Boise Cascade Corp. would lay off 700 workers and go back into the red after a profitable year came as no surprise to analysts who…